150 Scandinavian Motifs: The Knitter's Directory Author: Visit Amazon's Mary Jane Mucklestone Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1596688556 | Format: EPUB
150 Scandinavian Motifs: The Knitter's Directory Description
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"The book offers a great selection of motifs presented in large swatches as well as plenty of ideas for how to incorporate them into projects (and a couple of patterns to give you more ideas)." --About.com: Knitting
About the Author
Mary Jane Mucklestone is a hand knitting designer known for her colorful and inventive Fair Isle and colorwork designs. She is the author of 200 Fair Isle Motifs and the forthcoming Fair Isle Style, both by Interweave.
- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Interweave (August 13, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1596688556
- ISBN-13: 978-1596688551
- Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Mary Jane Mucklestone's 150 SCANDINAVIAN MOTIFS:THE KNITTER'S DIRECTORY does for Scandinavian knitting what her earlier book, 200 Fair Isle Motifs: A Knitter's Directory, did for Fair Isle knitting. The written technical material at the front of the book ("Essential Skills") is much the same, although some topics have been rewritten to reflect the differences between Scandinavian and Fair Isle knitting. Most of the clear, how-to photographs are new, but quite similar because they illustrate many of the same colorwork techniques.
Most of the book is given over to a knitter's directory of traditional repeating Scandinavian motifs. The directory starts with a "visual selector" that displays all of the motifs side-by-side. Once you have selected a motif, you then turn to that motif's pages, which show (1) a full-color, actual-size photograph of the knitted-up motif, (2) a black-and-white chart for the motif, (3) a color chart for the motif, and (4) a color-variation chart for the motif. The color-variation chart shows the motif with the dark and light colors reversed (dark motif/light background becomes light motif/dark background).
The book's cover photo displays three of the included Scandinavian motif designs. There are four patterns for Scandinavian knitting projects: (1) a blossom pincushion, (2) a pair of traditional mittens, (3) a reindeer hat, and (4) a geometric cowl.
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