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There’s nothing I love more than a new knitting book. I love flipping
through the pages and imagining all the things I could make. Most of the time, though,
after the first flip-through, I’ve lost heart. I’d never be able to make that, I
think. Or: I’d never want to make that. But not so with Bags: A
Knitters’ Dozen.
On my first skim-through, my imagination went
wild: I want one of those…and one of those…and one of those… These aren’t your
plain-jane everyday old knit-two-squares-and-sew-‘em-together bag patterns. There are
different patterns here—patterns that haven’t been repeated over and over in previous
knitting books. There are felted bags and textured bags and fancy detailed bags. There
are handbags and tote bags and beach bags. And—best of all, there are easy bags and
intermediate bags and a-little-more-challenging bags. Bags features more than 20
different patterns for bags—plus a few extras, like a vest and a sweater. You’ll even
learn about new techniques, like needle felting.
I’ve already made two
of the bags in the book, and I love them. They’re different, and they were fun to knit.
I even pushed myself and tried the intermediate patterns, and I didn’t have a problem. I
only ran into a few difficulties with the patterns—but you’ll be able to catch them
without a problem if you’re paying attention.
Pick up a copy of Bags: A
Knitters’ Dozen, and you’ll want to knit bags for everyone you know (it’s never too
early to start knitting for next Christmas, you know…).
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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