Knitting with Ribbon Yarn: 28 Beautiful Projects Using Vibrant Luxury Yarn - Hardcover

Tracy Chapman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570763275 ISBN 13: 9781570763274

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books, 2006

Synopsis

Make head-turning garments and accessories using gorgeous ribbon yarn. This stylish guide features 20 step-by-step projects, from sweaters and camisoles to bags and belts.

About this title

About the Author:

Tracy Chapman holds regular workshops for Rowan Yarn, for whom she also works as a design consultant.

From Booklist:

The upsurge in knitting as a pastime has been accompanied by a great range of yarns, equipment, and patterns. Here, British designer Chapman selects a relatively new kind of yarn--ribbon--to showcase her talents and the possibilities. Although many experienced stitchers might grumble that the 28-item collection features simple classic styles, it's the care and detail of instructions that differentiate this from all other pattern books. Who else, for instance, stresses not only the importance of knitting to gauge but also pictorially shows the differences between too-loose, too-tight, and just-right gauge--and the remedies? Or inserts, in the appropriate pattern, instructions for fashioning the a-bit-unusual, such as how to change yarns, knit bobbles, and loop stitches, among others? Color photographs are plentiful; step-by-step details, more than sufficient. An almost-sure "best-borrowed" book. Barbara Jacobs
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About this edition

• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1570763275
• ISBN 13: 9781570763274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128