Comments on: Book–Ethnic Knitting Exploration: Lithuania, Iceland, & Ireland http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4246 Art as an everyday attitude. Tue, 15 May 2012 03:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Donna Druchunas http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4246/comment-page-1#comment-224711 Donna Druchunas Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:44:32 +0000 http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4246#comment-224711 Great news about the Sony Reader! I'm all for providing materials in many different formats, so every reader can choose what they prefer. Me, I like the old-fashioned paper book. I do like the idea of a Kindle or e-book reader for carrying around research material, though. So easy to search. Just about impossible to "search" through paper books. Well there's the index. But still not as convenient as a search function! Great news about the Sony Reader! I’m all for providing materials in many different formats, so every reader can choose what they prefer. Me, I like the old-fashioned paper book. I do like the idea of a Kindle or e-book reader for carrying around research material, though. So easy to search. Just about impossible to “search” through paper books. Well there’s the index. But still not as convenient as a search function!

]]> By: Deborah Robson http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4246/comment-page-1#comment-224710 Deborah Robson Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:16:01 +0000 http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4246#comment-224710 Lynn and Donna, thanks for the fantastic explanation of the Ethnic Knitting books. I'm the publisher, which means I'm also the tech editor and layout designer and production coordinator. Donna and I came up with the idea of this series at a funky coffeeshop in Loveland, Colorado, what was it? maybe five years ago? We wanted a bridge that would give tentative knitters the skills and confidence to be comfortable with a book like Priscilla GIbson-Roberts' Knitting in the Old Way. We're all about knitters' liberation. Of course, what Donna and I are coming up with does that, and has taken on more, as well. These are definitely a different type of knitting book, and yes, we envision people working both on their own and in classes (as teachers and students) to discover the satisfaction and delight of working without patterns. (We love patterns, too--just not all the time.) The Kindle editions of the books should be available any time, and I also spent yesterday assembling the technical files to put them on the Sony eReader. And just about a month ago a new (free) app for iPhone and iPod Touch was released to let people read Kindle titles on those portable devices (Kindle for iPhone)--or carry the whole Ethnic Knitting series worth of ideas with them! What a strange, wonderful world we live in! Lynn and Donna, thanks for the fantastic explanation of the Ethnic Knitting books. I’m the publisher, which means I’m also the tech editor and layout designer and production coordinator.

Donna and I came up with the idea of this series at a funky coffeeshop in Loveland, Colorado, what was it? maybe five years ago? We wanted a bridge that would give tentative knitters the skills and confidence to be comfortable with a book like Priscilla GIbson-Roberts’ Knitting in the Old Way. We’re all about knitters’ liberation.

Of course, what Donna and I are coming up with does that, and has taken on more, as well. These are definitely a different type of knitting book, and yes, we envision people working both on their own and in classes (as teachers and students) to discover the satisfaction and delight of working without patterns. (We love patterns, too–just not all the time.)

The Kindle editions of the books should be available any time, and I also spent yesterday assembling the technical files to put them on the Sony eReader. And just about a month ago a new (free) app for iPhone and iPod Touch was released to let people read Kindle titles on those portable devices (Kindle for iPhone)–or carry the whole Ethnic Knitting series worth of ideas with them!

What a strange, wonderful world we live in!

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