Greetings friends! So happy to see you this fine Wednesday. As you know, I don't knit, I crochet. Today in addition to the 3 fun crochet projects I'm working on, I have 2 books themed around knitting to share with you. I recently received a copy of Knit with Love: Stories to Warm a Knitter's Heart from the author herself, the funny and charming Lisa Bogart. I've only just begun, but already I feel a connection to the people and their stories as Lisa tells them. I'm looking forward to this one, and to sharing my review with you next week. On the hook with this week's book is another washcloth. This one is a square and it goes quite nicely with the circle I made last week! The pattern, I Love this Washcloth!, is a simple cobble stitch. It's working up quickly and is producing a fabric that's sturdy and flexible at the same time. Here's a peek at the other projects I'm working on this week
And now, Cast on, Kill off - The review of a book about knitting and murder! Cast on, Kill Off by Maggie Sefton June 2012 - Berkley Publishing / Penguin Group I really wanted to like this book. I tried really hard, but it just fell short for me. The gang at House of Lambspun are excited to be planning a wedding for one of their regulars. All the events have been organized, menus are finalized and the ladies are putting the finishing touches on the shawls they're knitting to go with their bridesmaids dresses. Everything is perfect until Zoe, the seamstress making the gowns turns up dead. Who would want to murder the dressmaker? Everything points to her abusive, alcoholic husband.Or is it her sister Vera who steps up and takes care of finishing sewing the gowns and slips easily into running the shop. Then there's Leann who publicly accused Zoe of stealing her (award winning) wedding gown design. There are plenty of suspects for amateur sleuth Kelly to ponder. All while balancing her flourishing accounting career, rekindling her love life, playing softball, knitting the shawl, and drinking copious amounts of coffee. (They're all very busy people!) So why didn't I like this book? Because of the dialog. It's stiff and proper and way to formal for a group of young friends hanging out at the yarn store, or at dinner, or driving in the car. It made the characters all feel flat and phony. I just didn't believe anything that they told me. It was like a poorly acted Sunday movie - you know the kind I mean. I know there are lots of you who will love this book so I won't tell you who did it. Sadly, as much as I love fiber arts this one has way too many dropped stitches for me! At the library Tuesday, my co-worker suggested that we should start including my book reviews on our web site. I was surprised and flattered. Surprised because I didn't know she read my blog, and flattered because I do know that she reads a lot of reviews! For her to deem my book thoughts worthy is a great compliment, and I'd love to share them with our patrons. In the meantime, I'll continue to write honest, uncomplicated book reviews for regular people who read regular books, and share them here with you! There's so much to see and do on Wednesday. I link up with my friends at their wonderful blogs, and then I like to stop in and visit the other crafters. I always find inspiration and encouragement in the variety of projects people are working on. Why don't you join me? Until next time friends, Be blessed and stitch & read with love!
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7/18/2012 01:41:47 am
I can't wait to read Knit with Love, I have read such good things about it.
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7/18/2012 02:52:37 am
Knit With Love is on my reading list too - glad to hear you're enjoying it.
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Beth
7/18/2012 04:30:07 am
Knit with Love on my list.
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7/18/2012 04:35:44 am
It's going to be a wonderful shawl in white! The books sound promising!
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Hi there friends!
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There is a crochet murder mystery series that I read a while ago 'Hooked on Murder' that I loved initially. I related to the characters - I was thrilled to be reading something that involved crochet and they lived in a place I'm very familiar with. I did read the entire series but found that after the first mystery it is just a repeat - kind of like a fill in the blank mystery book.
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I tried to read one of Maggie Sefton's knitting mysteries a couple years ago, and also just...couldn't get into it, awesome fiber-arts angle aside. Glad it's not just me. ;)
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7/19/2012 04:25:02 am
I need to get my hands on some of that Peaches & Cream Sweet Pea. I love it!
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7/19/2012 07:45:08 pm
Wow what fantastic WIPs, can't wait to see what they look like finished. I'll look forward to your review.
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7/24/2012 09:02:59 am
Very nice! I really like the wrap you're working on, and those books look interesting. Will have to check them out. Thanks for linking up at Hookin On Hump Day!
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7/26/2012 09:58:42 am
Oh how I love to read books about knitting or any of my loves..thanks for the suggestions..and your dish cloth and doily look lovely..found you thru ravelry..
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