Holiday Gifts for a Knitter: Part 1 - Books
As tomorrow is the beginning of December and the questions regarding what I want for Christmas are starting to come in from the extended family, I thought I’d post some ideas here for reference (my family doesn’t “do” gift certificates - no matter how brilliant a gift “free” yarn at the LYS may be). There are a good number of knitting books I’d like to own (rather than borrowing from the library, which is what I usually do) - some of these are already classics and some will surely become classics - and books are some of my favorite things to receive as gifts (if I can’t pick out my own yarn).
1. A collection of stitch patterns, either Barbara Walker’s A Treasury of Knitting Patterns (and Volumes 2, 3, and 4)
or the new Harmony Guides (Knit & Purl, Lace & Eyelets, Cables & Arans)
2. The Knitter’s Book of Yarn to go with my newly found obsession with designing my own patterns
3. These beautiful pattern books that I’ve had the time to browse but not yet the money to buy
4. And one that I have not yet been able to see in person
If you have either the Barbara Walker or Harmony stitch guides (or Vogue, I suppose), would you recommend the collection you own or do you want a different set?