Charts for Color Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)
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In the course of her career as an internationally recognized authority on knitting design and instruction, Alice Starmore has acquired a remarkable collection of charted designs for color knitting. This treasury features a choice selection of her source material, arranged into four parts: (1) Traditional patterns from Europe, Russia, and South America (2) Adaptations from textiles and other art, including Japanese porcelain and Celtic metalwork (3) Alice Starmore's own geometric and nature-inspired originals (4) Practical instructions that explain how to incorporate these motifs into unique designs. Suitable for beginning as well as advanced color knitters, these charted designs can also be adapted to other crafts, including weaving and embroidery. The first U.S. publication of Charts for Color Knitting, this new and expanded version explains how to incorporate color into your work and features color photographs of knitted swatches created expressly for this Dover edition. Review: Advanced but Excellent Reference - This is an amazing reference for an advanced knitter familiar with basic sweater construction and colorwork. The first 25ish pages cover a few potential colorwork layouts (allover patterns, horizontal bands, center panel, etc) but does not provide any in-depth instructions for specific patterns or the actual technique of two-color knitting. The bulk of the book is about 125 pages of crystal clear black and white charts that resemble those on the bottom half of the cover of the book (with slightly smaller squares). They range from basic to amazingly complex large repeat patterns. They are arranged by country of origin then a few random categories (birds and flowers, etc) at the end. The last few pages of the book is pure eye-candy. Gorgeous examples of colorwork sweaters that come directly from the charts included in the book. I highly recommend this to anyone who is ready to tackle a colorwork project. If you are not familiar with construction techniques, you'll also want a guide on construction of garments (any of Elizabeth Zimmermann's books would serve you well here) to accompany this reference. Review: SCAM! - Företaget vill ha dina pengar. Varorna kommer inte.
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M**D
Advanced but Excellent Reference
This is an amazing reference for an advanced knitter familiar with basic sweater construction and colorwork. The first 25ish pages cover a few potential colorwork layouts (allover patterns, horizontal bands, center panel, etc) but does not provide any in-depth instructions for specific patterns or the actual technique of two-color knitting. The bulk of the book is about 125 pages of crystal clear black and white charts that resemble those on the bottom half of the cover of the book (with slightly smaller squares). They range from basic to amazingly complex large repeat patterns. They are arranged by country of origin then a few random categories (birds and flowers, etc) at the end. The last few pages of the book is pure eye-candy. Gorgeous examples of colorwork sweaters that come directly from the charts included in the book. I highly recommend this to anyone who is ready to tackle a colorwork project. If you are not familiar with construction techniques, you'll also want a guide on construction of garments (any of Elizabeth Zimmermann's books would serve you well here) to accompany this reference.
B**.
SCAM!
Företaget vill ha dina pengar. Varorna kommer inte.
K**I
期待していた本でした。
色もきれいで、沢山の模様が豊富に載っています。英語の本ですが、説明は出来なくても編めます。色々アレンジして帽子、手袋が素敵だと思います。
E**A
Wunderschöne Muster
Das Buch bietet eine gute Sammlung an Grundmustern und ist insgesamt angenehm abwechslungsreich gestaltet. Besonders gefallen haben mir die einleitenden Informationen zu den verschiedenen Mustertraditionen sowie die Erklärung, wie man die Muster selbst auf Kleidung übertragen bzw. umrechnen kann. Etwas schade ist allerdings, dass sich die Anleitungen nur auf angenähte Ärmel beziehen. Varianten wie Raglanärmel oder andere Schnitte werden leider nicht behandelt.
S**.
Incontournable!
Ce livre est un incontournable pour toutes celles qui tricotent des jacquards. C'est un ouvrage de référence dans le domaine du tricot, une base pour stimuler votre imagination. A acquérir impérativement.
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