Companionable...

This last week had its ups and downs and in betweens - basically it was an average week in an average life. My husband and I had great conversations about issues that are important in our lives, we shared fun stories and the news of the day around the dinner table. All in all it was a very companionable week.

This week's book review should give us all that same feeling - A Knitter's Home Companion by: Michelle Edwards. This is little book is filled with lots of love, laughter and stories with which you can easily relate. Michelle breaks her chapters into subject groupings allowing you to pick and chose the order that you prefer to read the book. As I tend to be quite linear when it comes to reading (except that I am a firm believer in reading the last page -it really doesn't give away a story and it helps me imagine the scope of a story while I read) I have been reading beginning to end, but for the rest of the world that is not necessary to enjoy this book.

Along with all the stories, Michelle gives us all a great deal of patterns to make. Everything from baby blankets to socks, slippers, and Chicken Egg Warmers. Each one a lovely little item to make and share. These are all great projects to get started on for the forthcoming holiday season (yes - it's coming sooner than you think). As an added bonus, this collection brings us recipes as well as the patterns. Ideas that would work wonderfully for summer picnics and BBQ's as well everyday meals. Such scrumptious delights as - Genie's Killer Deviled Eggs, Jon's Roasted Root Vegetables and much more.

All in all, A Knitter's Home Companion allows one to sit back, enjoy, and feel a companionable kinship with the author and with our own personal knitting journey.

Published 2011 - Pictures by: Jen Gotch - Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, USA.

Michelle's Website

Knit On, Read On....
The Knitty Scribe