Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting

by Alice Starmore

Paperback, 2009

Status

Available

Barcode

127

Description

Scotland's Fair Isle has long been known for its distinctive, stranded-color knitting. A designer from the region, Alice Starmore explores the history and techniques of the art and provides instructions for over 15 of her own knitwear designs. 100 color photos.

Publication

Dover Publications (2009), Edition: Green ed., 208 pages

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ISBN

0486472183 / 9780486472188

UPC

800759472185

User reviews

LibraryThing member gmillar

This is a neat book if you are interested in hand knitting and it's history. The book tells about where Fair Isle work comes from, how it developed, where it developed and how to do it. There nare a few patterns at the back, if you are interested in following up after all that learning.