- Today, we're going over the Knitting for a Cure book
by Kay Meadors and Leisure Arts.
Thank you so much to Leisure Arts.
This is a knitting book supporting breast cancer awareness
and it is knit on needles.
If you are a loom knitter, have no fear,
I have converted a pattern here. (giggles)
So, stay tuned and you will get to see
some sweet support of designs
and go through this book just like you're shopping.
All right, stay tuned.
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Before we go too far, let me let you know
that there are links down in the description below
to get your copy of the book.
Also, if you want to get the video
on how to make the Mug Cozy on needles,
go click on that link in the description below.
And also, for the converted pattern
for the loom knitters out there.
All right, let's begin.
Well, it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
as of this recording,
and so I wanted to highlight a special book
called Knitting for a Cure by Leisure Arts.
The designer is Kay Meadors
and she's created 18 patterns for heartwarming gifts
for your friends and family
and to raise awareness for breast cancer
and about how breast cancer has touched their lives
or their friends' lives.
And breast cancer has also touched my life as well.
My great grandmother, Ethel Williams, she did pass on.
She did not survive breast cancer herself
and this is way before we had all the research
and awareness that we do as of today.
But I do remember her.
I didn't get to see her for as long as I could in this life
but hopefully I'll see her one day, right?
So, I wanted to raise awareness on my side
and showcase this book.
I'd love to share this book with you
kind of in a way like if we were shopping together
and I just wanna show you an overview
of what I catch off of here,
kind of the highlights that I think you need to know
and things that I think are kind of fun about the book.
Okay, so in the Knitting for the Cure book,
Kay Meadors details and goes over The Journey
of the Traveling Shawl, which is a very sweet story
and it goes over the 50 knitters
who worked on it in over 50 states,
and it's really incredible.
And then it goes into fashion,
and these are just a few of the pieces
that are in the Fashion section.
And later on, there is a Home section
and these are a few of the selections in here,
so it's broken out into two large sections that way.
And throughout the book, you will see
that there are yarn weights in here
such as super fine, lightweight yarn, number one.
There's also lightweight, number three yarn,
medium-weight, number four, and one bulky weight yarn.
So, the patterns range in yarn weight as well.
You'll find that the patterns
range from easy to easy-plus to a few intermediate
in the patterns as well.
So, let's go over some of the fashion items
that we have here.
So, we have the traveling shawl.
It's got a great story on that.
She also has made a beaded version,
just a beautiful, beautiful fine working lace here.
And then we also have a scarf version in that.
So, if you don't wanna make the larger shawl
and you like maybe a scarf,
maybe you wanna give that to a survivor friend of yours.
The entrelac shawl here
is one that's made in larger squares
and then it has a beautiful lace ribbon work here
that you can see.
It has that ribbon worked right into it.
And then we also have another one
that has it overlaid on top instead of being in a lace,
so we're working more of a garter stitch
with a reverse stockinette field.
And then we have a beautiful crescent shawl.
This is one of my favorites here
and it's got the ribbons detailed in along the edges.
So, let's flip to some of those pages.
You can see the pictures a little bit better.
So here is the traveling shawl
and the back detail, and you've got charts
and row-by-row instructions everywhere,
just large print so you can really see what you're doing.
And then we've got the entrelac shawl
with that really pretty ribbon-look to it.
And then the row-by-row instructions on that.
And then there's also headband and fingerless gloves.
These actually come in small, medium, and large
in both the headband and in the gloves.
And of course, the headband has that ribbon detail on it.
Ain't this lovely?
And then you have that back detail on there.
And then row-by-row instructions.
They're very detailed.
It's easy to tell what you're supposed to be doing.
There's also notes in the back.
I'm gonna skip here just for a moment.
In the back, you'll find more yarn information
for specifics on what was used
and also details and figures on special stitches
and cast-ons, any other extra information
that you need to know.
Now, this Crescent Shawl,
this is the one I was telling you about.
This is just so beautiful, right?
This one's actually an intermediate pattern
and it's just a lightweight, lacy, and lovely sweet wrap.
And then you've got the chart on it as well.
And here is the back detail.
Ain't that pretty?
I just love it.
And so, we also have the Beaded Traveling Shawl.
You can see here she's got those really pretty,
really pretty beads in there,
silver lined seed beads are in there.
And then we've got the chart that goes along with it.
The traveling scarf.
And then also a hat design,
so we've got a stocking cap here.
And a scarf to match.
And in the Home collection,
what I really like about this Home collection is,
besides the shawl or something that you can give as a gift,
you can also make these small, easily worked gifts.
So, you can give them out very quickly
to a friend that you've just found out
that she is going through breast cancer
or she's wanting some extra support.
Maybe you wanna make a gift package to her
as she's recovering, whatever the case may be.
And I actually think you can use several of these together.
There's a little hot water bottle.
I think this one's actually one that uses a bulky weight,
a hot water bottle cover.
You've got little sachets for soap.
And there's even a really pretty,
this is actually an intermediate pattern design,
this pretty washcloth.
Let's slip through and look at that.
So we've got the face washcloth
and it's got those details again with the ribbon.
We got a bookmark.
I love, this is a card insert.
You can knit this up in a very special card to send on.
And she could frame that
or you can pass that on and sign it from a group of friends,
just all kinds of wonderful ideas.
An entrelac pillow, which would be great
to give someone with the shawl a nice pillow design
with all those ribbons on there.
And then we've got one single pillow with a pillow back.
And then the hot water bottle cover.
All the row-by-row instructions.
And then there's also a lap throw in here.
So, I love that there's also this blanket that you can use.
And again, row-by-row instructions
detailed everything that you need.
And then the Mug Cozy, this is actually one
that I teach how to work on our channel,
at how to work all those stitches,
and this actually can be used,
all the stitches in here can be used
in several of the designs,
in the bookmark, in the card insert, of course the Mug Cozy.
There is a teapot cover.
And yeah, it goes on and on.
The sachet and soap covers are here.
They're so cute.
I mean, you can put little goodies
or lavender in the sachet bag.
The soap cover, you can put some nice soap
that's not going to be
harsh chemicals for her, just a nice handmade soap.
The Teapot Cozy is of course lovely.
And then the stitches that are used in that,
I also cover in my tutorial.
So, if you need help in learning how to read the patterns,
you haven't used a book like this before,
I certainly help on that video,
so be sure and click on that link.
And then in the back, of course there's general instructions
and references to supplies and yarn weights.
You've got some diagrams
that go along with some of those specialty stitches,
and more yarn information.
And another great, little thing in the back here,
you've got permission that Leisure Arts
has granted to the owner of this book
to use for personal use,
but it's got a project journal in it
so that you can list off who you've given this to,
so just make a copy, and then you can write out
when you gave it to 'em, who you gave it to,
the pattern, the yarn used, the yardage, the needle size.
And even a little tag here so you can print this off
and cut it and give it to your friend.
So, I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have.
If you'd like to catch one of the videos that I've made
on learning how to read one of the patterns in here
and knit up the Mug Cozy,
I would love for you to catch that.
Click on that link in the description
or on that icon and you can see that pattern as well,
that Knit Along.
I hope you enjoyed learning
about the Knitting for a Cure book by Leisure Arts.
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