Traditional Aran Knitting (eBook)

Shelagh Hollingworth (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
144 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-13891-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Suitable for novices to the Aran style as well as experienced knitters, this guide offers start-to-finish advice. More than 20 distinctive patterns, with 117 illustrations, include traditional sweaters, cardigans, jackets, coats, and more.

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Known and prized around the world in the form of the "e;Irish fisherman's sweater,"e; Aran knitting originated generations ago in the chilly, windswept islands of Galway Bay. The seafaring Aran Islanders developed a distinctive method of crafting heavy wool into snug garments resistant to the stormiest weather. These clothes also happen to be extremely stylish, with distinctive, highly textured patterns of cables and ropes.Suitable for novices to the Aran style as well as for experienced knitters, this guide offers start-to-finish advice. More than 20 patterns, illustrated by 117 close-up photographs, include:• Traditional fisherman's sweater• Family sweater, with round, polo, or V-neck• Cardigans• Jackets and coats• Hat, mittens, and scarf set• Cushion covers

Inhalt

ForewordIntroduction1. About the Aran Islands2. Development of Aran knitting3. Equipment and working methods4. Designing an Aran sweater5. Aran pattern stitch samples6. The knitting patterns 1-3. Traditional fishing shirt 4. Family sweater. Round neck 5. Family sweater. V-neck 6. Family sweater. Polo neck 7. V-neck, raglan-shaped cardigans 8. Cable-patterned waistcoats 9. Easy knit jackets 10. Man's zip-fronted jacket 11-13. Child's Aran patterned coat, hat and mitts set 14. Child's sweater with crossover shawl collar 15. Lady's full length Aran patterned coat 16. Lady's evening waistcoat 17. Lady's tabard 18-20. Lady's hat, mitts and scarf set 21. Square cushion cover 22. Oblong cushion cover 23. Bolster-shaped cushion coverConversion chart for knitting needles and crochet hooksBibliographySuppliersIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Crafts: Knitting
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 210 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: Aran Islands • aran knitting • aran patterns • clothes patterns • clothing patterns • crafts and hobbies • Dover • fashion and clothing • generational • hats • historical, • History • history of knitting • how to knit • how to make clothes • hygge • instructional guide • kniting methods • Knitting • knitting a shirt • knitting a sweater • knitting equipment • knitting instruction • knitting manual • knitting patterns • learn to knit • making clothes • needlecrafts • Nonfiction • Retrospective • Shelagh Hollingworth • Shetland isles knitting • textile crafts • traditional aran knitting
• ISBN-10: 0-486-13891-7 / 0486138917
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-13891-6 / 9780486138916