THE ART OF KNITTING | Martinas Bastel- & Hobbykiste

Inspirational Stitches, Textures, and Surfaces

A unique, visually inspiring, all-color survey of knitted textile designs and patterns.Françoise Tellier-Loumagne has taught textile and knit design in France for more than thirty years. Drawing on her experience as teacher and practitioner, she has assembled a creative and inventive overview of stitches and fabrics, both hand-knitted and machine-made, presenting hundreds of sumptuous ways of working with yarn, from silk thread to Shetland wool. This book uses basic patterns as points of departure, opening up endless possibilities for sophisticated knitting designs.The book is organized by fabric types: simple knits, jacquards, fine jersey knits, interlock, open-work, and many others. It covers hand knitting, domestic machine knitting, and industrial knitting, explaining the relevant techniques and notation for each.Every type of stitch that she describes is accompanied by enlarged photos of the textiles, detailed diagrams, and written instructions. The yarns used here are highly textural and attractive. Over 600 illustrations and hundreds of diagrams. von Francoise Tellier-Loumagne

Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Francoise Tellier-Loumagne
Format: Softcover
Seitenzahl: 320
Verlag: Thames & Hudson
ISBN/EAN: 0500285578
Herkunftsland: D