McKnittey Musings
Knitting Fantasy and Fables
Posted by Kelli Ladwig on
More fun from Woolworks.org ... a list of fantasy and fairy tales featuring knitting:
Science fiction and fantasy
Friday, Robert Heinlein
A menacing knitter.
Drums of Autumn, Diana Gabaldon
Sock knitting in 1700's, including description of males learning as children.
Knitting Fiction
Posted by Kelli Ladwig on
General Fiction featuring knitting or yarn (according to Woolworks.org):
Art Work, A.S. Byatt
Knitting plays a major role.
At Home in Mitford (from the Mitford Years series), Jan Karon
The first in a series depicting everyday life in a small North Carolina town. Knitting is described at one point as a comfort to the so
Knit Your Bit, Part II
Posted by Kelli Ladwig on
What impresses me about Lucille is the number of careers she pursued. She worked in fashion modeling, dramatic theater, vaudeville, movies, radio, and television. She then moved into the studio and production side of television while still acting in Broadway and in movies.
Knit Your Bit, Part 1
Posted by Kelli Ladwig on
I spent last weekend at the DFW Fiber Fest and had a great time. The Fiber Fest took scarf donations for veterans organized by the National World War II Museum. I love that the museum has knitting and crochet patterns for scarves as well as history behind knitting for soldiers.
Miss Marple Knits
Posted by Kelli Ladwig on
I was digging around the web today and ran across a great resource, wool works.org. On this site, they had a list of books that mention knitting or have a character that knits. I wanted to share with you just the mystery section for that list.