New Vintage Lace: Knits Inspired By the Past
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New Vintage Lace: Knits Inspired By the Past
- F&W Media-Interweave Press: New Vintage Lace
- Not your grandmother's doily! Vintage knitted doilies are breathtaking in their intricacy and delicacy, but not something you would want to wear
- This book contains a collection of eighteen fully charted accessory projects inspired by vintage doily patterns
- Altered and adapted into fresh styles more suited to modern tastes, these are sure to intrigue, challenge, and please all lace knitters
- Author: Andrea Jurgrau
Enjoy gorgeous projects that include hats, small and large shawls (circular, semi-circular, and triangular), scarves, and wraps - all inspired by traditional lace doily patterns. Lace-knitter Andrea Jurgrau shows how she creates her patterns, lifting or creating and adjusting individual motifs, then reworking and combining them into original, unique works of wearable art.
Take knitted doilies to another level! Intricate, delicate, and from the past, Andrea readily acknowledges that you might not have a use for such items. In her book New Vintage Lace, you'll find a collection of 18 fully-charted projects that she has altered and adapted into fresh wearable accessories suited to more modern styles and tastes.
Andrea shows you many particulars of lace knitting - explaining special stitches, how to read both charts and your own knitting, different ways of adding beads, and the importance of proper blocking. New Vintage Lace will take you beyond the current trends and leave you wanting more.
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