Author: Dora Ohrenstein Publisher: Storey Publishing ISBN: 1612122469 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
Covers basic crochet techniques and beyond, providing dozens of stitch-along swatches that teach specific skills that can be applied to five projects for a hat, shawl, neck warmer, bag and scarf. Original.
Author: Dora Ohrenstein Publisher: Storey Publishing ISBN: 1612122477 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
From choosing yarns, shapes, and styles to finishing off your project with flair, Dora Ohrenstein shows you how take your crocheted creations to the next level. This fun guide includes more than 70 stitch-along swatches that teach specific crochet techniques and five projects — a hat, shawl, neck warmer, bag, and scarf — that put your new skills to use. With a variety of stitch patterns and shaping types explained, you’ll be inspired to build upon Ohrenstein’s creations and develop your own sophisticated designs.
Author: James Walters Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486783030 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Outstanding guide for crocheters of all levels covers all aspects of crochet stitches and technique, from yarn selection to edgings, borders, and braid. Profusely illustrated with drawings, diagrams, and photographs.
Author: Dora Ohrenstein Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1683355164 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 294
Book Description
This illustrated crochet stitch dictionary features 125 stitches plus handy shaping techniques and endless inspiration for creative crocheters. In Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary, designer Dora Ohrenstein offers detailed instructions for 125 beautiful stitch patterns. Plus, she explains how to increase and decrease each stitch pattern in three different ways—without shaping, with shaping at the edges, and with internal shaping. This hefty collection, ranging from lace and filigree to shells and textured stitches, is loaded with beautifully photographed swatches of each pattern, plus charted and text instructions. Ohrenstein’s focus on shaping techniques makes it possible to explore an array of variations without a pattern.
Author: Dora Ohrenstein Publisher: Storey Publishing ISBN: 1612126111 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 177
Book Description
Welcome to the new era of crochet. Making garments from the top down is a favorite knitting technique that allows knitters to test and adjust the fit as they go. Now, thanks to designer Dora Ohrenstein, crocheters will benefit for the first time from a pattern book featuring the same beloved approach. These 14 fashionable patterns are sure to flatter bodies of all shapes and sizes. Show-stopping original photography, an extensive discussion of the benefits of top-down construction, and detailed instructions on how and why to adjust the patterns to ensure an exquisite customized fit will have crocheters tying themselves in knots to start strutting their stuff!
Author: Erika Knight Publisher: Quadrille Publishing ISBN: 9781844000159 Category : Crocheting Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
This guide to crocheting features projects for home furnishings and accessories and is ideal as an introduction to this simple and versatile needlecraft. The designs themselves are made in a rich variety of yarns including mohair, lurex, raffia, string and leather.
Author: Heather Galler Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing ISBN: 163322404X Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
Folk art still influences everyday art in some surprising ways. Folk Art Fusion shows you how to blend classic subjects with new techniques to create a lovely work of art that is completely unique. Folk Art Fusion explores the colorful combination of art styles and presents them in modern folk art paintings. This is your chance to learn how traditional folk art continues to influence today's painters, and to discover how to create contemporary folk-art paintings yourself! Even if you're new to creating art, Folk Art Fusion makes creating your own works approachable with step-by-step projects. The projects are as varied as they are colorful. You will enjoy painting classic subjects painted with creative techniques and in popular styles, including flower fields, Frida Kahlo, the Tree of Life, a cat, a quaint English cottage, and much more. Colorful, contemporary, and inspirational, Folk Art Fusion allows artists of all skill levels to quickly discover the joy of creating modern, global-inspiredart in this time-treasured genre.
Author: Edie Eckman Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC ISBN: 161212741X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you’re ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramatically different results depending on the weight of the yarn. With each pattern diagrammed to approach in both rounds and rows, Every Which Way Crochet Borders is an inventive and invaluable resource.
Author: Vanessa Mooncie Publisher: GMC Publications ISBN: 9781784944582 Category : Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Let your creative urges take flight with this wonderful collection of birds to crochet. Featuring 10 gorgeous projects, all with stunning photographs and detailed charts, this book is a twitcher's delight. The extensive techniques section will tell you everything you need to know to make an entire crocheted aviary. There are also intricate charts included with the patterns to help you make your feathered friends come to life. AUTHOR: Vanessa Mooncie spent many happy hours as a child sitting with her mother and grandmother learning to knit and crochet. She went on to study fashion and textile design and became a children's wear designer, illustrator and interior designer. Vanessa now specialises in silkscreen work (www.vanessamooncie.com) and designing crochet jewellery through her company Kissy Suzuki (www.kissysuzuki.com). She lives with her family in a rural village in the south of England. Vanessa has written many successful books for GMC Publications, including The Gentleman's Wardrobe, Crocheted Accessories, Crocheted Wild Animals, Sew Adorable, And Sew to Bed and Crocheted Sea Creatures. She is also a regular contributor to other craft books and magazines. SALES POINTS: * 10 gorgeous projects for adorable crocheted birds * Projects include: blackbird, wren and robin * Easy-to-follow directions with sumptuous photographs and hand-drawn charts * Suitable for all skill levels * Includes clear explanations of all the required materials and techniques Full colour throughout with 150 photographs, 50 illustrations and 160 charts
Author: Tracey Todhunter Publisher: ISBN: 9781782213833 Category : Crocheting Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
If you can't get to a crochet class or workshop close to home or work, then this skill-building book is the next best thing. For the beginner and the improver, it's a passport to successful learning.
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