Pints & Purls: Portable Projects for the Social Knitter

by Libby Bruce and Karida Collins

Recipes for tasty cocktails and delicious hors d'oeuvres are not the only things that you-ll find in Pints and Purls. For the social knitter who likes to have one drink (or a few!), there are a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160061146X
• ISBN13: 9781600611469
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Northlight
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Love It, Love It, Love It!!!

This book is full of fun things to knit and to wear. Great gifts! Directions for the items I've completed are very clear and concise. Great book!

Refreshing

I love this book! In response to another comment its quite refreshing to have a book with drinking in mind. I knit and I drink, it's wonderful to combine the two, and to have so many portable projects. Knitters come in all ages, shapes and sizes so it's a breath of fresh air to have something different on the market. Thank you Ms. Bruce and Ms. Collins.

Practice Knit and Release

I used to smoke, now I knit. This means that knitting in bars was an absolute necessity. I'm quite adept with the manipulation of yarn, needles and pint at this time. I was very pleased with the patterns and the clarity of the rating system (clever use of beer bottles to show the difficulty level). The whole book was a well written great read. I would have enjoyed a few more patterns in the five + range for those of us who make a habit out of supporting our local breweries and pubs. The photographs are stunning and are set in the kinds of places that I find myself knitting. I was disappointed with the drunken sweater pattern's picture because it doesn't show the intended effect (I think). Overall, a book worth giving as a gift and most certainly worth adding to your shelf. For those of this with this bent, I'd pair it with "Naughty Needles" and call it a day!

Funny

This book is very cute- as a social knitter it had fun little tidbits and great portable patterns. Great gift for your knitting friends!

Refreshing!

This is the 1st knitting book that I've actually bothered to READ! Usually, I buy a book for the patterns & could care less about reading anything else in it. I started looking through the patterns, caught a paragraph here & there, & decided to start reading this one! I found it very entertaining & refreshing! It has some very nice patterns that are easy to pick up & take with you, & this was what I was looking for, since I love to knit, but don't get a lot of time to devote to involved or long-term projects. There's a little bit of something for everybody in this book, & some great get-together ideas for friends, as well!