Fair Isle Knitting - Monica Russel

Fair Isle Knitting by Monica Russel is a practical guide to creating traditional colourwork patterns, from first principles through to finished designs. This paperback edition brings together technique, reference material and project-based learning in one volume.

Key details

• Author: Monica Russel
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 176
• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 27 September 2019
• ISBN: 9781782215806

Synopsis

Fair Isle colourwork is built on a simple idea: working with two colours in each row to produce distinctive motifs and richly patterned fabric. In this definitive guide, Monica Russel sets out the core skills needed to begin, including an introduction to the history of Fair Isle knitting and a clear look at the yarns, needles and tools used for colourwork.

Step-by-step instructions cover key techniques such as selecting colours and reading charts, supported by photographs and a wide range of examples. A library of more than 45 borders, patterns and motifs is presented as swatches, each with a written pattern, chart and alternative colourways, followed by 14 projects to practise on, from a simple hat and cushion cover to a shawl, sweater, dress and waistcoat.

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