mitten books

recently i have taken a liking to fair isle/intarsia mittens. i am always inspired by what i see on blogs out there and the combination of colors seemed like a fun thing to attempt. so i checked out the mostly mittens book from my library for inspiration. it is a nice book and i like the patterns. although they weren't quite what i had in mind.

the very next day i am at my lys friday knit night and i came across the book selbuvotter by terri shea. mainly because she was standing right there in the middle of the shop with her self published book hot off the press. she is a regular knitter at the lys and i had not met her before. it was so great, she had a knitted sample of every glove or mitten pattern.

so after seeing the samples and being SO impressed that she had the drive and initiative to publish her own book, i bought a copy for myself. lovely, lovely patterns. the website has more information.


i also started some brioche bread this afternoon. recipe comes from the barefoot contessa paris book. i even whipped out my scraper from the famous e. dehillerin that i picked up last fall. the cookbook actually has pictures from the very shop. i'll see how it turns out tomorrow. yum, i love brioche!