"It Itches" by Franklin Habit
The hardest part about gift knitting isn't the knitting itself, or the fact that it all seems to happen in a rush in November and December. No, the hardest part is that you can't post pictures, because the people you knit for are all online. :)
It's not that I haven't been knitting -- but I can't blather about it, which leaves me with little to blather about. (I don't really want to cross the streams and talk about soap or climbing or World of Warcraft, which doesn't leave much else!)
So let me talk to you about It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons by Franklin Habit, a wonderful book of cartoons and essays about knitting. :) You've probably already heard of it -- Franklin is no small name around the intarwebz -- but if not, it comes highly recommended by this knitter and sheep fan. :) "It Itches" contains ten adorable and often humorous essays, and countless sheep (I mean, you could count them, but you'd fall asleep in no time).
There's also a tie-in with this year's Interweave Holiday Gifts, in which Franklin's adorable sheep prance throughout the pages. :D :D :D Count the number of sheep and you could win a contest at Interweave!
Any number of illustrations in this book are hysterical, but I think my favorite involved a Sudoku puzzle. Lace knitters, you'll know it when you see it. :)
