This complete guide explains, in a clear and easy-to-follow fashion, how to create everything from openwork and lace through to woven and hairpin crochet. As useful for the highly experienced as the absolute beginner, this information-packed book takes you through the basic techniques to a highly adaptable project section that will provide guidance and inspiration for making colourful and stylish garments for you to wear.
Vintage Crochet contains a gorgeous collection of timeless fashion pieces, pretty accessories, classic and quirky gifts, and modern-retro furnishings for the home and garden, all specially commissioned by Loop's founder, Susan Cropper, from a variety of leading international crochet designers.
With Boutique Knits, you can make your very own knockout accessories. If you love showing your personal style with the "it" handbag, funky scarf, or the hat that makes heads turn, then this book is for you.
It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons is an affectionate, humorous celebration of every aspect of the craft from buying (and hiding) massive quantities of yarn to wrestling with projects that go seriously awry to prescriptions for alleviating the stress brought on by holiday knitting to wreaking revenge on recipients of handknits who stuff them into the back of the bottom drawer.
Gansey sweaters were standard wear for 19th Century British fishermen. With their intricate knit-purl patterns, dropped shoulders, and easy fit, these handsome, comfortable garments are still a pleasure to wear - and knit - today.
Both a celebration of knitting and a sourcebook for practical information, Knitting Rules! offers simple instructions for making hats, socks, and scarves, and sympathetic, emotional support. Pearl-McPhee examines essential truisms of knitting, side by side with tongue-in-cheek warnings, realities, and fantasies about the act of knitting and the people who do it. Unraveling the mysteries of what it is that makes knitting click, the Yarn Harlot is at her hilarious best!
Nancy Bush updates 23 classic patterns from their rich past and reinvents them for today's knitters by including gauges, up-to-date yarns, and twenty-first century methods and sizes.
A capsule collection of 20 hand knits for men. For the very first time, leading knitwear designer Erika Knight has put together a collection of knits for men perfect for all ages and all shapes and sizes.
Thirty of the best garments (women and men) from 10 years of Interweave Knits Many of the issues are out of print but the designs are not out of date. Also included are sidebars and articles that explain the techniques used in the project.
Luscious lace of yesteryear resurrected for the knitters of today. Within this compendium, the very first knitting books have been translated from sketchy, often inaccurate instructions into richly coloured, exciting patterns for modern day accessories.
Whimsical Little Knits is the first pattern collection by popular Scottish knitting designer Ysolda Teague. It contains 10 sweet patterns for quick little knits. Toys and accessories for you and your home, all featuring Ysolda’s signature style and attention to detail. Every design would make a perfect gift, or a lovely little treat for yourself.
Twenty-two inventive and stylish bags of all sizes, shapes and fabrics with designer details - perfect for handbag lovers and sewers alike. Full step-by-step directions for each project, with templates and cutting layouts included.
Make the most of your textiles with this unique collection of irresistible homestyle projects, cleverly combining new and recyled fabrics for vintage, homespun and retro results.This title features 25 practical yet pretty projects for yourself and your home include cosy cushions and curtains, beautiful table linen and gift bags, irresistible handbags and cute cuddly toys.
A treasure trove of over 200 techniques and guides with 20 modern projects and 20 professional masterclasses, this book is fully illustrated with step-by-steps and finished project photography. An emphasis on eco practice, with advice on using natural and eco fabrics and working with recycled fabrics . Gorgeous, design-led projects range from simple stitching to fitted garments and include plenty of professional tips to make your projects perfect . Extensive illustrated guides to fabrics, tools, haberdashery and setting up a sewing space demystify terminology and show you what and how to buy material.
