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Knit the Sky

Cultivate Your Creativity with a Playful Way of Knitting

by Lea Redmond
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Record the beauty, emotions, and experiences of everyday life — not in your journal but with your knitting needles! Author Lea Redmond offers 32 enchanting projects that will inspire you to create beautiful finished pieces full of personal meaning and memories. Stock up on shades of blue, gray, and white and knit one strip of a scarf each day for a year, using the color that matches the sky on that day. When you’re done, you’ll have a unique memento of your year better than anything you can keep in a scrapbook. Or when you’re traveling, knit postcard-size swatches at each place you visit, using the colors you see around you. When the trip is over, piece the swatches together into a throw or scarf that will remind you of your journey every time you use it. Or knit a height-chart scarf for a beloved baby, starting with her length at birth and adding inches each year until you have the perfect gift for her 18th birthday. These are knitting projects like no other, resulting in one-of-a-kind heirlooms that tell a story only you can tell. Redmond provides instructions for all the stitches and techniques you need, as well as required patterns. 

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    September 5, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781612123349
      • File size: 18123 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781612123349
      • File size: 17991 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2015

      Artist Redmond (cofounder, Leafcutter Designs) invites knitters to explore the world around them, telling their stories with yarn and needles. The first project, the titular "Knit the Sky," sets up the premise: knitters will use sky-colored yarns to replicate the day's sky, creating a scarf over a long period of time. When the project is complete, it's a wearable record of the weather in a particular time and place. The other projects serve as similar records--a mood ring cowl that documents the day's atmosphere (Redmond makes suggestions for color and mood matches), a knitted "growth chart" that reports a child's height through age 18, and a knitted neighborhood cowl in which the colors of the houses on a block are archived in yarn. Redmond's directions are open-ended, consisting of a story that outlines the project's premise and provides some very basic guidance (e.g., a number of stitches to cast on). In addition to the documentary projects, there are also several projects that will stretch knitters' imaginations, such as a skirt knit using pencils as needles and a tiny ring knit on straight pins using sewing thread as the yarn. The illustrations by painter Nassef are a delight, complementing the author's lighthearted approach to knitting and life. VERDICT Redmond's debut is thoroughly unexpected, deeply charming, and a lot of fun. Knitters seeking a unique way to explore the world around them via their favorite pastime will devour this lively collection.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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