Embellished Crochet: Bead, Embroider, Fringe, and More: 28 Stunning Designs to Make Using Caron International Yarn - Softcover

Clement, Cari

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9780312364397: Embellished Crochet: Bead, Embroider, Fringe, and More: 28 Stunning Designs to Make Using Caron International Yarn

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ISBN 10: 0312364393 ISBN 13: 9780312364397

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

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Two of the hottest fashion trends in recent years---both embellishing and crocheting have emerged as sophisticated fashion influences. Embellished Crochet provides clear, illustrated instructions for all the fabulous embellishments included, with concise explanations and detailed step-by-step photos so you can either re-create them on the projects featured or use them as inspiration for your own designs. Each type of embellishment, from beading to embroidery to embellishing with braid, is shown in full-color close-up photography, with charts and stitch diagrams deemonstrating how to work each step along the way. There are complete directions for making every crocheted project in the book. Organized by theme into six sections---Focus on Color, The Domino Effect, Out of Africa, Got the Blues, Orient Express, and Evening Eegance---each has a variety of projects from the simple to the more complex, ranging from bangles to bags to boleros. Jam-packed with innovative ideas and techniques for embellishing, this is a book that will appeal to all crocheters in search of new ideas and inspiration. And all are made in easy to work with and widely available Caron yarn. A wide variety of decoration and embellishments adorn the beautifully crafted crocheted garments and accessories in this book conceived by Cari Clement, Caron Yarn's Director of Fashion and Design. You'll be thrilled with these delightful and appealing designs, from a variety of different knitwear designers---and all of the amazing designs are worked in widely available Caron International Yarns. Features:-clear, illustrated instructions for all the embellishments-concise explanations and detailed step-by-step photos-complete project directions for making every fabulous sweater, wrap, bag, and more

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About the Author:

CARI CLEMENT is the director of Fashion and Design for Caron International, with an extensive career in the yarn industry. Caron International is a major supplier of hand-knitting yarns, available at leading stores throughout the country.

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April 08 This book features 28 designs, every one crocheted but with an extra twist. It is full of great ideas incorporating or adding beads, embroidery and more to crochet garments and accessories. The idea of embellishment is taken further and crochet is created as a base canvas for cross stitch or even crochet on crochet for a layered textured effect. Feathers, fringes and braids are also used to give the crochet extra pizzazz. The projects are divided up into different themed sections. These influences include colour, black and white, Africa, denim, oriental and evening glamour so there is a braod range of styles. There is also a good mix of items too from large to small with skirts, shrug, ankle length jacket, bags and jewellery with beaded hoop earrings and bangles. You can of course mix and match the themes and choose two favourite colours for two-tones instead of black and white or use a muted palette for the bright fabrics. In general the designs are bold and not fine lacy creations so have a look that can be incorporated into a modern wardrobe. You can also take the techniques in the book and apply them to other crochet patterns to give them a different look to the original. The book assumes you can crochet and is not cluttered with basics, just new techniques that you might need. * Knit Today * Oct 07 When no less an authority than Nicky Epstein writes the foreword to a book about embellishing, stop in your tracks and take a look. Clement pulls together a collection of 28 accessories and garments - all looped in Caron yarn - that employ a wide variety of bedazzling techniques. Bright tulips are cross-stitched onto a poncho back. Long chains are chained again and strung with large glass beads for a diva-rific opera-length neckpiece. Braids and double braids plait up into unexpected side dishes. Store-bought bangles and earrings are covered in fiber and tiny baubles. And one piece in particular - the dusty-hued, chevroned Sahara shawl - incorporates pretty much every method mentioned, with four different embroidery stitches, wooden beads crocheted into the fabric and a braided trim fringed with sparkling beads. Even die-hard knitters who normally bypass crochet titles can pick up a few handy tricks from these pages. * Yarn Market News *

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