What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?

What Would Madame Defarge Knit? #2

by Heather Ordover (Editor)

Excellent Book

Genres: Knitting, Crafts, Nonfiction

260 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2013

About the author

Writer of books—What Would Madame Defarge Knit, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit, Defarge Does Shakespeare, and Grounded: The Seven, book 1, teacher of things, and Caster of Pods (at Craftlit.com).

She lives, teaches, and writes in Eastern PA with her bemused husband, two goofy sons, sly cat, a few frogs, and many, many ka-honking geese.

Reviews

[Dorthe]

The second installment in the Madame Defarge series features even more essays on classical literature and patterns inspired by said literature; once again, I am adding to both my to-read shelf and my Ravelry queue.

This time, we get colour photos accompanying the patterns; and while they are pretty, they are not necessary, in my opinion. I would be quite happy with line drawings as in WWMDfK.

But again, there are lots of great patterns for those special people we love (and love to hate): a cowl for Marian Halcombe, and socks inspired by Count Fosco; a shawl for a little girl and her doll; a gorgeous Celtic-knotted dress for Iseult; and much more.

The Madame will have a lot on her needles!

[Julie]

I was so excited when this book arrived in the mail the other day! I sat down and read through it right away, over an evening and the next afternoon. The essays are interesting, even the ones who's subject book I haven't read (in fact, I'm adding a few of them to my to-read list as a result!). And the patterns - the patterns! Seriously, there are so many good projects in here. And the Ravelry group is running a series of KALs for several of them. First up for me is probably Fosco's socks!

[penny shima glanz]

(disclaimer: I have an essay and design in the book)

(review coming soon)

[Heather Ordover]

I've read it a zillion times, but I love it.

[meheadhurts]

August Readathon 2023 Mega Challenge #5 Genre Exploration - Genre that starts with first letter of your name. K = Knitting.

what a delightful book! love the literary references and short essays...will need to add some of the books that I haven't read to my TBR. Haven't tried any of the patterns, so can't speak to the accuracy of those, but there are several that I would love to try.

[Charlotte Dadswell]

I love the mixture of essays and patterns, each adding depth to the other. A number of patterns added to my never-ending queue on Ravelry! Good range of items and degrees of difficulty.

[Jill]

I LOVE this book, along with the first book What Would Madame DeFarge Knit. The idea is such a great one,knits inspired by literature and I love the essays that the designers have written explaining their inspiration as much as the patterns themselves.

As I said about the first book, you will come away from these books with not only a longer knitting queue but a 'to read' queue as well.

[Heather Ordover]

Of course, I am biased, but I love this book. I love the designers. I love their designs. I love sharing them all with you. And I REALLY love Caro Sheridan's photos.

The fact that I'm knitting along with half of the knit-a-longs says a lot.

[Lise]

Once again, a fantastic book of knitting patterns and literary essays. This makes me very happy. :)