Lovely Knitted Lace: A Geometric Approach to Gorgeous Wearables Author: Visit Amazon's Brooke Nico Page | Language: English | ISBN:
145470781X | Format: EPUB
Lovely Knitted Lace: A Geometric Approach to Gorgeous Wearables Description
About the Author
Brooke Nico is the co-owner of Kirkwood Knittery, where she uses her eye for detail and fashion experience to keep her store ahead of trends in knitting. However, lace is where Brooke has really made her mark, and her talent has been recognized by Vogue Knitting, Knitters, and Debbie Bliss magazine. She has taught lace classes at VKLive, VKLive LA, and several Stitches (XRX) events. Brooke lives in Kirkwood, MO.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Lark Crafts (March 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 145470781X
- ISBN-13: 978-1454707813
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
"Lovely Knitted Lace" is a terrific, versatile collection of handknitting designs, all for women and all featuring lace stitch patterns. These wonderful, wearable patterns belong in any knitter's library. Here's why.
1. Variety of lace stitches used. Patterns draw inspiration from Japanese, Shetland, Estonian and other folk knitting traditions; including mesh and cabled motifs as well as floral; use insertions, edgings and allover motifs. Whatever you're in the mood for is here.
2. Breadth of garment type. Many lace collections consist solely of shawls and stoles. There are lovely shawls and stoles in this book, but also sweaters/jackets, a beret, cowl, scarf, shrug, capelets and one design that could worn as a skirt.
3. The book uses yarn weights ranging from worsted to lace, so that if you're in the mood for a quick-knitting project, you can opt for a heavier yarn; if you're a lover of fine-gauge yarns, you can select fingering or lace weight yarns.
4. Good variety of sizes in the jackets and sweaters.
5. The book is organized based on the shape of the design. As Nico explains, all of these garments are derived from a basic geometric shape: circle, square, triangle, rectangle. The chapter starts with a basic version of each shape, then progresses to more complex versions of that shape.
6. Options for customization are included. Inset boxes and the pattern notes instruct knitters on how to add length, turn a stole into a scarf, or make a flat piece into a jacket. At the end of the book, additional motifs are included so that the knitter can plug those motifs into the patterns and create more lovely designs.
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This is an absolutely stunning knitting book. I had the pleasure of meeting the author twice when I visited her store in Kirkwood, Missouri. At the time, she was working on a lace project she had designed. I saw some of her finished projects in her store, The Kirkwood Knittery, and realized that I was in the company of an amazing designer. This book is a compilation of some of her designs.
The Introduction discusses the basics of lace knitting including the following:
- one doesn't need to use tiny needles to knit lace
- lace designs can be knit with any weight yarn
- lace should be knit with yarns that can hold a block
- gauge is essential when knitting lace
- "Lace knitting is extremely flexible and stretchy."
- how to work a lace chart
- the provisional cast on
- the belly button cast on
- nupps
- short rows
- lace bind off
- how to fix mistakes in lace knitting
The projects are divided into four types - Triangles, Rectangles, Circles and Squares. Each of these types includes four patterns. I love the Flutter Shawl, a triangle pattern. It is long and narrow, knit side to side. As Ms. Nico states, "It is a great shawl for those smaller skeins of yarn, or for when you aren't sure how much yarn you have! You will simply increase until you have used up half your yarn, and then begin decreasing for the second half of the shawl." The shawl is a a beautiful deep pink with an "ethereal quality". The Japanese Leaf Scarf is a rectangle pattern and is reversible. Knit in a lovely light blue, it has a Japanese leaf motif. There are instructions for knitters who would like to turn this scarf into a stole.
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