So I started doing bookbinding too…

My first attempt 🙂

I followed the tutorial HERE which is really nice and clear.

It’s a bit rough but I’m happy with it as a first attempt! Especially considering it’s made from stuff I already had around the house. The pages are posh printer paper (the heavy kind for printing fancy or important things on), the cover boards are recycled from an old ring-binder, and the bookcloth is a leftover bit of linen.

I never knew that there are so many ways to bind books! I can see myself making a few more yet 🙂

Jewel blanket

I’ve been working on this for longer than I’m going to admit 🙂

The squares are knitted corner-to-corner using increases and decreases. The benefit of this is that they come out perfectly square, but it only works with garter stitch.

To make squares this way, cast on one stitch and proceed in garter stitch, increasing one stitch at the start of each row. When the square is the size you want, start to decrease one stitch at the start of each row, until you only have one stitch left.