Some time ago, I was tagged on Facebook by Liz Hassall aka Trundlebug of Mostly Knitting to list ten books that have stayed with me. Here they are.
Tag archives: books
Winter Wallowing
Some reading for this winter. I could not resist this offer on a package of 8 books from the Gollancz 50. Some of them, I have read; some of them, I have on my bookshelf under different covers. The package price was still cheap, if only to pay for the ones that I am not …
River Cottage Handbook No.3 Bread
Bread: River Cottage Handbook No. 3 is written by Daniel Stevens, and introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Daniel works for Hugh at River Cottage. It is a compact hardback volume numbering just over 200 pages. Every single page is either informative, entertaining, or just plain beautiful. There is no dross in this book. Honestly, if you …
Lots to show and tell
There are far better energy levels about the Windswept Acre now that the days are lengthening, so we have much to show and tell today. The card reader is in my machine and fully working — it took a large chunk of Saturday to get matters that way but at least I can reacquaint myself …
Inappropriate Shopping
Lovely mail today and the outcome of two bouts of inappropriate shopping. Why inappropriate? Because every penny that I have is committed to the loom that should be arriving any day now. As enny fule no… the only sensible thing to do when purchasing serious kit is to get the best one can possibly afford. …
Want!
Checking the new Ravelry patterns from this weekend I looked at a couple or three interesting ones – and found that they all came from the one book: Fiber Gathering: Knit, Crochet, Spin, and Dye More Than 20 Projects Inspired by America’s Festivals There’s a wonderful Annie Modesitt pattern for a Ruana, a sweet hooked …