I’m working on my book proposal for A Knitter’s Guide to Beer using Elizabeth Lyon’s book, Non-Fiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write as a guide. After the Title Page (which was reasonably easy to get done), the next item is the Concept Statement. This statement should tell the publisher, the bookseller, and ultimately the book [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Concept Statement #1…
Posted in About The Book on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Will Knit for Beer…
Posted in Beer, Knitting on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We don’t happen have piles of excess money lying around our house to use for random projects, so when my idea to start homebrewing kicked in I realized I would have to find a way to earn the $300-ish for the equipment needed to get started. I could get away with spending less if I [...]
Changing Expectations…
Posted in About The Book, Beer, Knitting on October 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday was definitely a “beer-day” at work. A beer-day is often caused by computer problems, but that was not the trigger this time. There were just a couple of weird, frustrating work issues that caused the desire for a beer to kick in well before quitting time. I should probably explain what I mean by [...]
Prepping To Brew…
Posted in Beer on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was in Doc’s Cellar (our local homebrew shop) a week ago to get some information about brewing and to get a feel for the supplies and ingredients. As I was browsing around the store, I came across a shelf of plastic bags of pre-measured grains for various beer recipes. There were bags of malted [...]
The Value of Ripping & Dumping…
Posted in Beer, Knitting on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I teach beginning knitters, I’ll have them practice casting on stitches until their knitting needle is full. When they’re ready to move on to the next step, I’ll tell them to pull all those stitches off their needles and start over. The response I get is typically surprise that I would have them undo [...]
Variety or Consistency?
Posted in Beer, Knitting on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A choice that seems to come up early in both knitting and brewing is the question of whether it’s better to repeat the same pattern or recipe over and over until you fine-tune and then perfect it, or if variety is truly the spice of life. I have found that while most people can see [...]
Fiber & Grain…the blending of two crafts
Posted in About The Book, Beer, Knitting on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As an avid fan of both knitting and fresh craft-brewed beer, I began to see similarities in the two crafts. My first inclination to connect the two was an unexpected question that popped into my mind… “What beer should I drink while knitting a black wool, simple rib sweater?” The answer, at the time, was [...]
