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Giveaway – Simple Style By Ann Budd

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I run across quite a few knitting books in my travels, excursions and jaunts, most are kind of cool, however since my life and tastes run far, far from the NY runways, and while I can drool over patterns and techniques, a lot of them don’t have a practical use in my daily life.

Enter Simple STYLE. These sweaters, jackets, vests, wraps… offer a lot of style, with minimal “runway flair”.  13 designers contributed to this latest in the “STYLE” series including Veronik Avery, Deborah Newton, Ann Smith, and quite a few more. This book combines simple patterns and techniques to create stunning, contemporary designs, even garter stitch looks awesome, paired with lace edges. These styles seek to elimnate unnecessary details, minimize seams, and reduce finishing steps.

You can get Simple STYLE from Interweave Press, here: http://www.interweave.com/books

Well, you don’t have to go to Interweave to get the book  now, I’ll give it to you.  Leave me a comment by 3.31.09 and tell me what your favorite knitting blogs are. I’ll put you in the drawing.

Wow! 3 giveaways in one day. Someone needs to clean out their stash more often!

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Comments

  1. I would love to win this book.
    My favorites are (besides this one)
    Wendy Knits, Shut up, I’m counting, and Simple Knits.
    Sheryl

  2. The blogs I check daily include The Yarn Harlot, Vickie Howell, The Rainey Sisters, Knitgrrl, And She Knits Too, The Heathen Housewife, and this blog, in addition to several others and some spinning blogs. Takes me forever to get through them all! LOL

  3. knitty.com
    nonaKnits (what happened to that?)
    Grumperina

    I also hop around, depending on what I’m looking for.

  6. My favorite knitting blog is Little Cotton Rabbits. I find Julie’s work amazing. Thanks much for the giveaway.

  9. Yarn Harlot hands down – she knit and makes me snort my coffee – what more do I need?

  15. I love Ann Budd and don’t have this book. Please add me to the giveaway.

    one of my favorite blogs is Kris Knits. She is very talented and does some really cute dishcloths and other patterns.

  16. I love blog.berroco.com! Their works are truly amazing and make you want to grab your needles and give the projects your best shot.

  19. I think my favorites are Vickie Howell and Knitty.com but I am always in search of others too. I would love to win this knitting book.

  21. I’m afraid that I keep adding more and more knitting blogs to my RSS feed but the main one I always read is the Yarn Harlot. She is a riot and brightens my day. Other ones are Grumperina and Knitspot. I just added this one this week.

    I love Ann Budd and refer to her books often.

  24. It’s tough to choose favourites, but I really like Cosmicpluto and The Plucky Knitter’s blogs.

  26. Please enter me in this great giveaway! My favorite blogs are Vickie Howell, Yarn Harlot, and Rachel’s Knitting Blogspot. Thank you!

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Reminder: Knitting is (Usually) Allowed on Airplanes

A story has been circulating online about a woman who was asked to put away her knitting on a flight by a flight attendant who warned that you wouldn’t want to have knitting in your hands during an emergency on the plane.

I would guess her worry is that you or someone else could get tangled up in the yarn, or somehow injured by the needles, if you were trying to exit the plane quickly?

I think most knitters are aware of where their yarn and needles are when they are knitting on a plane or anywhere else, and usually keep their yarn in a bag so it won’t roll away or get dirty, so no one should be able to get tangled in it.

Also by this argument probably doing anything in a plane (including serving hot beverages) would be a potential danger in case of emergency.

Frankly I worry about a flight attendant who is that paranoid about potential dangers happening in flight that they would discourage people from entertaining themselves in transit.

But this story does serve as a good reminder that in the United States, knitting needles (and crochet hooks for that matter) are allowed in carry on and checked bags, as are scissors shorter than 4 inches/10 cm from the pivot point. Nail clippers are also allowed, but not yarn cutters that are blades.

A few years ago I looked for every nation’s rules regarding knitting needles on planes that I could find, and they were generally allowed on flights in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Scissors are not allowed in flights in Mexico.

It’s always a good idea to check with your airline just to make sure they allow knitting needles and tools, especially if you are flying internationally. It’s always up to the discretion of TSA agents if your supplies will be allowed. I haven’t traveled by air in many years, but I used to always try to use small needles and keep my knitting in its own bag inside my carry on so the needles wouldn’t be obvious. You can also use interchangeable knitting needles and screw the needles off the cable before going through security so they look less menacing.

What do you think of this story? Do you have any recent tales of traveling with knitting? I’d love to hear them!

[Photo of TikTok video from BrittStitches, via Yahoo]

 

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