The EZ revelation

I've been down with some kind of weird flu or something for the past few days; symptoms have been headaches and footaches, along with general exhaustion. I haven't really had the energy to blog, or even read blogs, let alone do any serious schoolwork. However, luckily for me, my order of two books, Knitter's Almanac and Knitting without tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman, arrived just in time for my illness, so I've been able to enterain myself with those. Hooboy, could that lady ever write a text on knitting! She is just so down to earth, and no-nonsense. None of that ridiculous perfectionist crap that some people (read: me) have a tendency to brainwash themselves with. Anything goes with her, and if you screw up she points out a zillion ways to fix the problem in a totally relaxed way. I like her and intend to get more of her books, as soon as I have some money.
I have finished the secret socks, both of them. I was going to show you a picture, but for some reason Blogger won't let me. Hopefully, if I try again tomorrow, it will.

A History of Hand Knitting

Wow! Is this the coolest book ever or what? (Please just ignore the fact that I´m way to lazy to get my camera problems fixed and am still relying on the photobooth.) I got the book at the library yesterday and have become a little obsessed with it over the last 24 hours.
I mean, look at this guy. He is the Bishop of Leicester, which sounds like a big deal to me, and he is also a prolific knitter. I will bet you anything that he knit that beautiful flowery cardigan he's wearing himself. And he just looks so happy and content in this picture, a knitter completely at ease with himself. I just love this cover.
And then, of course, there is the content of the book which is just great as well. A thorough history of the art of knitting, with lots of pictures and entertaining morsels of information. I give this book an unequivocal thumbs up.
I've found it for sale (because now that I know of it's existence I must own it. I'm just a very possessive person) on a few sites, but the only copies I've seen photos of have a different cover from this one. Now, that simply won't do! I have to have the version where the Bishop of Leicester is on the cover. Just looking at him makes me smile. This problem could be solved, of course, if only I had easy access to a scanner. I could just scan the Bishop cover and then buy me a version of the book that has a different cover, and then print the bishop cover and glue it the **** on there! (I know I shouldn't think swear words in the same sentence as the Bishop of Leicester. I'm just so excited about this). Some of my friends and acquaintances have scanners, I'm just a little worried that they'll find my enthusiasm for this cover odd. But that's their problem, right?
Now, I really should get some studying done.