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What Would Madame Defarge Knit?
by
Heather Ordover (Goodreads Author) ,
Jen Minnis (Goodreads Author)
What Would Madame Defarge Knit? is a delightful literary-inspired romp edited by CraftLit podcast creator Heather Ordover. With 21 patterns and a special kid-friendly project, too, this book is 200+ pages of patterns and accompanying essays based on classic characters from literature. An accompanying website contains additional content, such as video links, links to audio...more
Paperback, 202 pages
Published
May 14th 2011
by Cooperative Press
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Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, because this is a book of knitting patterns inspired by classic literature. We have a cap for the Ancient Mariner, a mobius hood for the mad woman in the attic, and (knitting project of all knitting projects) Madame Defarge's revolutionary shroud, encoded with secret messages. To state the obvious, this is a seriously cool book of patterns -- one providing some much-needed inspiration for me to move beyond my namby pamby beginner knits toward the world of kn...more
It's is a set of essays reflecting on classic literature.
It's a knitting pattern book.
Perhaps surprisingly, it functions beautifully as both.
It takes a special group of book-loving knitters to latch onto A Tale of Two Cities and ask, "Just what was Madame Defarge knitting? Is there a pattern? Let's make one!" What makes the book work ultimately is that editor and writer Heather Ordover pulls it all together and imbues it with the joy of curiosity, discovery, and whimsy.
Ordover is best known to...more
It's a knitting pattern book.
Perhaps surprisingly, it functions beautifully as both.
It takes a special group of book-loving knitters to latch onto A Tale of Two Cities and ask, "Just what was Madame Defarge knitting? Is there a pattern? Let's make one!" What makes the book work ultimately is that editor and writer Heather Ordover pulls it all together and imbues it with the joy of curiosity, discovery, and whimsy.
Ordover is best known to...more
Ok, seriously cool. This is a multi-media book!
The essays and patterns in the book were interesting and fun - and the web-site that accompanies the book offers additional links; recipes, project photos, and more info about the designers. Quite spiffy!
I read through all the essays and pondered the patterns (I also fav'd the ones I'm most likely to knit on Raverlry). I have start-itis soooooo bad right now. But I MUST work on x-mas gifts...
I enjoyed the essays presenting the designer's perspectiv...more
The essays and patterns in the book were interesting and fun - and the web-site that accompanies the book offers additional links; recipes, project photos, and more info about the designers. Quite spiffy!
I read through all the essays and pondered the patterns (I also fav'd the ones I'm most likely to knit on Raverlry). I have start-itis soooooo bad right now. But I MUST work on x-mas gifts...
I enjoyed the essays presenting the designer's perspectiv...more
This collection is very different from just about every other knitting and crochet book that's been published.
Where to begin? It is full of awesome and there are good things found within and beyond the slender volume. I know that I'm going to leave out something important.
Heather is the host of CraftLit, a podcast of 200 episodes and counting that draws upon her combined loves and experiences of crafting and teaching literature.
Cooperative Press is the brainchild of Shannon Okey. An objective o...more
Where to begin? It is full of awesome and there are good things found within and beyond the slender volume. I know that I'm going to leave out something important.
Heather is the host of CraftLit, a podcast of 200 episodes and counting that draws upon her combined loves and experiences of crafting and teaching literature.
Cooperative Press is the brainchild of Shannon Okey. An objective o...more
I love Craftlit, and was thrilled to get this companion piece. I was slightly disappointed to find that there are no project photographs here, but like the way it is integrated into the website. This might be one book where the digital version would really make a lot of sense.
The essays are really good, if short. There is a good range of pattern difficulty, but not sure how many of them I will actually make...
The essays are really good, if short. There is a good range of pattern difficulty, but not sure how many of them I will actually make...
I love this book. What a great idea, knitting and crochet patterns inspired by famous characters from literature. I love that the designers have given a background to the story and the character they were inspired by.
Warning, you will come away with not only a 'to knit' list but a 'to read' list as well but fear not, you can always search out www.craftlit.com and listen to the book whilst you knit :-)
Warning, you will come away with not only a 'to knit' list but a 'to read' list as well but fear not, you can always search out www.craftlit.com and listen to the book whilst you knit :-)
What a great book! Beautiful patterns, fun text, and web extras to boot! It's exactly the high quality I expected from a project put together by Heather Ordover.
Speaking of which, my copy was autographed by Heather Ordover, at the Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago, 6/05/11. Thank you, Loopy Yarns!
Speaking of which, my copy was autographed by Heather Ordover, at the Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago, 6/05/11. Thank you, Loopy Yarns!
A great interactive knitting book which teaches more then just knitting... dabbles in everything from dyeing ({ahem} my part in the work) to recipes!
i think i'd've been more into this book if it had pictures of the patterns but i understand why they had to save them for the companion website. i'd've been also more into it if i was more of a classics reader, which i'm not. there's supposedly a volume 2 in the works so maybe it will focus on some more modern lit?
I can't wait to create all the designs in the book!
A staggering work of genius. Whoda thunk it?
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A contributor to Spin-Off magazine, http://Weavezine.com, http://Cast-On.com, and host of the long-running podcast @ http://Craftlit.com, Heather Ordover's most recent adventure is as editrix of the new book series of essays and knit/crochet patterns beginning with the first book—What Would Madame Defarge Knit. Volume 2 has been released in digital format with paper copies soon to come. Her first...more
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