The best of Vogue knitting magazine 25 years of articles, techniques, and expert advice
Presents twenty-five years worth of material from the knitting magazine, offers valuable workshops on both beginner and expert knitting techniques, and features tips on the design process.
| Other Authors: | Malcolm, Trisha, 1960- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Sixth & Spring Books,
2007.
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| Series: |
Vogue knitting international.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: a look back
- 2. Knitting history
- 3. Fiber
- 4. Starting out: basic techniques
- 5. Working with schematics and charts: deciphering the mysteries
- 6. Casting on and binding off
- 7. Expert finishing tricks and techniques
- 8. Round and round: special techniques for knitting in the round
- 9. The design process: techniques from the experts
- 10. Shaping and sizing: techniques to achieve a perfect fit
- 11. Caring for knitwear
- 12. Designing men : Essay: Of knits and men / Donna Bulseco ; A look-in on Perry Ellis ; Pierrot: knitting wizard ; Martin Storey and James Coviello: men at work ; Design principles: Kaffe Fassett, Brandon Mably and Vladimir Teriokhin
- 13. Designing women : Zimmermann's own: Meg Swansen ; Karen Allen knits with star appeal ; Knitting is total bliss: Debbie Bliss ; Lily Chin, the knitting world's agent provocateur ; A pattern for success Mari Lynn Patrick ; Nicky knits: Nicky Epstein ; Inside design: Norah Gaughan ; Sasha Kagan: a country classic ; Kristin Nicolas: master knitter of the '90s ; Jane Slicer-Smith: a colorful life ; The fine art of knitting Margaret Stove ; In loving memory: Elizabeth Zimmermann.