Howdy,
I have looked over a few books that I think would be good to keep in my knitting bag. My current favorite is The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask.
Which title would you want in your bag if'n you could only have one book? I am thinking of when I travel and I can't take my library with me
Padishar Creel
One! Just One! How cruel.
Probably a stitch dictionary then. Mary Thomas's Book of Knitting Patterns lives on my bedside table most of the time.
VP
I like the Answer book too...it's small and flexable. Also the Knitters Companion by Vicki Square.
Donna
I just ordererd both her books...should be here tomorrow.
Donna
Both solid knitting reading. I like my copy of Knitting Patterns more because it's a great source of inspiration and because my copy was originally my great grandmother's and is annotated with occassional notes that I find very charming. But I wouldn't let either go. I also have her embroidery book, not that I do much in the way of embroidery but I like her style and I'm a sucker for books. I like to have "full sets" of authors I enjoy.
I'm still struggling with the one book idea but come to think of it I don't do much of what I like in moderation: too many books, not enough shelf space; too much art, not enough wall space; too much wool/fibre (and other craft stash), not enough cupboard space; too many cats, not enough bed space. :-)
VP
Is this your way of saying your life is full VP? (lol) ;-)
The title of the one book I would take in my knitting bag when I travel? Difficult to say. However, it would certainly NOT be related to knitting, and would actually be some fairly trashy best-selling paperback! The only knitting-related thing that can be read that I ever take is a copy of the stitch pattern I am doing, written or charted on a 3 x 5 index card, or an 8.5 x 11 photocopy if it's a fairly large color chart, but none at all if it's not a complicated stitch or color pattern. Why on earth would anybody need anything else????
OH! I'm so glad I'm not alone :-)
Mary (not that I'd be reading a best seller either)
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LOL cats don't need much space ;-) I too collect books and have just started expanding the Knitting area of a already full bookcase.
Donna
It's such a pity that they are so fussy about the space they will use. There is always a queue to sleep on top of the nightstore heater or right in front of the fire.
DH declared that the space on the floor under the coffee table did not count as legitimate book/pattern storage space and made me shift everything from there. He's arranged a good sized filing cabinet so I can start to store my vintage patterns in a more organised manner but that task seems a bit overwhelming at present. And he doesn't help - he gave me four books for my birthday this year.
VP
I prefer "cozy". Books and stash are great insulation! :-)
VP
My Mom has a cat and everytime I visit the Cat lays on my knitting bag
Filing cabs are a great idea.....just think of all the forgotten patterns you may find, or think of it as hunting for treasures....that helps me ;-)
Donna
The newest one; the one that I have not yet read.
I just spent the last two weeks traveling with Macgregor's book on Fair Isle Knitting, and it was time well spent, with a ball of DK red in one pocket , a ball of blue in another pocket and a set of 8" # 1 bamboo DPN in between. But, that was then, and I will need another book for the next trip.
Good knitting books? I was talking to a book dealer about them. Cookbooks come on the market, knitting books do not. Find an old knitter that has the books that you want and do some thing really nice for her, and maybe, just maybe she will give them to you! It is the only way to get the good old books.
Aaron
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