LoopyKnits

Forget trick-or-treating (well, except for snorkling up the bite-size Snicker bars from your children’s candy bags). Just get on over to your local knit shop or bookstore to treat yourself to a sleek new knitting book. Here’s what’s new this month:

Glam Knits: 25 Designs for Luxe Yarns by Stefanie Japel (Paperback – Oct 29, 2008)

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Just a quick update — look for this new knitting guide to hit bookstores this month:

Picture Perfect Knits by Chronicle Books LLC Staff (Paperback – Sep 1, 2008)

Now aren’t you glad you stopped by?
(Note: This was blogged in advance; by now, there may be more new knitting books coming out this month. – cb)

Oh, August. I’m already smiling at you because it’s back-to-school time and my children are at big changing points in their lives; one is starting her last year of elementary school, and the other is starting her first year of college. (That, plus I get to do a whole lotta shopping for school supplies; although [...]

Who can resist a knitted Elvis? Not me.

From the book Knitted Icons by Carol Meldrum. Photo posted in Aine D.’s Flickr photostream; some rights reserved.

Well, bless Nicky Epstein, because without this knitting author’s work, we wouldn’t have anything new to read this month.
Although I am reluctant to pick up any hot fibers in July for knitting, scarves are a perfect take-along size if you like to knit while on vacation. So, Nicky … well done!
Look for her latest book [...]

Oh, man. I can hardly wait to get ahold of the third book below. I love to knit at a fine gauge, and this topic looks tailor-made for me. Here’s a peek at the book that’s making me sigh, along with a few others that also publish this month:

Knitting for Baby: 30 Heirloom Projects with [...]