It’s that time again!
Stories In Stitches 3 is at the pinter and next week we’ll be starting pre-sales with the limited edition, signed copies, followed by the standard print edition and PDF sales:
On April 21, the early bird catches the worm and the first 50 signed & numbered copies will be available only to members of my email list. So make sure you open the next email you get from me so you don’t miss this exclusive opportunity. Sign up now if you’re not on the list yet!
On April 28, pre-orders of the standard print edition and PDF begin! So if you wait to long and miss out on one of the 50 signed and numbered copies, you won’t be completely out of luck.
The printed books ship in May.
Here’s what you’ll find inside book 3 in the Around the World series:
- Pa’s Story: Sometimes, the brief notes on the backs of photos reveal just how much we don’t know.
Travel with Colette & Colette’s Traveling Hood: Trek across Yellowstone National Park with Ava’s friend, Colette, and knit the WWI-inspired helmet liner that kept her warm.
- Helmet Liners: Did you know that volunteer knitters made combat helmets warmer and more comfortable for soldiers up until about 2010? Read the story of ancient and modern helmets, and the efforts of American Red Cross and the England’s Ladies’ Work for Sailors to make liners for them.
- Hidden Hood: Knit a child’s hood from a long-forgotten pattern found in a sewing machine drawer.
- Beginners’ Tips: Let Donna demystify knitting instructions for the beginning knitter.
- Dancing Stitches and Flying Fish: Dancing Stitches Socks, and Flying Fish Knee High Socks: Donna reconnects with long-lost family, to discover history, and to find inspiration for two unique pairs of socks.
- Synthetic and Acrylic Yarn Musings: Shortages, abundance, and wars influence the yarn choices of knitters. Read how conservation and wool banking affect the price and availability of fiber.
- Stitches with Purpose: Rachel Russ shares the story of her Latvian knitting mentor, one of the “…knitting souls left behind.”
- The Coat: Knit and crochet designer Rohn Strong tells the story of his Nana’s coat of many colors.
- A Knitted Peace: Donna searches for Lithuanian handknits and ponders the conflicting history of her Lithuanian and Jewish ancestors.
- Hiroshima Peace Socks: Knit the socks inspired by fabric slippers from a Hiroshima photography collection.
- The Doll: A Short Story; The Airman, The WAAF Doll: Read Rohn Strong’s short story war, loss, and freedom, then knit two dolls inspired by the story.
Experience level – advanced beginner
After I finished my Arctic Lace Knitting Book, I finally allowed myself to explore the world of lace knitting and discovered that is is much more varied and elaborate than I could have imagined. Around the world and over time, knitters in different countries and regions have developed unique styles of lace knitting that range from easy-intermediate (like the knitting of the Oomingmak knitters) to advanced-insanely- difficult (like some of the Victorian patterns designed by English knitters). Other lace styles are used in Estonia, Russia, South America, Lithuania, Germany and Austria, and New Zealand. I’m sure there are even more, but these are the styles I’ve explored so far. – Donna Druchunas –
Experience: All skill levels, basic knitting skills required.
Have you ever wondered why some people can read charts easily and others find them incomprehensible? The truth is, charts are written in a code that can be deciphered by knitters who learn the symbols on the page and in their knitting. Charts do not use arbitrary symbols, but each symbol includes the instructions on how to make the indicated stitch! In this class, you will learn the secrets of interpreting chart symbols for texture and cable stitches.
