Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace – serie

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.

Clearly written, lavishly illustrated guide enables even novices to fill a treasure chest with lovely tatted designs. Step-by-step instructions for creating rings and picots to make a small flower, for chains to make a small rosette, as well as directions for snowflake ornaments, choker necklaces, a delicate holly mat, and other lovely projects.

Thorough, fully illustrated instructions for a beautiful array of lace patterns. Easily learned, low-cost fundamental methods for over 25 distinctive projects, including Rose Leaf, English Crystal, Mosaic, Coronet, Valentine, Celandine, more. Includes diagrams, charts, and photographs of completed articles.

This excellent guidebook explains how to tat 40 distinctive snowflake designs in many different sizes, each a model of elegant craftsmanship. Easy-to-follow instructions, supplemented by 40 closeup photos, explain how to create Christmas tree ornaments, centerpieces, and other artworks suitable for framing. Appropriate for beginners, intermediate-level, and advanced tatters.

This new and revised edition of a revered classic pre sents the innovations of the author, designer, and teacher who helped establish knitting as an independent art form. Phillips’ guide provides knitters with methods for using traditional stitches in original ways to produce highly decorative rather than strictly functional creations. Includes new color photos of the finished projects. Revised reprint of the Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1986 edition