``I think I was lucky in the timing -- I learned to knit just when your book first came out. andit] is the only one I read for pleasure, not just for patterns.`` -- Gordon Reid, www.ganseys.com ``For years knitters have been pining for the return of Michael Pearson\'s lovely book, Traditional Knitting, complete with historical notes, charts, photos and patterns for Fair Isle, Guernsey, and Aran sweaters. . . .
The other books on the subject seemed to be aimed at people who already knit. ``I think I was lucky in the timing -- I learned to knit just when your book first came out