The long-awaited winter issue of INKnitters is finally on the newsstand. Subscription copies should arrive any day now. I am extremely pleased with the article I wrote for this issue. It is called “Handmade and Altered Books for Knitters.” It follows in the wake of the enormous scrapbooking trend, and all of the interest it spawned in bookish crafts, old or new.
My idea was this: “What about scrapbooking, making books, and altering books, with a knitting theme?” I got busy working on samples for the article. It took me a long time to make the samples and write the article, but the result is worth it! The samples are very different from everything else I do. It’s good to explore new craft territory every now and then.
My friend, Jane Hurwitz, made a book for the article as well. When we met in the late 1990s, we were pleased to find out that we both enjoyed knitting. She started spinning sooner than I did, but I got there eventually. We hadn’t seen each other in several years when we talked on the phone early in 2005. It turns out she has been making books by hand! What perfect timing.
You can see all the pages of her book here. But do read the article, because it tells more about her book and the others. I would welcome your comments and observations on the article and any other article I write.
One altered book I started, but didn’t get very far on, is called I Love Pink It is a collection of all kinds of pink stuff, mostly made or drawn or photographed by me, plus pink trivia. The cover is above. My daughter, Eva, designed and colored the inside cover, here. I have a lot of work left to do on it, so it is my March Project Spectrum project.
These are a few of the pink-related photos for the book: the old dairy barn in the sunrise, pink Texas wildflowers, my pink projects. Why do some of them have zig-zaggy edges? Because I used pinking shears. That is so clever. This book will leave no pink stone unturned.
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