I have a new book. And it is wonderful.
A Fine Fleece, by Lisa Lloyd
If you’re into wool, spinning, knitting, etc. I highly recommend it.
Lots of good wool-talk, beautiful photos, and really great patterns. Plus, all the garments are shown in handspun and commercial yarn versions. Neat, eh?
I don’t often buy knitting books because, more often than not, they have maybe one pattern in them that I would actually knit and wear. Usually doesn’t seem worth the price of admission.
But Lisa Lloyd and I are on the same page. Lots of texture, classic shapes, natural wool shades. Of course, I would probably do an EZ conversion on most of her saddle shouldered garments (seems so silly to do all that sewing when you don’t have to).
But other than that, it’s the book I wish I’d written.
So, even though I still have the argyle socks in progress (and it is a little slow-going)
the book has inspired me to cast on a little something handspun and cabled:
That is “Tilly” taking shape in a soft-spun single of Gershom, my Shetland ram friend from Ferndale. I think he’d be pleased.