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Old 03-03-2008, 09:29 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by RWood View Post
My wife has many, many sewing, quilting, and other needlecraft books that no longer have to be jammed together since many of my pbooks are gone.

The problem for her books is that the diagrams are multicolored and do not reproduce well on the Sony (also too small) in the experiments we have tried.
My other half knits and crochets, and is a gourmet quality cook. She'll have similar issues.

I have converted some stuff like knitting patterns to electronic form she can carry around on her PDA, but in those cases she doesn't need the illustrations. Something like
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Row 1: Slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold in front. Purl 1, then knit 2 off the cable needle. Slip 1 stitch onto cable needle and hold in back. Knit 2 and purl 1 from cable needle. Repeat the front cross.
Row 2: Purl 2, knit 2, purl 4, knit 1.
Row 3: Purl 1. Slip 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold in back, knit 2, knit 2 from cable needle. Purl 2, knit 2.
Row 4: Purl 2, knit 2, purl 4, knit 1.
Row 5: Cross back as in row 1, then cross front and repeat cross back.
Row 6: Knit 1, purl 4, knit 2, purl 2.
Row 7: Knit 2, purl 2. Slip 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold in front, knit 2, knit 2 from cable needle. Purl 1.
Row 8: Knit 1, purl 4, knit 2, purl 2.
Repeat these rows for pattern.
is all she requires.

For cooking, while she has a recipe database on the desktop, printed versions are a lot easier to work with "on the stove".
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