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Giveaway: Mason-Dixon Knitting Audiobook

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Anne is our winner!

This week’s giveaway is brought to you by me cleaning my office. I have a copy (on CD) of Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines, by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne.

The thing about an audio knitting book is that it doesn’t contain the patterns from the book, but there are lots of little stories in the book that are here, and it’s read by the authors, which is a lot of fun.

The recording is on three CDs and runs three hours and 30 minutes. I’m pretty sure I only listened to it once, so it should be in really good condition. I don’t think the company that made it exists anymore.

If you’d like a chance to win this one, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, October 2. I’d love to know which one of your far-flung friends you’d like to start a blog with. I’d pick my friend Jamie, who makes jewelry in Massachusetts, takes wonderful photographs and writes amazing poetry.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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  1. I would really like to have this,i’ve done crafts all my life like my mom and grandma before her. The blog i would like to start is with my niece Lindsey who also does a lot of crafting. I live half a continent away from her but still feel a strong connection with her and her 6 kids. Thanks for the consideration

  2. I have never had any desire to start a blog, but I do love listening to audio books as I knit!
    lindarumsey on Ravelry

  4. I listen to audiobooks as I fly to various knitting events. A book of knitting stories would be fun to listen to on the way. I might enjoy doing a blog with my youngest daughter.

  7. I would start a blog with my dear friend Paul where we would mock our mutual conservative upbringing. I’d love to win the audiobook!

  8. My best friend is one of the best knitters I know. She is constantly knitting up her unique back zippered baby jackets: every grandchild of her friends and every child born to one of her coworkers has received a Jenn Jacket as a gift. I’d love to win this for her so she could have it to listen to when driving the 9 hrs to visit her grandchildren!

Have you read?

Book Review: Viking Knits

Beautiful people and beautiful sweaters combine in Lasse L. Matberg’s Viking Knits. The book includes more than 40 Scandinavian inspired knits for men, women and children featuring textured stitches and colorwork.

Matberg is known as The Viking and has worked as a chef, naval officer, fitness instructor and model, as well as being on a couple of reality TV shows. He comes from a long line of makers and his book was first published in Norwegian in 2021 and has since come out in an English version.

The book is divided into sections including everyday sweaters, knits for the great outdoors, stylish knitwear, Norse sweaters and accessories. Some of the patterns use the same designs in different versions for men, women and children. I counted seven projects rated for beginners, 19 for intermediate knitters and 17 for experienced knitters. The more difficult patterns tend to have allover colorwork or stitch patterning.

The pattern stitches and colorwork are shown in charts, with a little bit of text to tell you how to make the garment. Most of the book is sweaters, but there are also hats (sometimes coordinating with sweaters), scarves and a couple of sitting mats.

You can check out all the patterns on Ravelry. Some of my favorites are the more basic ones, such as the Power Sweater, a close-fitting (sized for men) ribbed sweater; the Heart Sweater, a raglan with allover lice stitch; and the Midsummer Sweater, with textured stripes and a henley neckline. I also like the Breeze designs (there are versions for men, women and children) that have colorwork diamonds on them.

Sizing on the garments varies, but there are six sizes for the men’s patterns (noted as small through XXL and then Lasse sized), six for women (XS to XL) and three for children (age 2-4, 6-8 and 10-12).

The yarns used in the book aren’t available in the United States but you can find suppliers here if you want to use the same yarns. Otherwise the book gives a lot of details about yarn content and gauge so you should be able to find good substitutes wherever you live.

If you have Norwegian or Scandinavian heritage or just like the look of cozy textured or colorful sweaters, this book is a lot of fun, and the eye candy is pretty great, too.

About the book: 192 pages, hardcover, 43 patterns. Published in English in 2023 by Search Press. Suggested retail price $29.95.

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