thrifty thursday: needlework books
Last Saturday was the annual textile sale and I think you’d all be impressed at the amount of fabric I did not buy. I did get some for an upcoming project, a few balls of wool and this lovely book. It was originally a library book with the last hand-stamped date being June 6, 1988. Her two previous books A Treasury of Knitting Patterns and A Second Treasure of Knitting Patterns are mostly collections of traditional patterns. The majority of patterns in Charted Knitting Designs are her... Continue reading »
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