No Sheep for You

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No Sheep for You ~ $28.95

Another quality product from Interweave press at an affordable price! It's a great book for people who can't wear woollies and the rest of us too. There's lost of useful info about the idiosyncracies of non-woolly textiles, general tips embroidered throughout the book and of course a bunch of very friendly patterns for men and women. My faves are the jackets & coats, a lace shawl by Amy Singer, a classic little cabled cardi by Brooke Snow (i know whay ou are thinking, it's a little staid, but it NEVER goes out of style, I wear them forever and never regret putting all that work into it!), a fair isle cardi by Zoe Valette and a hemp purse. One caveat ... there is one "what were you thinking?!" pattern, so when you get to it either visualize your happy place or if you're creative pretend it's in a nice, soft solid colour ... sometimes good ideas go bad ;-)