The Penguin Knitting Book

Author : James Norbury
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780241971260

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The Penguin Knitting Book by James Norbury Pdf

The Penguin Knitting Book by James Norbury is a charming how-to-knit classic packed with delightfully vintage advice. Knitting fills a fascinating page in the human story. I know of no home-craft that enjoys the universal popularity of hand-knitting James Norbury's The Penguin Knitting Book, first published in 1957, is a how-to guide for the experienced knitter as well as the beginner. Full of wit and charm as well as tips and techniques for the contemporary knitter, The Penguin Knitting Book entertainingly illustrates all things vintage in the world of wool. Along with telling you how to knit, The Penguin Knitting Book includes original vintage patterns for every member of the family. Babies' coats, pullovers for father, sweaters for the teenager, dresses, jumpers, coats and cardigans, you will find them all in this charming aid to better knitting. 'James Norbury was the strongest single influence in British knitting during the twenty-five years after the Second World War' Sir Bishop Richard Rutt, author of A History of Hand Knitting '[In the late 1960s] there was a chap called James Norbury, who had his own knitting show on the BBC. I sat in on some of the programmes, and good stuff it was, too. I learned lots of racy stuff about 'knit one, purl one'' Sir David Attenborough 'Knitting is the saving of a life' Virginia Woolf James Norbury wrote The Penguin Knitting Book in 1957. He travelled extensively throughout the world, studying every aspect of the knitter's craft. A knitting historian, teacher and designer as well as a television star on his own BBC knitting show, he was Chief Designer for Patons and one of the foremost authorities on the history of knitting.

Author : Pam Dawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Knitting
ISBN : 0140462864

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The Penguin Book of Knitting by Pam Dawson Pdf

Author : Anna Maltz
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Knitting
ISBN : 0957621647

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Penguin by Anna Maltz Pdf

"Love penguins? Love knitting? This is the book for you! There are 11 creative projects to cast on, from hats to cardigans to a cuddly toy. Anna Maltz has come up with playful, clever and contemporary designs, all inspired by penguins: their striking plumage, caring nature and (of course) the way they can withstand the cold. Any average knitter with an adventurous spirit can give these projects a go. The step-by-step patterns are interspersed with stories, photography and illustrations from Anna's creative community. PENGUIN - A Knit Collection is so much more than a practical guide, it's a pleasure to dive into. Banish boredom, cast on and join a community of knitters who are making the world more interesting with every stitch."--Publisher's description.

Author : Becca Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781101444030

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting by Becca Smith Pdf

Knitting made easy - especially for beginners. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Knitting, Becca Smith takes aspiring knitters step-by-step through her "learn-as-you-go" teaching technique. Knitters are guided from purl stitch to finished scarf with hundreds of clear and easy-to-understand photos along the way. Readers will also learn to make hats, mittens, blankets, pillows, sweaters, socks, even kimonos-as well as their own patterns. With The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Knitting, anyone can go from picking up a needle to becoming a master knitter. ?A new "learn-as-you-go" way of teaching makes this book perfect for beginners ?Packed with hundreds of clear and easy-to-understand photos ?According to the Craft Yarn Council of America, 53 million American women knit or crochet ?Author is an expert knitter and owns her own knitting and yarn company

Author : Penguin Group Australia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0670901768

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Cholmondely-Smith Y. by Penguin Group Australia Pdf

Author : Ann Budd
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-14
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780593545515

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The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns by Ann Budd Pdf

Offering charts and plans for making infant- through adult-sized projects, this unique book provides knitters with a complete resource of more than 350 patterns for caps, tams, scarves, vests, sweaters, mittens, gloves, and socks that are written for multiple gauges to accommodate all weights of yarn from bulky to fingering. Also included are the basics of pattern design and alteration to allow for the addition of different types of texture and color patterns or the modification of existing patterns to accommodate more gauges. Patterns are also accompanied by an assortment of ideas for edgings and finishes, further expanding design options.

Author : Lisa Shroyer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781620331767

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Knitting Plus by Lisa Shroyer Pdf

Design + knit sweaters that fit + flatter! Knitting Plus is the must-have manual for plus-sized sweater construction and knitwear design. With this helpful guide, you'll learn how to design wearable, tailor-made sweaters. With Knitting Plus, you'll explore basic pullover and cardigan sweater construction styles from raglans and set-in sleeves to drop shoulders, seamless yokes, and dolmans. Knitting Plus explains each specific sweater element and then offers key tips for plus-sized knitting. Included throughout are simple versions of each construction type as easy-to-reference templates so you can quickly adapt and alter each sweater for a custom fit. An invaluable reference about fit and shape, Knitting Plus includes 18 irresistible designs by a variety of designers including Mandy Moore, Lisa R. Myers, Lou Schiela, Katya Wilsher, and Kathy Zimmerman, as well as Lisa's designs. Each pattern offers a broad range of sizes and instructions for bust sizes from about 44 to 56 inches. Packed with design information and ready-to-knit patterns, Knitting Plus is your go-to technique and design reference for customizing patterns to fit all sizes.

Author : Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101655498

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Knit Your Bit by Deborah Hopkinson Pdf

Mikey’s dad has left home to fight overseas during World War I, and Mikey wants to do something BIG to help. When his teacher suggests that the class participate in a knitting bee in Central Park to knit clothing for the troops, Mikey and his friends roll their eyes—knitting is for girls! But when the girls turn it into a competition, the boys just have to meet the challenge. Based on a real “Knit-In” event at Central Park in 1918, Knit Your Bit shows readers that making a lasting contribution is as easy as trying something new!

Author : Nithikul Nimkulrat,Faith Kane,Kerry Walton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781474286206

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Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age by Nithikul Nimkulrat,Faith Kane,Kerry Walton Pdf

In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture between traditional craft processes and newer digital technologies. Highly specialized craft/design practitioners may now elect to make use of digital processes in their work, but often choose not to abandon craft skills fundamental to their practice, and aim to balance the complex connection between craft and digital processes. The essays collected here consider this transition from the viewpoint of aesthetic opportunity arising in the textile designer's hands-on experimentation with material and digital technologies available in the present. Craft provides the foundations for thinking within the design and production of textiles, and as such may provide some clues in the transition to creative and thoughtful use of current and future digital technologies. Within the framework of current challenges relating to sustainable development, globalization, and economic constraints it is important to interrogate and question how we might go about using established and emerging technologies in textiles in a positive manner.

Author : Kate Jacobs
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440654268

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Knit Two by Kate Jacobs Pdf

Following the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller The Friday Night Knitting Club is this charming story of sisterhood. At the Manhattan knitting store founded by Georgia Walker, the members of the Friday Night Knitting Club—including Georgia’s college-age daughter, Dakota—rely on each other for help, even as they struggle with new challenges: for Catherine, finding love after divorce; for Darwin, the hope for a family; for Lucie, being both a single mom and a caregiver for her elderly mother; and for seventy-something Anita, a proposal of marriage from her sweetheart, Marty, that provokes the objections of her grown children. As the club’s projects—an afghan, baby booties, a wedding coat—are pieced together, so is their understanding of the patterns underlying the stresses and joys of being a mother, wife, daughter, and friend. Because it isn’t the difficulty of the garment that makes you a great knitter: it’s the care and attention you bring to the craft, as well as how you adapt to surprises...

Author : Kirsten Hofstätter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Knitting
ISBN : 0140462333

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Everybody's Knitting by Kirsten Hofstätter Pdf

Author : Wendy D. Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781440649530

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Wendy Knits by Wendy D. Johnson Pdf

In this warm, wise, and witty memoir, Wendy D. Johnson takes a look at her lifelong obsession with “casting on” as she chronicles her journey from a crudely self-taught, left-handed beginner to one of the world’s most prolific knitters—not to mention premier knitting bloggers. From the virtues of learning how to knit the perfect sock, to the compulsive need to stash exquisite skeins of yarn in every crevice of one’s home, this is the perfect book for every knitter. Wendy also offers tips for avoiding errors, thoughts on knitting gifts for others, and more than twenty original patterns for knitters of every level of expertise: from the ridiculous and irreverent (a cell phone cozy) to the absolutely sublime (your very own luxurious Nordic style pullover).

Author : Andrew Haslam
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781780675329

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Lettering by Andrew Haslam Pdf

Using a combination of explanatory text, step-by-step photographs and classic and contemporary examples, this unique survey brings together over 80 processes involved in creating lettering and applying it to surfaces. Included are hand-drawn lettering techniques (from sign writing to tattooing); dimensional lettering (hand engraving to laser cutting); typesetting (from letterpress to lettering in food); printing (Letraset to printing on bank notes); lettering on textiles (embroidery to flag-making); and illuminated type (neon signage to holography). Lettering is an essential and exhaustive reference guide for any designer wishing either to create lettering themselves or to commission work from external sources.

Author : Ann Budd
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780593714485

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The Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters by Ann Budd Pdf

Fiber and yarn enthusiasts nationwide will celebrate Ann Budd's latest addition to The Knitter's Handy Book series. Answering to a growing interest in knitting sweaters from the top down and knitting seamless sweaters that require little finishing, this handy book offers instructions for knitting four basic sweater types: circular yoke, raglan, set-in sleeve, and saddle shoulder. Patterns are offered in multiple sizes and yarn gauges and for a broad age group. Following the basics for each of the four sweater types are three diverse patterns from top designers that illustrate some of the many ways that instructions can be used as springboards for creative expression, including color, texture, and shaping variations. Also included for intermediate to advanced knitters are personal design touches, detailed charts, clear instruction, and quick tips to expand knitting possibilities and maintain creative originality. A key reference for knitters of all skill levels, this is the new essential knitting resource on your bookshelf.

Author : Heather Haylock
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : Grandmothers
ISBN : 0143770543

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Granny McFlitter, the Champion Knitter by Heather Haylock Pdf

But did Granny stop knitting? Oh no, she did not! She kept right on knitting . . . like it or not! Granny McFlitter's family have had enough of her knitting. But when a ship runs aground, spilling oil into the sea, a call goes out for small jumpers for the shivery rescued penguins. It's the moment Granny has been waiting for! A sparkling environmental story with award-winning illustrations that is sure to warm hearts and feathers.