This book contains 56 Scandinavian inspired charted designs that can be used in many different forms of needlework - counted cross stitch, latch-hooking, needlepoint, crochet, etc. Some of the motifs include flowers, herbs, hearts, horses, birds, ship, windmill, samplers and children.
This is the book that put slip-stitch knitting into the knitting history books. Walker coined the term mosaic knitting, and her definitive book on the subject was first published in 1976. This revised edition includes 116 new charted mosaic designs to complement the 157 charted designs featured in the original edition. Large-scale black-and-white charts, each with an accompanying knitted sample of the design, leave the reader to choose appropriate colors. This is not a project book but one that will appeal to the adventurous knitter and knitwear designer.
Working one stitch at a time on a short hook, you can make projects ranging from delicate lace tablecloths to thick sweaters. Acquire practical skills like calculating yarn requirements and tension, and practice basic stitches like the chain, the slip, and the treble. Learn how to finish off, join a new ball of yarn, and read a charted pattern. Alphabet charts let you personalize practically anything. Bonus: the "pattern library." 80 pages (50 in color), 49 b/w illus., 8 3/8 x 11.
A unique pattern book that offers over 300 lovely designs from Book of Kells, Tara Brooch, The Petrie Crown and many other authentic Celtic sources. Discover designs featuring traditional spiral work, knot work, biomorphic patterns, and more. An affordable and inspirational treasury.
Charted Knitting Designs: A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
The three volumes comprising Walker's knitting treasuries, published in 1968-72 by Scribner, have long been out of print. They have recently been reissued by Schoolhouse Press and should be seriously considered for purchase by large public libraries and textile collections. Barbara G. Walker, author of The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, and many other books, is a member of the Morris Museum Mineralogical Society and the Trailside Mineral Club of the New Jersey Earth Science Association.
