My birthday was a few weeks back and I got some wonderful new canning and crochet books:
Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia by Robyn Chachula
- I can never have enough stitch dictionaries, which are basically lists of instructions on how to do different stitch patterns.
Creating Crochet Fabric by Dora Ohrenstein
- This book is supposed to be amazing if you write your own patterns--or have any interest in doing so.
Food in Jars by Marissa McClellan
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Food in Jars is one of my favorite canning websites so I definitely wanted the book.
The Joy of Pickling by Linda Zedrich
- We love pickles around here, so an entire book about pickling seemed like an obvious choice.
So far I've mostly just looked through them and picked out things I want to make--like Gingery Sweet Pickled Vegetables (
Joy of Pickling) and Cantaloupe Jam with Vanilla (
Food in Jars.) I also did a little Tunisian crochet swatching from some stitch patterns in
Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia for a possible summer scarf pattern. (And learned I need more practice at Tunisian crochet.) I'm sure I'll let you know as soon as I get around to making anything from them.