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The Joy of Knitting
Texture, Color, Design,
and the Global Knitting Circle
By Lisa R. Myers
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Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Without Tears (1973) inspired a whole generation
of knitters to take up the craft and is still in print today. Like it, Myers's
effort is fun to read whether you are a knitter or just want to learn a bit
about the fascinating culture of knitting. Unlike Zimmerman's book, however,
it is geared to a cyber age, with chapters on the online knitters' community,
knitting in many cultures, and knitting as a way of giving back to society. Myers,
who has a Ph.D. in English literature, covers knitting basics such as color, texture,
and fiber in a series of essays each concluding with an illustrative pattern.
The chapter on knitting in the computer age, for example, features directions
for knitting a Palm Pilot cover, while the chapter on knitting to improve the
world concludes with a pattern for a preemie cap.
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Hardcover, 167 pgs., $18.95
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