punkmom cleverly suggested that I ask my knitting friends if y'all have any of the books I was ranting about not being able to see online. Here is my current list and if you have opinions on any of these, or if you are local and have a copy that I could look at, please let me know:
Wrap Style: Innovative to Traditional, 24 Inspirational Shawls, Ponchos, and Capelets to Knit and Crochet by Pam Allen, Ann Budd
I like
this wrap from it and either don't like or can't tell whether I like (Green Sleeves) the other wraps shown on the Interweave site (
here and
here). I like
this but it's available for free. I want to know if there are any others I like, because I would rather not pay $22 for one pattern.
I find myself wanting to play around with cable and celtic knot stitches so I would also like to have a look at these:
Aran Sweater Design by Janet Szabo
I have these on hold at the library:
220 Aran stitches : includes diamonds, cables, twists, honeycombs, textures, panels, backgrounds
Aran knitting, Alice Starmore
Vogue knitting stitchionary 2. Vol. 2, cables : the ultimate stitch dictionary
Michael Pearson's Traditional knitting : Aran, Fair Isle, and fisher ganseys
Finally, if you have any opinions about the books in my Amazon yarncrafts wishlist I would welcome them. (ObDisclaimer: I am not trolling for gifts; this is just a convenient place to keep track of stuff I want to check out.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/2H16VWFC2C9PQ