Are you serious? Because I'd love them, especially Annie's! :)

Oh, and it's just "Jules." I was so excited about the books I spelled my own nickname wrong. :)

oh, I'd love, love, love annie's.

First??? *hee hee*

I'm so going to have buy The Yarn Girls' Guide ....

great books!!!!!! reaaly would like a looksee!

oops, forgot my email address. i'd love either, though!

I really, really REALLY want those books!

Haha, not first at all, but I'm like Jules and Jenny, I really want Annie's!!! It's gorgeous!

I am officially throwing my hat in the ring, I would really love to have both of those books.

Oh, my god! Look at that cover shot for Annie's book! I must have that shirt! (the Urban Piratess!!). That dress is way hot! The cover skirt looks beautiful, however, all I can think is what would happen once one sits in it for even a moment.

How fun for you to get priview copies! Jealous, jealous, jealous.

W. :o)

I'm sure I'm late but I would LOVE one!

I also love the yarn porn books and I really, really REALLY want these awesome books!

Jules, just email me your addy, can you put KNIT BOOKS in the title so I can do a search? I have email volume issues LOL. Congratulations!!!!!!

who knew knitting was so glamorous?

Annie's book is beyond lovely, and the way her garments sit on the body is just so sexy and pretty and flattering. I love nnie's designs because she is a curvy gal like me and she always makes things that woman-sized women can find flattering. That wrap top is gorgeous.

Squeee! Thanks, Laurie! Emailing now. :)

Oh Well. I'm too late, but I'm happy for lucky Juless!

Speaking of looking like you are wearing animals, check out www.morehousefarm.com and their alligator scarf--they have other critter scarf and patterns as well, but there's something about the alligator.....

Annie's book is just gorgeous! And, pam, I LOVE the alligator scarves and the lobster-claw mittens. Delightful.

So this is sort of a bizarre question, but maybe you need a post topic in the next few weeks, or maybe another commenter has an answer....

I've decided to embark on a Noro Silk Garden mitered square afghan. I expect it to take me approximately eleventy hundred years and cost a frillion dollars. I will have to buried with it probably. Clearly, any project this long-lasting and important needs a dedicated pair of needles, nice, nice needles for the nice, nice yarn. Any needles reviewers out there to give me thoughts on different brands of needles?

My copy of Annie's book is winging its way to me from Amazon right now. I've had it on order FOREVER and I'm so excited it will be here tomorrow! I'm going to check out the yarn girls book... Yarn p0rn indeed! Thanks for the reviews!

oh man....missed it!

e. -- I would go for some ebony Lantern Moon needles. I love mine so much I would marry them if I could.

And this CRACKED ME UP: "I expect it to take me approximately eleventy hundred years and cost a frillion dollars. I will have to buried with it probably."

heheheh... that is how I feel about my noro projects, too!!!!!!

At least blankets are relatively shroud-like, right? Thanks for the recommendation. "I love mine so much I would marry them if I could" is precisely the level of enthusiasm I was looking for to push the decision. No one in my LYS went quite that far.. I think they said they were "lovely."

I committed last year to making a Noro sweater that I can't tell any of my non knitting friends the cost of! Oh, and it's not done because the non-matching of the strips is making me crazy. I'd second the Lantern moon comment though. I'm a fan of those as my favorite straight needles.

Oh and as a girl who is healthily endowed I love wrap sweaters. It really makes one look good, no?

Wow, I like those patterns - very shapely for curvey women (like me). Thank you for sharing those books...I'm heading over to Amazon now.

Oooh I love telling people about Denise needles! They're the only ones I use and they're muy fantastico. Plus, my inner organizer loves that I have them all in one (unknotted = organized) place and they can be put on a shelf with all of my knitting porn. Check 'em out at knitdenise.com. (Btw: they come in pink AND funds go to support breast cancer research. Who doesn't love that?)

Ha, Amy in StL... I have a friend doing the exact same thing. She's going bonkers. Therefore, I think I'll stick with square, 2-D projects for the Noro.

The knitting book that I am love with at the moment is Knit 2 Together by Tracey Ullman and Mel Clark. I am being a terrible librarian and keeping this book WAY overdue. I'm sorry library patrons, you can not have this book.

Knitting books should come with a warning... addiction warning! :)

Darn, I read too late. That's ok, I'm going to definitely put Annie's book on my wish list (probably a soon-to-buy list). Love that blue sweater, too! And you can totally do a sweater! I did one as my second project (in fact, I learned to purl just to do it). Ok, I'm lucky it fits because no one mentioned swatching before I jumped in, but hey, sweaters are doable! (Even in south Texas heat).

Annie: If you're lurking, where can we find the cover model's blouse ? Love the skirt too. Must buy the book when payday rolls back around. Must also lose the 'junk in the trunk' so I can work that skirt ! ; )

Laurie: Sorry I missed the drawing. Cool that you gave them away, though. Very thoughtful.

Cheers, y'all !
margaritavillian

Lucky Jules! (Once or twice I've been privileged to be first, but never when it mattered. C'est la vie.)

(Btw, you wanted lake p*rn? You got it.)

Was the Yarn Girls book I sent you (I don't even remember which one) the first time you'd seen their great patterns?? I love them, too and I'm making one of their sweaters from Beyond the Basics for my daughter (the striped tee-shirt one).

Hey Laurie -
How do you deal with the fact that almost all of the knitting books out there don't make accomodations for those of us who don't have a 36" bust? Are you a knitter who is comfortable making on the fly alterations? I love all those books too, but I get so depressed reading them because nothing will fit me!

My. Oh my. Oh. My,my. I really wish I could knit.

I do have a crochet pattern that I keep looking at that is similar to the shawl you like. Maybe we should each make our version and see who gets it done first. It would probably work up very quickly, and not be too hot to work on in the summer.

I love the shawl and the wrap sweater!

Please tell me on the cover of the Yarn Girls Guide that the model in the middle is wearing tweed, and not knit, pants. Knit pants = you have crossed the line over into scary knitting land. =)

See, I'm a wee bit jealous of Jules, there...not cuz she got the books, but because CAP is going to be sending her something in the mail. All personal-like. Like a friend or whatever.

Okay, does that make me a stalker?

hi, laurie!

i test knit a pattern for that book! i made the gigi scarf on page 109! i can't believe that something i made with my two hands is in a gorgeous, glossy book! too many exclamation points!

Shoot! Guess I'm too late but I would have loved the Romantic Knits book.

R.... That model is definitely not wearing knit pants! hehehehe. But that would be funny....

Annie is amazing. I've purchased several of her patterns on line just because they are so incredibly gorgeous and flattering. Or at least, I assume they are flattering, b/c I have yet to finish one. :) (MY knitting issues, not hers!)

That Jezebel dress is intense. I could see Shakira rockin' it. Or Cory or Sara. . .

Drool! Want to make that scarf! The rest is great but far beyond my beginner-knitter status...

Velma, welcome to the CAP stalkers gang. Knit your own gansta cap. Gang motto: Gad-zukes Away!

Dang, the day I finally blow off work and I miss the free give away. Oh well, I have yet to follow a pattern so they would have only been used for looking at the pictures and getting inspiration.

So is embroidery is the new knitting? I embroidered many a dish cloth growing up, you know those Monday thru Sunday theme type on old flour sacks. The best dish towels ever.

Oh Annie's book is great! I saw it a few months back when she was in Atlanta teaching. She had it on her laptop and it was flipping through the pictures in the book and she had some amazing patterns in that book.

In defense of knit pants...(nice essay title) there are times when I love mine. Yes. I own a pair of knit pants. Let me explain. By day, I'm a mild mannered mid-level manager at a great non-profit science company. By Thursday night and Saturdays I'm a dance teacher. I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of my funky dance stuff. This includes my knit pants and threadbare t-shirts with the necks cut out. I don't ware this stuff out in public beyond the dance studio mind you, but there is nothing like slumming it on a Sunday at home in multiple layers of my dance clothes.

oh well, i missed the contest.

i love knitting books just as books, especially ones with gorgeous photos. so i'll probably pick up annie's and put it on my coffee table. after i buy a coffee table.

MandyU

i don't think you need to defend knit pants as they more than likely look fabulous on you.

I already have my copy of the new yarn Girls bokk, in fact, I have all of their books. I love them and I have made several sweaters, some blankets and other things from them.

Thanks *so* much for posting pictures from the books!! I have to immediately go buy these now. You can relax with some wine now, you've done your enabling for the day. LOL.

I have been buying knitting books almost as often as I am buying yarn. They are like porn, and I am addicted! Yesterday I bought a Harry Potter knitting inspired book. That is just whack!
I love the yarn girls, and I won a free book of Annie's in a drawing.

yarn book crack.... needs a fix

Suetreiber: You mean "Charmed Knits"? *little dancing hearts around my head* I LOVE Charmed Knits. It is currently my favorite knitting book. The Invisibility Shawl might be next on my knit-list, except that I am delightfully disorganized as regards the knitting, so there is no list. (Well, there is, but I don't follow it.)

(I'd better shut up before everyone decides I don't need any more knitting books. Hee!)

Darn the 17 hour time zone lag that I live in..

:(

I have lost my knitting mojo.. maybe that's what I need to do- buy new knitting books to tempt myself back to knitting? Hummm...

Pondering this while I grab my credit card and go to amazon.com

Hey Laurie,

Just thought you should know that according to hungry-girl.com...Today, August 8th, is Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day. If you plan on participating, make sure the porch belongs to someone friendly!!

Damn! When you posted this, I was sitting in the Midas waiting room listening to them tell me that my car could be fixed for the low low price of my first born son and 40% of all my future earnings, to be collected weekly by their goon, Luigi. I missed the books!

Oh well, I love the Yarn Girls and have both "Simple Knits" and "Beyond the Basics" - haven't knitted anything from them yet, but like you, I LOVE the yarn p0rn! I like shopping for yarn, patterns, sticks, yet haven't actually finished very many projects. *Sigh* Story of my life. Oh well, should cut down on a lot of shopping once Luigi starts coming by...

XO

Laurie, check your email! I have sent you some news about your book! Oooooooh, this is so exciting! I just emitted a little squeal at work.

Well, I am once again late to the party, but thanks for the heads up on Annie Modesitt's book. I'm definately going to ask for it at the bookstore this week! (And have you seen Naughty Needles by Nikol Lohr? Too fun!)

Aw, man! I want free books, too - but thanks for the tip anyway. Annie's book will definitely make it into my hot little hands! :)

Yay for free books! By the way, have you signed up for the Knitting Daily email from Interweave? (Sandi Wiseheart, I think, is the editor....I hope I have the spelling right!) They have really cool free patterns and lots of great discussion going on, and it's delivered straight to your inbox. I'm getting my free fix of yarn/knit porn through this great source! Go to wwww.knittingdaily.com to sign up--

Oh My God...i need that Shawl right this second...actually my DBF's sister needs that shawl and it would be perfect to use some Cashmere I've had stashed...tee hee! Lucky For me guage isn't crucial when it comes to shawls.
Jules is soooo darn lucky

Congrats Jules! Laurie.. thanks for being such an enabler.. I just put them both into my cart at Amazon. My local bookshop had neither, I was just there Monday browsing.

Can't wait to hear that your books is on it's way...

They both look like lovely books. I will have to check them out.

I was the recipient of a bunch of brand spanking new knit books and gave them all to my sister since she is an over-achiever and knits AND crochets.

I DID keep a learn to knit kit for a hat and scarf [with adorable wooden needles in it!] and a book called 'Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns' because I had two of those.

I DO love all the beautiful stitches you knitters are able to make, but I just really don't do wearables other than scarves.

I really really REALLY LOVE crocheting doilies.

So, that's what I mainly do and it makes me happy and I'm good at it, too.

That's why I can relate to Laurie doing scarves and hats and being satisfied with that.

At any rate, we fiber artists RAWK!
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What are you trying to do to me? When I can peruse a knitting book, I'm not likely to buy it. That's generally good for my pocketbook, but now I'm really falling for that Charade. You are evil (in a good way).

I heard you had an Earthquake!! You and the kitties and the zucchini all ok?

Hi there. Totally off topic, but I saw this today and think mebbe you could use it.

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/005268zucchini_ricotta_frittata.php

Heard about the earthquake too, hope everyone is fine.

I don't have a project in work so last night I pulled out my one knitting book (actually it is a needlework book) and decided to attempt to follow a pattern. See what you do to me?

It only has a few patterns so I tried one that has yarn overs and looks lacey. It isn't looking too bad and wasn't too hard to follow so now I am on the pattern hunt.

I really need to visit my Mother and see what she has, she used to have so many books and magazines from back in the day. Those old pattern books and pictures are always fun to look at. Thanks for more inspiration.

maryse,

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I may have mislead you with the "dancer" thing. I'm not a tiny little ballerina. I'm a pretty "solid" short tap and jazzer. The knit pants make my butt look huge, but I don't care. I'm active and healthy. I work-out. I just happen to love wine, cheese, and ice cream. My belly and butt let this fact be known to the world.

P.S. If you're looking for knitting inspirations (way over my personal skill level) check out http://www.harmoniedance.com/ and http://www.kddance.com. Really pretty stuff

Congratulations Jules!

I got my copy yesterday and am looking forward to the latest case of startitis, LOL!

Damn. I wish I had an ass like the girl on the cover of Romantic Hand knits. Actually I do, it's just that my waist is the same width.

I, too, must have these books - you are so lucky!

Wouldn't it be terrible if a PETA person mistook your furry scarf for a real furry critter and doused you with paint?!
Just thought that'd make for a funny scene in a movie or sitcom about a knitter...you should totally right up a screenplay based on your book (which I haven't got yet but am looking forward to reading as soon as my pre-ordered copy comes from Amazon). People in LA are always writing up screenplays, right?

What I wouldn't give to fit into that beige dress.... **drools** What I wouldn't give to possess the talent in order to even MAKE that dress.

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who lovingly looks through knitting books!

Romantic Knits looks great, must have a look for that one.