While having my morning coffee and checking emails I came across The Knitting Daily email which had a review http://www.interweavestore.com/Knitting/Books/Pop-Knitting.html?SessionThemeID=35&a=kp120503 about a new book called Pop Knitting. Check it out here!
I want to encourage you (if you haven’t done so already) to break out of your knitting or crochet usual…… and try something completely different. We all get stuck in a rut sometimes but we don’t really learn that way. It’s good to stretch our brains, even just a little!
It’s funny that the title on the Knitting Daily post was called….Knit Like An Artist. You see…..I enjoy painting as well and have been reading a book called Capturing Radiant Light & Color by Susan Sarback. The book is getting my creative juices flowing again. It is about looking at everything around you with new eyes…..seeing colors in a still life or landscape, etc, that you have never seen before. I love impressionist paintings like Claude Monet and Henry Hensche, they painted a simple flower with such brilliance. I would love to see and paint like that some day.
So getting back to the book, Pop Knitting……though I haven’t read it (not quite out yet) one can only imagine what we could learn from a book like this. But really trying anything out of your comfort zone……like felting or maybe knitting a tote bag, socks, or possibly a tie for the guy in your life (or for you) Maybe you will find that you rather enjoy creating your own knitting and crochet patterns. Try a little yarn bombing latey? ha, ha. The point is to stretch yourself a little or a lot in what ever you do.
Be creative….step outside the box and have fun!…..happy knitting : )
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