Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys & Arans

Author: Gladys Thompson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048631720X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Fully illustrated guide features 82 patterns for traditional fishermen's sweaters. Collected from sources throughout the British Isles, these sweaters and cardigans for men and women range from lightweight jerseys to heavier guernseys.

Cables, Diamonds, & Herringbone

Author: Sabine Domnick
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1461745047
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
A translation of a book published in Germany in 2004, this book includes knitting patterns for traditional-style Guernsey, Jersey, and Filey fishermen's sweaters, as well as how to adapt the textural motifs from these sweaters to modern garments.

Cornish Guernseys & Knitfrocks

Author: Mary Wright
Publisher: Polperro Heritage Press
ISBN: 0957646135
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
Includes many delightful contemporary photographs, and detailed instructions and charts show how to knit a Cornish guernsey incorporating one of 30 local patterns

Rockhopper Copper

Author: Conrad Glass
Publisher: Polperro Heritage Press
ISBN: 0953001237
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
The story of the Tristan islanders, told by a direct descendant of the first settler there 200 years ago.

Knitting Ganseys

Author: Beth Brown-Reinsel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593331184
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Originally released in 1993, Beth Brown-Reinsel's bestseller, Knitting Ganseys, is a classic in the hearts of traditional and modern knitters alike, bringing this historic tradition to your needles for 25 years! This completely revised and update version of the perennial bestseller includes 100% new photography, new patterns, and more! This special edition celebrates with new patterns for sweaters in the traditional gansey style as well as new explorations of modern gansey-inspired patterns. Full-color, step-by-step photography walks you through a variety of traditional gansey techniques and construction methods, plus contemporary sources for traditional gansey yarns are shared, making this as vital to your knitting library as the original.

Creative Crochet Projects

Author: Stephanie Pokorny
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607658550
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
· Learn to crochet with personality through a variety of 12 colorful and quirky crochet projects · Projects are perfect for crochet enthusiasts of any level and include a beehive mobile, toys, beanies, buntings, scarves, and more · Includes step-by-step instructions, skill-building tutorials, and coordinating photography · Completed projects feature interactive elements and make for great handmade gifts, from a kitchen mat that looks like a stovetop to watermelon play food · Author Stephanie Pokorny is the owner and sole creator of Crochetverse.com and has been featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not, People Magazine, National Geographic Kids, BoredPanda.com, MyModernMet.com, and more

The Reluctant Restaurateur

Author: Imogen Skirving
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954423308
Category : Hotelkeepers
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
This is the story of one woman's unwitting transformation of her Nottinghamshire family home into one of the most successful private hotels in Britain today. Imogen Skirving recalls her unusual childhood and how, after inheriting Langar Hall, mounting overheads compelled her to take in guests.

Cornish Guernseys & Knit-frocks

Author: Mary Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780905788074
Category : Knitting
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description

Michael Pearson's Traditional Knitting

Author: Michael Pearson
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486460533
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
"A new and expanded edition of the work originally published by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London, and Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, in 1984"--T.p. verso.

Swedish Handknits

Author: Sue Flanders
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 0760339643
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
"Swedish Handknits: A Collection of Heirloom Designs" has as many layers as a warm bed on a cold winter's night. In this group of patterns, the follow-up to "Norwegian Handknits: Heirloom Designs from Vesterheim Museum," you'll be impressed by the variety of knitting techniques and styles gathering numerous Swedish textile traditions under one cover. Featuring patterns inspired by these traditions and by the historic textiles housed at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this book also includes personal histories, recipes, and bits of Swedish folklore and culture. You can explore regional knitting traditions, such as the Swedish Mittens made on the Island of Gotland, twinned knitting from the Darlana area of Sweden, and the more famous Swedish knitting traditions of the Bohus knitting cooperative. Melding tradition and modern innovation, the projects in "Swedish Handknits" honor the handiwork of artists and artisans of years past while perpetuating their creativity and dedication.