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After a long gap I’ve bought myself a couple of real books to read. Haven’t begun them yet, but I have high hopes.
And this one:
Hoping to have fun.
Sorry I’ve been missing from my blog for so long, but I am now in Hyderabad and am not constantly online as I am in Vizag.
I went to a used books sale here in Hyderabad and picked some nice knitting books, including:
Traditional Knitting Patterns by James Norbury, 1962 (I think this must be a classic. It shows traditional stitch patterns from several areas of the world.)
Knitting for Children by Louise Daniels, 1971 (It has patterns graded by age-group, whcih should be very helpful, even if I can’t make gauge ever and decide to do the patterns in a different group than I should.)
Knitting in Vogue by Christine Probert, 1982 (Mostly women’s patterns from Vogue magazine)
and
Wild Knitting ed. Angela Jeffs, 1979 (Now this is really wild knitting and I can’t say any of the designs appeal to me much. Maybe I’ll put this book up for a swap.)
All the books are in excellent condition, except the middle two are missing their original dustjackets.
I also found The Penguin Guide to Sewing by Julian Robinson (1974), which I hope will be helpful as I plan to take my mom’s sewing machine back with me this time.
I got the lot of them for about Rs 700, which is a good price and if I bought any of these alone firsthand, would have got me only one of them or not even that. I’m happy. 🙂
Oh, and my mom’s sewing machine was bought in 1967 in the US. It’s a Singer.
I went booksaling (new word!) today and turned the place upside down looking for crafty books. And I was well rewarded with this (Rs 75):
Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann. Wasn’t that a lucky find?! I hope to be putting some of the techniques into use in a few weeks’ time. This is the original 1971 edition. There’s a slight tear on the dustcover, but I shall apply tape. I understand it is a bit of a classic.
I also found this book on needlepoint/plastic canvas (Rs 150). It’s been a long time since I learnt a new craft.
Needlepoint on Plastic Canvas by Elisabeth Brenner De Nitto. This must be the cover, because my copy is missing its dust jacket. Hopefully I’ll have fun. I have a pack of A4-sized sheets of plastic canvas hidden in a cupboard. I resisted buying a book on Macrame. I was strong.
In non crafty buys, I got a couple of books with cats in them. The sale was purportedly of surplus books from US libraries. I had a nice haul last year. The man promised to look up more books for me and asked me to go in next week. I am not that hopeful actually.
Sue Townsend never fails to amuse.
Well, the fabled bookstore did open as scheduled. Sigh. Not a single book on anything related to yarn. No knitting, no crochet. What few craft books there were, were nicely wrapped in plastic to discourage greedy browsers, probably, from getting their dirty noses into them.
Lots of Guides to Organic Chemistry, and Management though, and almost an entire floor taken up with tacky "gift items" for sale. What can I say, we are very studious and like storing our memories in garish photo frames flanked by artificial flowers that hurt your eyes to look at, which are anyway bespectacled because of hours spent poring over the aforementioned Guides.
As a consolation, I bought myself A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
Oh, and they didn't have sofas and chairs to sit on, either.
Hey, I just discovered Bryson has a new book coming out in October. Yippee.
Question: Why does none of the websites have the cover for A Walk that my copy does? Strange.
I'm all excited because a real bookstore is coming to our city. Not the kind where you stand at the counter and say "Do you have Phalana's Guide to Organic Chemistry, but the kind which has chairs and sofas and it takes you some time to walk from end to end and you can browse!!! Yippee. The store opens on 14th June. I can't wait.
Well, with a cover like that, I couldn't just leave it at the book sale and walk away, could I? I hope it's a good read.
And then:
There's a writer I know and love.
I also found a copy of KnitLit (too), but I put it back…heartwarming stories of people knitting don't sound very attractive right now…gasp!
I bought this book today:
And I find there's a blog attached! What fun.
Also bought (being uninformed about Western classical music):
And on one of my favourite writers:
So now I'm set for that interrupted air trip to the northeast. Still haven't decided what to do with the hooks and needles. Probably check them in.
A book! Yes, a tome found its way to my house today courtesy Indian Post, Bookcrossing, and a bookring (or is it a bookray?) started by a certain someone in Bombay. And it is this book:
A nice juicy British mystery! The stuff of my dreams! (Yes, I do have some weird dreams, partly why I enjoy sleeping so much.)
Random Act of BookCrossing Kindness
I found this site today for people wanting to send/receive books randomly. Yay!
swakrta.com 