Knitter’s Bookshelf: The Art of Landscape Knitting

The Art of Landscape Knitting by Anne Le Brocq is an interesting knitting book that gives you knitting block or repeat patterns that represent different types of terrain or things you would see in nature. Le Brocq is a geographer as well as a knitter, so she has a unique insight into different types of landscapes.

The pattern blocks are arranged in categories, like weather, terrain, beach, and so on. You can knit individual blocks to be joined together, or knit strips of specific patterns, as in the blanket pictured on the book cover. The author has a website as well – https://www.blanketscapes.com/ where you can find pictures of some example blankets she has made inspired by different parts of the British Isles.

In addition to the pattern blocks, the book includes some knitting basics and some discussion of your options for turning the patterns into blankets. You can either knit one of the full blanket patterns included, or use the block patterns to make your own creations. You could also pretty easily use the blocks for other types of knitted items.

I really like this book, and believe that it will be very useful for some upcoming knitting projects I have in mind. If this sounds at all interesting to you, I highly recommend this book!



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