With cold weather upon us and last minute holiday gifts on my crafting agenda, my mind is on one of my favorite winter pasttimes — knitting! I met with a book rep last week and after chatting about books, the conversation turned to a mutual love of yarn and knitting. She remarked that she’s noticed that a love of books and a love of knitting often go hand in hand. Have you noticed this too? So for this week’s puzzler, I’ve put together some favorite knitting images from picture books. I was hoping to find more images of boys and men knitting (too often deemed a little-old-lady realm, I think) so please chime in if you think of any others you don’t see here! As always, feel free to put your guesses in the comments below and help each other out! There are a few tricky ones in here, I’d say. I’ll be back at the end of the week with the answers. Stay warm!
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Tags: crafting, knits, knitting, mittens, picture books, quiz, sweater, Trivia, winter
What a fun challenge! As a knitter and teacher, I thought I’d know them all, but you’ve stumped me on #6 & 7. There is a fairly recent book called Knitting Nell, by Julie Jersild Roth. And don’t forget Shall I Knit You a Hat (A Christmas Yarn):-), by Kate Klise and illustrated by M. Sarah Klise, which is absolutely wonderful! Thank you for this today. I needed a kick-start, and this has me itching to finish my to-do-list so I can get to my knitting!
1. Millions of Cats, by Wanda Gag
2. The Mitten, by Jan Brett
3. The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss
4. The Odd Egg, by Emily Gravett
5. Sophie’s Masterpiece, by Elaine Spinelli, illustrated by Jane Dyer (one of my all favorites!)
6. I know I should know this, but can’t place it
7. Very curious about this one!
8. Goodnight Moon, by Margret Wise Brown
9. Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll illustrations by John Tenniel
10. The Three Little Kittens, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Merry Christmas & Happy Knitting!
Catherine
Oh, what a delightful collection of knitting images you’ve collected and shared! And a lovely idea to begin with. -heather
Hagrid! Don’t forget Hagrid! He knits…even if it isn’t in a picturebook.
#6 is Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski.
brenda
You guys are amazing! Here are the answers:
1. Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
2. The Mitten by Jan Brett
3. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
4. The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
5. Sophie’s Masterpiece by Elaine Spinelli, illustrated by Jane Dyer
6. Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski, illustrated by Lee Harper
7. Baby’s House by Gelolo McHugh, illustrated by Mary Blair (this one is out of print, unfortunately, but I’m a huge fan of Mary Blair’s art and I love this knitting image!)
8. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
9. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
10. Three Little Kittens by Jerry Pinkney