Victorian Lace Today

Author: Jane Sowerby
Publisher: XRX Books
ISBN: 9781933064109
Category : Knitted lace
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Part project book and part history lesson, this unmatched collection of lace patterns offers techniques for embellishment and edging to shawls and scarves. The 40 projects are deciphered, rewritten, charted, and adapted for modern tools and fibers, and are presented with full-color photos and illustrations of both the works-in-progress and the finished items. Comprehensive information on the tools and techniques of lace knitting helps beginning knitters, and challenging patterns keep experienced and ambitious knitters engaged. Delicate and decorative, the historical lace patterns in this book are adventurous and dynamic.

Victorian Lace Today

Author: Jane Sowerby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Projects: a wide triangle, scarf or shawl with a center pattern, large rectangle with center diamond pattern, large rectangle in spider net, the cap shawl, a handsome triangle, alpine knit scarf, spider's-web shawls, Miss Lambert's Shetland pattern for shawl, large rectangle in leaf and trellis, two sampler shawls, a knitted veil, a curved shawl with diamond edging, scarf with striped border, scarf with Clarence border, scarf with edging, scarf with a wide and handsome border, scarf with the open and solid diamond lace and edging, Victorian ruby scarf, scarf with holly berries, scarf with french trellis border, scarf with edging 21 and insertion 25, double-bordered scarf with diamond borders, double dolphin lace scarf, lady's circular cape in shell pattern, a harebell fichu, the opera fichu, half-square in Trinity stitch, shoulder shawl in Syrian pattern, shoulder shawl in cherry leaf pattern, three-cornered shawl in clover pattern, myrtle leaf shawl, melon pattern for shawl or scarf, diamonds and triangles, the Victoria shawl, stripes and torchon lace, the Maltese shawl.

First Book of Modern Lace Knitting

Author: Marianne Kinzel
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317420
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Easily learned, low-cost fundamental methods for over 25 distinctive projects, including Rose Leaf, English Crystal, Mosaic, Coronet, Valentine, Celandine, more. Includes diagrams, charts, and photographs of completed articles.

Learn to Knit Lace

Author: Drg
Publisher: Workshop
ISBN: 9781897477762
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
You'll be knitting beautiful lace designs before you know it with the help of Learn to Knit Lace. After a helpful introductory section about knitting basics, projects gradually build in difficulty from a simple lacepatterned dishcloth to intricate throws and sweaters.

I Can't Believe I'm Lace Knitting

Author: Kay Meadors
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 1601407211
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 79

Book Description
Step-by-step instructions and great how-to photos will have you reading charts and lace knitting in no time!

Painting Shawls

Author: Stephen West
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733375122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Painting Shawls is a collection of thirteen knitted shawl patterns designed by Stephen West. Each pattern features Westknits' signature architectural style and bold graphic color combinations. The instructions are easy to follow and appropriate for adventurous beginners and advanced knitters alike. This hardcover book is filled with inspirational photos, showing multiple samples of each design to inspire your own color interpretations. In addition to patterns, this book includes several technique chapters like how to substitute yarns and customize the size of each shawl along with how to swatch and weave in your ends. There are also several cast on photo tutorials and video links throughout the book to teach and guide you through the artistic shawl knitting process. Each book includes a free download code, so you can access individual PDFs of all thirteen shawl patterns. Dive into the woolly world of Westknits and use these playful shawl designs as landscapes to paint with yarn. If you're going to make it by hand, make it grand!

Knitted Lace

Author: Sonja Esbensen
Publisher: Forlaget Akacia
ISBN: 9788778470461
Category : Knitted lace
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description

Lace from the Attic

Author: Nancie Wiseman
Publisher: Interweave Press
ISBN: 9781883010409
Category : Knitted lace
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Combining the story of one Victorian's knitting life with an astonishing collection of patterns, this book recalls the time when lace embellished everything from clothing to tea cozies. Taken from Blanche Beau's original book of swatches, the collection presents samples and written patterns updated with conventional abbreviations and terminology. It also offers ways to incorporate the patterns into projects.

Heirloom Knitting

Author: Sharon Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781898852759
Category : Lace and lace making
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Heirlooms are a family's link from its past to the present and a legacy for the future. They are special things that have personal meaning. Knitting at its best can produce lovely articles that are used today and will readily become heirlooms.

A Practical Guide to Needle Lace

Author: Jacqueline Peter
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764358692
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The supportive, detailed guide that crafters want for frustration-free learning of all the basics, including core techniques and 40 different patterns.