I've been really interested in Latvian mittens lately. I haven't done much fair isle knitting (in fact very little) and I'm liking the challenge. A few weeks ago I picked up some DPNs and tried to find Latvian Mittens: Traditional Designs & Techniques by Lizbeth Upitis at a few local yarn stores. No luck there, but then I really wasn't expecting to find it. Chapters didn't seem to have any in stock either. I tried the library, but it's only available as reference (ie. you can't take it out :/). I was afraid it might be out of print. I tried to search for similar books, but it seems everyone recommends this book as THE book to get if you want to get into Latvian mittens. I found it on Amazon.com at a reasonable price and ordered it. I'd never ordered from there and especially the American one, so I was a bit concerned about duty fees and taxes. But, it got here within a week and everything was cool! :D I also splurged and picked up some yarn from Knit Picks which arrived a couple days ago. I'm so excited! Now just to choose which pretty pattern to try...
