I am so pleased to be the next stop on the blog tour for Jean Moss's new book Sweet Shawlettes!
Jean Moss is a British knit designer that has worked with fashion houses of the likes of Ralph Lauren! Her newest book Sweet Shawlettes is filled with designs that are sure to please every knitter's neck and shoulders.
Here are a few of my favorites!
I am especially excited to try the Penumbra Cowl. It uses the simple Japanese shadow knitting technique – one that I have yet to try!
The patterns are well written and I like that she offers a bit of the traditional and non traditional style patterns. The pieces are divided into 4 sections Country, Couture, Folk and Vintage.
Jean was amazing enough to take time to answer some questions!
When did you learn how to knit?
Originally I learned to knit before I went to school because I wanted to be like my beloved grandmother who spent hours teaching me. A fallow period ensued but my interest was rekindled in my teens when I started to make my own clothes. It was the swinging sixties and I loved what I was seeing on the street and in magazines, but had no way of achieving anything similar other than to pick up my needles again. From then on I was hooked. It never occurred to me that I'd ever be able to make a living out of it, especially as I had no formal training in design, but after getting requests for sweaters I'd made for the kids, I decided that it might be a way of making some extra cash from home. No-one was more surprised than I was to find that very quickly I was presenting my designs to luminaries such as Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein and they were placing orders! It was a meteoric learning curve!
Thank you so much Jean for creating such a wonderful book! Buy your own copy here!
Lucky for you all, I'm giving one copy of Sweet Shawlettes away to one of my fabulous readers! Leave me a comment by Wednesday 1/25 (midnight EST!)
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For more stops on the Sweet Shawlettes blog tour visit these fabulous blogs!
Mon 2 Jan | more yarn will do the trick | Jean Moss |
Tues 3 Jan | wendy knits | Wendy Johnson |
Wed 4 Jan | knitgrrl | Shannon Okey |
Thurs 5 Jan | yarnagogo | Rachael Herron |
Fri 6 Jan | the knitter | Rosee Woodland |
Sat 7 Jan | rhythm of the needles | Joanne Conklin |
Sun 8 Jan | knit purl gurl | Karrie Steinmetz |
Mon 9 Jan | craftsanity | Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood |
Tues 10 Jan | planet purl | Beth Moriarty |
Wed 11 Jan | sunset cat | Stephannie Tallent |
Thurs 12 Jan | a really good yarn | Julie Schilthuis |
Fri 13 Jan | knit 1 chicago | Lynn Coe |
Sat 14 Jan | go knit in your hat | Carol Sulcoski |
Sun 15 Jan | redshirt knitting | Erika Barcott |
Mon 16 Jan | in the loop | Cheryl & Ellen |
Tues 17 Jan | webs | Kathy Elkins |
Wed 18 Jan | zeneedle | Margene Smith |
Thurs 19 Jan | knitspot | Anne Hanson |
Fri 20 Jan | urban yarns | Alexa Ludeman |
Sat 21 Jan | a friend to knit with | Leslie Friend |
Mon 23 Jan | tentenknits | Margaux Hufnagel |
Tues 24 Jan | fancy tiger crafts | Amber Corcoran |
Wed 25 Jan | chic knits | Bonne Marie Burns |
Thurs 26 Jan | the panopticon | Franklin Habit |
Looks like a gorgeous book. Would love to win a copy.
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pretty knits. very impressive.
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I would love to win a copy! Thanks!
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I know that I will be knitting a lot when I win the book! Very pretty Shawlettes!
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Looks like a lovely book! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Very nice review, Margaux. Thanks for counting me in for the giveaway.
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Thanks for offering the giveaway. Fingers crossed I’ll be knitting a shawlette out of this book soon!
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What a beautiful book – thank you for the opportunity!!!
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Thanks for reviewing and for the giveaway; I think I’ve entered every one of them for this book…
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I don’t know what Japanese Shadow knitting is, and now I am so intrigued.
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The book looks great, I would love to win a copy – thanks!
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Thanks for the review. I’ve been following the blog trail for this book and hope I win a copy since I love all the patterns I’ve seen so far.
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So many lovely designs in this book – I don’t think there’s a bad one in it!
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Those shawlettes look great! Thanks for the review.
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I have been thinking about knitting more shawlettes lately and this book keeps popping up on blogs I read. Maybe a copy would be a good thing to own!
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Oooh that book looks wonderful – I love to knit shawlettes. thanks for the chance to win the book
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That blue one is beautiful! What a fabulous giveaway! Thanx Margaux!
Jean the book looks great! Can’t wait to see the rest!
~Michelle
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Thanks for the give away. Would love a copy of the book.
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That looks like a fabulous book!
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LOve, love these designs! Still hoping to win a book. . . Marie W.
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Thanks for doing yet another super cool giveaway, something that only makes your great blog better. I’d love a copy of this one.
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I love little shawlettes – they keep you amazingly warm – I’d love to win this book.
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It looks beautiful. I hope I’m lucky.
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Looks like a great book. Thanks for sharing. Would love to win.
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Such pretty shawlettes! Would love to win the book to knit up some of these lovelies.
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I’d love to win this one!
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Looks like a really nice book. Would love to win. Thanks
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Love the cover design especially – fun yet very practical!
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Thanks so much for hosting a giveaway – these shawlettes are divine!
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Those are such lovely designs!!
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Looks like a great book! Thanks for the chance to win this.
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Lovely! Looks like a great book to have.
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What a wonderful book. I love to knit shawls and this book has wonderful new designs. I
hope I win. Thank you for the giveaway.
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I’d love to knit Harlequin. I’ve always wants to learn entrelac and this is the perfect opportunity. Thanks for the giveaway.
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What a beautiful book! Would love to win!
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I would love to work out of this book to fulfill my resolution for 2012- Knit for myself!
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Gorgeous shawlettes, and what a beautiful book!
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the designs are so lovely š
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Thanks for the great interview. There really is something special about small shawls – they add a great dimension to an outfit. I’m intrigued to try the Penumbra shawl, too. Would love to win this book.
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Geez. I really love this book. So many chances to win it! It definitely passes my at least five patterns that I would knit!
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There are so many beautiful designs in this book…it would be hard to choice even the first. I would change my mind thousands of times;)
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amazing book…. brit designers are simply brilliant š hope hope i win:)
thanks for the interview, the author is very inspiring in her telling of how knitting transformed her life!
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Simply Beautiful!!! I LOVE this book!
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I love to knit shawls….Would love win this
book….
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I love shadow knitting! This looks like a great book. Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
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what a great interview!! the patterns look so pretty.
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Just found out I won the book on another blog. Please remove my name from the contest. Good luck, everyone!
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This is a great book! Would love to win a copy – thanks for the giveaway!
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