Brave New Knits: 26 Projects And Personalities From The Knitting Blogosphere (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Awesome concept--a book of biographies and patterns by knitting bloggers. Made me a little jealous of all these amazing designers and their successes, but I know it's because they are gifted and because they work really hard. I am a huge fan of them all and have knit many of their designs. Knowing their stories makes knitting their patterns even more interesting and fun. The patterns in this book are wonderful and I wish I could knit them all. With a foreword from Jessica, one of the co-owners of the "facebook for knitters" site ravelry.com, I jumped at the chance to get a copy of this book to review from netgalley.com. While the galley was very rough (there were notes back & forth in between the actual text, and I had a few dozen pages of garbage to skip through), the true light of the book shown through. Different designers shared a project, something that was suggestive of the designer's usual style. The book comes with 26 patterns, divided up into different sections that's the usual for knitting books. There's a good variety of projects in different skill sets. Each one starts with a little biography about the designer & their blogging history/background, before one dives into the pattern. There were a couple of projects that caught my eye especially, including "Working all the Angles" blanket & the Lubov Scarf.
What do You think about Brave New Knits: 26 Projects And Personalities From The Knitting Blogosphere (2010)?
Some nice patterns, but why I really picked it up, and kept reading, were the bloggers' stories.
—pimkie
Love this book, read it cover to cover. Great patterns and interesting blogger stories.
—jijiji
Fun book with great patterns and profiles of bloggers/designers.
—Shae
