Patchwork Knitting

Author: Fiona Morris
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 178500980X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Whether you want to combine yarns of different colours and textures in one piece or simply use up some of your stash, patchwork knitting provides a great way to play with assorted elements. This accessible book guides you through the essential techniques of creating individual units of knitting and joining-as-you-go so that there is minimal sewing up to do once the work is completed. This latest addition to the Knitting Techniques series covers the individual unit shapes of squares (including half, single, double, triple and quadruple squares), shells and strips and goes on to explore myriad ways of working within these units, including combining different stitch patterns such as lace, slip stitch, bias and short row knitting. It explores how the use of colour within an individual unit can change the way it is seen within a larger piece. There are four full knitting patterns and forty-five individual unit stitch patterns, with accompanying images, give plenty of opportunity for practice and inspiration.

Modular Knits

Author: Iris Schreier
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781579906498
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
A traditional knitting technique gets a new and easier spin, so that even beginners can master the process. Just dip into this comprehensive course, with themed tutorials--each with handy practice exercises--as well as simple instructions, charts, and 29 fabulous projects. Modular knitting is a bit like a game: you create designs in the same way you'd work a jigsaw puzzle--piece by piece. Start by completing one square, cube, or diamond, and then build on that by knitting additional basic figures and forms. Although the finished product looks complex, with its variety of shape and color changes, it's actually not hard at all. Start with a very easy patchwork square pillow, and move onto the rounded market bag, triangle hat, and zigzag scarf.

Patchwork Knitting

Author: Gail Selfridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823039296
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
"This book offers a new dimension in knitting - a system of modular construction. Small units, or modules, are joined to form larger pieces, making possible an almost unlimited variety of garment construction and design.This allows greater portability because the units are small, flexibility because intricate patterns can be achieved with ease, and more variety in the actual knitting process. Instructions for simple items such as a bag or hat, and difficult items like sweaters, pants, and skirts. Also included are toys, pillows, and wall hangings." --Amazon.com.

Crazy Patchwork

Author: Janet Haigh
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780844226644
Category : Embroidery, Machine
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From pillows and throws to memory book covers and lampshades, Crazy Patchwork takes the theme of traditional crazy quilts and applies its principles to a whole range of ideas for gifts and for the home. Includes all the information a crafter needs to make exciting crazy quilt projects...in no time! All 20 projects can be easily machine-pieced or machine-embroidered and all use a range of brilliant colors, Many of the projects can be completed in just hours!

Shizuko Kuroha's Japanese Patchwork Quilting Patterns

Author: Shizuko Kuroha
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462920721
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 117

Book Description
Shizuko Kuroha's Japanese Patchwork Quilting Patterns infuses a cherished American craft with an exquisite Japanese sense of color, detail, and design. This book brings a fresh eye to classic patchwork patterns in a way that is delighting quilters all around the world today. Here, Kuroha shares her intricate hand-quilting techniques and a design sense that has been refined over her 40-year career as a celebrated book author and teacher. Her easy combinations of soft colors, detailed patterns, and bold stripes show how to achieve balance and flow in any type of patchwork project--from the simplest to the most complex. Step-by-step illustrations walk quilters through Kuroha's intricate hand-piecework process. The book includes 19 sampler blocks used to make hundreds of different combinations for all kinds of quilting projects. The photos and diagrams of the block assembly are so clear, you hardly need to read the steps! A handy printable pattern sheet at the back of the book takes the labor out of drawing the pieces used to build these blocks. Detailed instructions show you how to incorporate the blocks into projects large and small, including: Pincushions in round and square designs Drawstring bags and zippered pouches embellished with patchwork Quilted tote bags and a stylish backpack Table runners and wall hangings with gorgeous color schemes Full-sized quilts destined to become cherished heirlooms This book is an invaluable introduction to the basics of hand-stitched piecework. Practiced quilters will also love it for the way it broadens their horizons. Kuroha fans will be happy to see this popular book finally available in English--where it's sure to become a treasured reference for years to come!

Traditional Scandinavian Knitting

Author: Sheila McGregor
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486134164
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
This classic guide to the styles of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands includes patterns for jerseys, gloves and mittens, stockings, and caps. 191 black-and-white and 20 color illustrations.

25 Gorgeous Sweaters for the Brand-New Knitter

Author: Catherine Ham
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781579904371
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Provides step-by-step instructions designed to help beginning knitters create twenty-five different kinds of sweaters.

The Annotated Anne of Green Gables

Author: L. M. Montgomery
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195104288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 522

Book Description
This edition of the classic novel about the Prince Edward Island orphan contains critical material on the work itself and its author, as well as essays, poems, and songs.

Domino Knitting

Author: Vivian Hoxbro
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1620332051
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Introducing an exciting new technique called domino knitting, this book teaches both beginners and experts the patterning technique that became a craze among Scandinavian knitters. Beginning with basic instructions and progressing to sophisticated projects, this guide shows how domino knitting allows for easy designing by allowing knitters to build squares on one another horizontally and vertically at will. Precise step-by-step instruction show how squares can be worked in a variety of stitches for multicolored effects. Included is a key to selecting the proper yarn for any project as well as care instructions for any creation.

The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques

Author: Margaret Radcliffe
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612126634
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Imagine a softly striped crib blanket knit in the comforting colors of the nursery. Or a sophisticated cashmere wrap featuring rich jewel tones that set off a favorite black dress. Knitting teacher and author Margaret Radcliffe presents a world of color techniques in a single comprehensive reference that you’ll consult every time two or more yarn colors are in play. Stitchers of every ability level will love the color-combining methods and professional secrets revealed in The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques. Multicolor knitting techniques are explained with step-by-step illustrations and photographs accompanied by instructive text. Complete chapters on stripes, stitch effects, succeeding with multicolor yarns, stranded knitting, and intarsia cover the theory and how-to behind each method and offer creative solutions for handling tangled yarn, estimating yarn quantities of each color, holding on to all those ends, and employing stunning finishing techniques. A final chapter describes more unusual techniques, such as helix, shadow, mosaic, and modular knitting.