Creative Wool

Creative Wool

Author: Karin Neuschütz

Publisher: Floris Books - Floris Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780863158001

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Introduce children to crafting with wool with this practical and inspiring guide


Have You Any Wool?

Have You Any Wool?

Author: Jan Messent

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780855327682

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Encourages readers to explore their own design potential by using any amounts of yarn available to them to create interesting and decorative projects. Messent is the author of Wool'n Magic, Knit the Christmas Story, Knit a Fantasy Story, Knit an Enchanted Castle and Knitted Gardens.


Alice Starmore's Glamourie

Alice Starmore's Glamourie

Author: Alice Starmore

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2018-02-14

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1606600834

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Enter the world of Scottish folklore with this unique hardcover guide. Retellings of traditional tales, full-color photographs of knitted costumes inspired by the stories, plus patterns for simpler versions of the original designs.


Creative Wool Embroidery

Creative Wool Embroidery

Author: Joan Watters

Publisher: Creative House

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781863511636

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This is a collection of wool embroidery designs, containing a wide variety of patterns, from subtle tone-on-tone floral patterns in a traditional style to more modern and colourful designs. It can be consulted by both beginners and experts.


Creative Needle Felting

Creative Needle Felting

Author: Lyn Slade

Publisher: All American Crafts Publishing

Published: 2012-07-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781936708116

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More than another needle felting craft book, Creative Needle Felting approached needle felting as an art form. The projects are lovely wall suitable for framing. The book covers all the basics of needle felting and offers creative techniques to inspire needle felters of all levels to create their own masterpieces.


Creative Stitching Second Edition

Creative Stitching Second Edition

Author: Sue Spargo

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-30

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780999390207

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Full color, highly detailed, step by step instructions for over 70 of Sue Spargo's favorite embroidery stitches.


Tudor Roses

Tudor Roses

Author: Alice Starmore

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2017-02-15

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0486817180

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This volume of Tudor Roses presents new and reimagined garments based on the original Tudor Roses published in 1998. Alice Starmore looks to historical female figures of the Tudor Dynasty as inspiration for her stunning knitwear, and her modernization of traditional Fair Isle and Aran patterns has created a sensation in the knitting world. Through garment design, Starmore and her daughter Jade tell the stories of fourteen women connected with the Tudor dynasty. They weave a narrative around the known facts of their subjects' lives using photography, art, and the only medium through which the Tudor women could leave a lasting physical record in their world — needlework. Tudor Roses includes fourteen patterns for sweaters and other wearables that follow the chronological order of the Tudor dynasty. A different model portrays each of the Tudor women, from Elizabeth Woodville, grandmother of Henry VIII, through Mary, Queen of Scots. The stunning design and photography appeals to knitters seeking designs that offer an attractive balance of historic and modern elements.


Dyeing to Spin & Knit

Dyeing to Spin & Knit

Author: Felicia Lo

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-01-12

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 163250412X

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Inspire and unleash a passion for hand-crafted color! "Unapologetic" is how Felicia Lo always describes her obsession with color and craft. In Dyeing to Spin and Knit, Felicia, founder and creative director of SweetGeorgia Yarns and highly sought after teacher and lecturer, provides clear and accessible guidance for creating gorgeous hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibers and an understanding of how dyeing affects knitted yarn and handspun yarn. Fiber artists will learn the fundamentals of how color works, how to combine and coordinate colors, and how to control the results when dyeing wool and silk yarns and fibers. Spinners will learn how to subdue intense and bright colorways or prevent muddiness in handspun. Knitters will gain the knowledge to avoid or maximize the effects of pooling. And finally, this book will include 10 patterns that use hand-dyed and handspun yarns and fibers to their most exciting advantage in knitting projects. Complete with detailed photographs from Felicia's own dyeing studio, Dyeing to Spin and Knit offers a master class in preparing hand-dyed yarns and fibers. Ignite your love of color--unapologetically!


The Weaver's Idea Book

The Weaver's Idea Book

Author: Jane Patrick

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 1620331675

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New and experienced weavers alike are always on the lookout for new weave-structure patterns. The Weaver's Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet, soumak, and embroidery on fabric. Each chapter contains weaving patterns along with swatches illustrating the techniques, accompanied by step-by-step photography. The book is arranged by structure or type of weave, from variations on plain weave to doubleweave. With traditional patterns from around the world, bands, and fabrics woven on two double heddles, The Weaver's Idea Book brings together a variety of ways to create exquisite cloth. Weaving tips and tricks help weavers at all levels achieve their textile dreams. In addition to pattern drafts, Jane offers project ideas that guide the reader through creating functional woven projects, from wearables to home decor. Weaving, especially on rigid-heddle looms, is enjoying a resurgence, and contemporary weavers are in need of a book to bridge the divide between basic books and complex text designed for advanced weavers with sophisticated tools. Celebrating the immense potential for creativity possible with the simplest of tools, The Weaver's Idea Book eBook opens new avenues for exploration on both the rigid-heddle and multishaft looms.


Yarn Bombing

Yarn Bombing

Author: Mandy Moore

Publisher: arsenal pulp press

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 1551527928

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When Yarn Bombing was first published in 2009, the idea that knitted and crocheted objects could be used as a political act of resistance was brand new. Ten years and thousands of pink "pussy" hats later, the art of knit and crochet graffiti has entered the public zeitgeist - a cultural phenomenon that shows no sign of slowing down. Yarn bombing is an international guerrilla movement that started underground and is now embraced by crochet and knitting artists of all ages, nationalities, and genders. Its practitioners create stunning works of art out of yarn, then "donate" them to public spaces as part of a covert plan for world yarn domination, or fashion them into personal political statements. Yarn Bombing the book is a wildly colorful guide to covert textile street art around the world; it also includes over 20 amazing patterns, provides tips on how to be as stealthy as a ninja, demonstrates how to orchestrate a large-scale textile project, and offers revealing information necessary to design your own yarn graffiti tags. This tenth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by the authors and a new chapter that includes many infamous examples of yarn bombing over the past ten years. Subversive and beguiling, this new edition of Yarn Bombing demonstrates that the phenomenon of knit and crochet graffiti is more relevant than ever, especially in these troubled times.