North and South Knitting

I finally finished a good chunk of that reading I was planning to occupy myself with last weekend and have just posted a review of the new Mason-Dixon Knitting book. Just like the first one, this book is a lot of fun to read and contains plenty of great patterns you'll want to try.

This book focuses on developing knitting skills you might have been afraid of before, things like knitting lacy stuff, Fair Isle, knitting for kids who can say no, and making gifts and holiday decorations. Of course there are also plenty of projects for the kitchen, including knit cuffs worked onto purchased rubber gloves.

There are so many patterns in this book I'd love to knit given the time, from a very colorful rug to a lacy shawl made of two colors to look like plaid (I really almost bought some Kidsilk Haze earlier today so I could do just that). If you love those sassy knitting ladies, you'll want to pick up this book.

And if you need an introduction to their style, check out their hilarious music video for their country knitting song, "Pardon Me, I Didn't Knit that for You." Enjoy!