Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmermann

Elizabeth Zimmermann seemed to fit the hippie ideal of the perfect grandmother: quiet, modest, independent, earning a living by having fun. In North America the craft was rescued by one charismatic immigrant from England. This corrected edition of the 'Knitter's Almanac' will provide at the very least a year's worth of knitting pleasure to intermediate and advanced knitters and may even help stimulate a knitting passion.In the 1970s knitting was not a fashionable hobby. Zimmerman's hints (such as how to measure gauge when working a pattern and tips for baby's items) help ease the way and will instruct even the most experienced knitter.

The knitter may easily adapt the designs at will, creating new, individual projects. Her patterns are 'classic,' historically suited to wool, thus remaining ever-fashionable as well as tasteful and attractive. Zimmerman works step by step with the reader, suggesting alternative methods and ideas as she goes. The author continuously comments on the project, its history, other ancient and modern customs, and personal beliefs. Projects are completed in the midst of canoe trips, fishing expeditions, travel, and snowstorms. The year begins with an Aran sweater and proceeds to February baby things, a March Shetland, April blanket, May mittens, and so on through the months, completing the zodiac with November moccasin socks and a December last-minute wishbone sweater.

This book gives full scope to her tireless imagination through a year's worth of projects, fitted to the seasons, moods, and needs of knitters who would like to design their own work. I feel strongly about knitting.' Perhaps her passionate opinions, as well as her love of wool craft and her delightful style, hark back to her English upbringing or long residence in the Wisconsin woods in any case, the 'Busy Knitter,' as she calls herself, is one of the most charming and informative, as well as 'un'ventive (her word) knitter-authors anywhere. 'Elizabeth Zimmerman once wrote, 'So please bear with me, and put up with my opinionated, nay, sometimes cantankerous attitude. Walker, author of 'Treasury of Knitting Patterns. 'One of America's most ingenious and creative knitters.'-Barbara G.

Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmermann