The Melville's were in town to talk about their new book Mother-Daughter Knits: 30 Designs that Fit and Flatter. One of the greatest things about going to this kind of event is the table of samples! Knitting is such a sensory thing. It is really helpful to be able to see, touch, feel and try on the garments from the book. The photos in the book are nice, but I am normally much more convinced that I want to make things when I have seen them in their three dimensional form.
There were some projects in the book that I would likely have never been interested in if I hadn't seen them in person. Specifically, the Mother-of-the-Bride Cardigan. It is made partially in a lace weight yarn and partially in a worsted weight yarn. The combination of thick and sturdy with light and lofty and the use of lace stitch patterns in both weights of yarns is really striking.
I was so taken with the Melville's focus on altering patterns to fit and flatter and their application of that concept to the patterns in their book that I shelled out the $30 and got it signed by the lovely ladies. It sounds like they both enjoyed the process of creating the book and they told us to expect a book of Christmas related items to be published as a follow-up to this book. They promised that their Christmas book will NOT include red, white and green things. I'm interested to see what this mother-daughter team will publish next.
Isn't it nice to be able to shell out the $30 when you want to? Hooray for being employed! Can't wait to see what you make next.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to see you and hang out! And the mother-daughter presentation was cool. I aspire to making that little gray shoulder shawl thing Daughter was wearing.
ReplyDeleteLove that purple scarf in your next post. Also looks aspirable for a half-a**ed knitter like me.
I'm going to Texas this week for a conference -- gotta find out if they let knitting needles on planes now...