Books

Hi Everyone, it's Tuesday again!

Jane in Berkshire here.

The book I chose for this week's tag is an old knitting book Knitting For All Illustrated.

It is a 1940s book, with lots of home-made knits to produce. I like the photos and the pen sketches in this book, as well as the knitting patterns. My favourite patterns are the ones for underclothing and nightwear! I am glad those days are long gone, and we no longer have to make these items for ourselves!

I made a concertina book for my tag, and photographed it on some knitwear. Sorry there are lots of photos, but there are 4 pages and 2 covers.

For the front and back I used an old tissue box, which is decorated with beautiful knitwear, and I have been dying to use it for something! I added collage and some letter stickers.

For the pages I took some Indian papers, rubbed them with Inktense pencil for texture, and collaged illustrations from the knitting book, tables of contents, pictures of knitting and wool. I coloured in the photos and sketches of finished jumpers. I joined the pages together with sticky ribbons.

Of course, because this is a favourite book of mine, I couldn't cut it up, so made copies of it!

I really enjoyed making this book tag! I love knitting, but mostly make scarves or small things with textured yarns, and don't attempt anything too ambitious as I hate having unfinished projects on the go.

Last week's poetry and prose tags were brilliant! I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all your interpretations, and also enjoyed the lines of verse and the language of the prose.
A good theme, Carolyn!Everyone put a lot of work into it.