Contemporary Knitting for Textile Artists
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An exciting guide to creative hand knitting for adventurous knitters, textile artists and jewellery artists who wish to explore the knitting genre and take their work to a new level.
Explore a variety of materials, from inventive use of wool, rope and fabric, through more unusual textiles such as paper, elastic, plant materials, wire and recycled materials, to knitting with fragile or inflexible products such as cane and rattan.
Choose from innovative ideas and techniques such as adding borders, edges and extensions to incorporating beads, found objects and hardware. Create stunning three-dimensional and freestanding forms or simply embellish existing work, from wrapping and binding to dyeing and felting.
Author: Ruth Lee
Format: Hardback, 128 pages, 216mm x 279mm
Published: 2007, Batsford, United Kingdom
Genre: Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts
Description
An exciting guide to creative hand knitting for adventurous knitters, textile artists and jewellery artists who wish to explore the knitting genre and take their work to a new level.
Explore a variety of materials, from inventive use of wool, rope and fabric, through more unusual textiles such as paper, elastic, plant materials, wire and recycled materials, to knitting with fragile or inflexible products such as cane and rattan.
Choose from innovative ideas and techniques such as adding borders, edges and extensions to incorporating beads, found objects and hardware. Create stunning three-dimensional and freestanding forms or simply embellish existing work, from wrapping and binding to dyeing and felting.
Contemporary Knitting for Textile Artists