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Good Knitting Books

  • Vogue Knitting Magazine Editors: Vogue Knitting

    Vogue Knitting Magazine Editors: Vogue Knitting
    Great all-around reference. Covers tons of knitting techniques, with step-by-step photos and illustrations. Includes a glossary of knitting terms and abbreviations used in patterns, which is a big help. (*****)

  • Montse Stanley: Knitter's Handbook

    Montse Stanley: Knitter's Handbook
    Dry reading, and almost too comprehensive and detailed — I definitely would have been put off if I had picked this up as a beginner. But where else can you find instructions for more than 30 different methods of casting on? (***)

  • Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook

    Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook
    Good beginner's book, with a range of projects to help you get started. Many patterns are geared toward the 20-something set, but others would work for any age. (****)

  • Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch Nation

    Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch Nation
    Debbie Stoller's second knitting book takes it to the next level, with advice on understanding knitting patterns and changing them to suit your size and style preferences. It also spotlights knitting community, with profiles of Stitch 'n' Bitches around the world and patterns and tips from knitters across the country — including Boston's own Stitch 'n' Bitchers Trinity Muller and Christine Quirion . (****)

  • Alice and Jade Starmore: The Children's Collection

    Alice and Jade Starmore: The Children's Collection
    Although it's out of print, it's worth tracking down a copy of this book of patterns for classic children's knits — or any of Alice Starmore's other books. Most of the patterns in this book feature Starmore's trademark Fair Isle and Aran styles. (****)

  • Vicki Square: The Knitter's Companion: Expanded and Updated (The Companion series)

    Vicki Square: The Knitter's Companion: Expanded and Updated (The Companion series)
    Handy reference of knitting techniques, sized to carry in your knitting bag. Also includes size charts, needle and swatch gauges, and lots more.

Good Knitting, Crochet, and Spinning Mags

  • Knitter's Review
    Includes reviews of yarns, books, knitting tools, discussion forums, etc.
  • Knitty

    A great, fun webzine with lots of how-to's and lots of free patterns for every skill level.
  • Rebecca
    Great magazine with fun, trendy patterns for GGH brand yarn. The web site usually offers a couple of free patterns from each issue. (The actual magazine is in German, but the U.S. version has the patterns translated into English. You can get it at many knitting stores.)
  • Crochet me
    Crochet Me
    This online magazine is sort of like the crochet equivalent of Knitty or MagKnits. It offers free patterns and articles. I'm kind of tired of seeing knitting sites and books described as "hip" and "modern," but those descriptions do fit.
  • Spin-Off
    Interweave Press's excellent spinning magazine.

Some P.C. Knitting Companies

  • Himalaya Yarn
    Small company offers mostly handspun and hand-dyed yarns made with recycled and/or Nepal-grown fibers. The company provides business opportunities for local people. For instance, its recycled silk yarn is handspun by women’s cooperatives and the profits support women’s shelters and programs.
  • Lantern Moon
    This company sells baskets, beautiful wooden knitting needles, and accessories like silk needle cases, hangers and measuring tapes, made by a Vietnamese women's cooperative.
  • Malabrigo Yarns
    Like Manos del Uruguay, this company works with a cooperative of women in Uruguay to make its yarns. It offers hand-dyed 100% merino worsted-weight wool. They are in the process of introducing two new lines: handpainted handspun Angora and handpainted variegated cotton. The company says new colors and yarns will be introduced all the time — you can subscribe to their mailing list to get the latest news.
  • Mango Moon
    Like Himalaya Yarns, Mango Moon offers yarns made in Nepal from recycled silk in order to provide income for women there.
  • Manos del Uruguay
    The web site says this yarn company was established “ … to give support to Uruguayan craftswomen … Its purpose was and is the economic, social and cultural development of its members and the environment in which they live.”
  • Peace Fleece
    Peace Fleece makes yarn from wool bought from Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, and American shepherds. Also sells wooden knitting needles with tops handpainted in Russia (very cute); needle cases (also v.c.); adorable learn-to-knit kits for kids; felting supplies; Russian drop spindles; unwashed fleece; and wooden buttons. Everything is reasonably priced.

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Super Bowl Sales
(And Rumors of Same)

Here are some stores that I either know or have heard are having sales on the day of the Super Bowl—Sunday, Feb. 6.

The Fiber Loft is having a sweater and Schaefer yarn sale. The hours are from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Fiber Loft
9 Massachusetts Ave. (Route 111)
Harvard, MA 01451
(978) 456-8669

I heard that the Ladybug Knitting Shop in Dennis is having a 30% off sale that day, but there's no mention of it anywhere on their web site, so you'll have to contact them to confirm it.

Ladybug Knitting Shop
612 Route 6A
Dennis, MA
(508) 385-2662

And this one's in New Hampshire, not Massachusetts, but I've heard they're having a sale, so thought I'd throw it in. The report is that there will be a sliding scale, with the greatest percentage off during the first hours that the store is open (a whopping 49% off, according to a poster on the Stitch 'n' Bitch Boston site). The percentage of the discount decreases each hour. No information on what's discounted. As with the Ladybug Knitting shop, you'll have to contact the store to confirm all this, because there's nothing about it on the web site.

Update on Ladybug Knitting's sale: I heard their sale starts Friday, so I called to confirm and found out that it is indeed true. The sale hours are:

Friday, 10-5
Saturday, 10-5
Sunday, 12-4

Encore yarns, needles, and accessories are not included in the sale.

Ewe'll Love It
100 Main Street, Suite 4
Nashua, NH 03060
(603) 578-2630

Update, 2/2: Black Sheep Knitting Company in Needham is also having a Super Bowl Sale. Theirs is from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Here are the details, from their newsletter:

Are you ready for some football!?  So are we!
 
Come on in to get that special project to knit/crochet while cheering the New England Patriots on to victory!
 
Join us Sunday, February 6th, from 12 to 4 PM for our Annual Super Bowl Sale.
 
Get 15% off yarns, patterns, books, needles, and gadgets - nothing excluded! Additional markdowns on selected yarns. 
 
Valid on all in stock merchandise.  Not available on special orders.

See you there in your Pats colors!

The Black Sheep Knitting Company
1500 Highland Ave.
Needham, MA 02492
(781) 444-0694
blacksheepknitting@verizon.net

Update 2/3/05: Circles in Jamaica Plain is having a Super Bowl sale. Info sent by Allison, the owner:

Well, so many seasoned knitters know of the unexpected connection between knitting and the Super Bowl. That’s right. The Super Bowl. Whether its to avoid the action altogether or to gather up a project to pass the game time, knitters have flocked to the Super Bowl every year since the beginning of time. Well, maybe not the beginning of time.... And your local yarn stores have supported your Super Bowl excursions with their annual Super Bowl sales. So, knitters, we’re here to help you. Yes, we’re having a...

SUPER BOWL SALE!
Sunday, February 6, Noon-4.
It's a build-up sale: Building up toward the kick off.
Sale items will be discounted as follows:

10% off from Noon – 1pm
20% off from 1pm – 2pm
30% off from 2pm-3pm
40% off from 3pm – 4pm

Will you come early to get the good stuff? Or take your chances on what will be left at 40% off? Either way, it should be fun.

And we’ll have little party in the Classroom, so bring a snack or a drink and enjoy the afternoon!

Circles
555 Amory Street
Jamaica Plain, MA
(617) 524-5500
info@circles-salon.com

Update, 2/3/05, 2:23 p.m.: Creative Warehouse in Needham is also having a sale on Feb. 6—15% off all regularly priced yarn.

Creative Warehouse
220 Reservoir Street, #10
Needham, MA 02494-3133
(781) 444-9341

2:39 p.m.: The Knitting Room in Arlington is having a sale: 20% of all yarn, needles, accessories, and magazines; 10% off books; and bigger discounts off select yarns. They will be open from 11 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. They're located just around the corner from the Capitol Theater.

The Knitting Room
2 Lake Street
Arlington, MA 02474
(781) 483-3442
knitroomboston@verizon.net

Know of any other Super Bowl Sunday sales? Leave a comment to let everyone know.

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Rose

Another sale, this one at Necessities for Needlework, 86 E. Main Street, Westborough.

Although they will be open Sunday the 6th, I believe that they are usually closed on Sundays.

From their postcard:


Super Bowl Sale
and
After Inventory Clearance

Tuesday, February 1st - Sunday, February 6th
Tues. - Sat. 10 - 5:30 Thurs 10 - 7 Sun 1 - 4

20% off all in stock merchandise
(in celebration of our 20 years in business)

Up to 50% off on other selected merchandise

All eyelash and selected eyelash type yarns 20% off all month long (limited to stock on hand)

Selected stitched and knitted models for sale.

Bonus cards will not be punched.

Posted by: Rose | February 02, 2005 at 01:32 PM

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