While working as a vintage clothing dealer, combing through estate sales and eBay listings, longtime knitter Kristen Rengren amassed hundreds of knitting pattern booklets from 1920 through 1960. Now a knitwear designer, Rengren brings us the result of her combined passions in Vintage Baby Knits, a charming collection of more than 40 contemporary updates of timeless baby patterns. Projects range from small, quick-to-knit items like hats, booties, and shrugs to larger, more challenging designs for sweaters, onesies, and dresses, including a lace christening gown. Beautiful photographs capture a bevy of adorable babies and toddlers wearing these knitted treasures. Also included are sidebars on baby fashion and knitting culture in this bygone era, and a complete reference section. Destined to be a classic itself, Vintage Baby Knits promises family heirlooms for 21st-century babies.
Thayer Allyson Gowdy Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Die natürlichen Unregelmäßigkeiten – die zufälligen Unterschiede zwischen einem fertigen Stück und einem anderen – machen handbedruckte Stoffe, Papiere, Möbel und Kunstwerke so interessant. Diese Eigenheiten zeigen die enge Verbindung des Herstellers mit dem Prozess, und genau diese einzigartige Qualität hat die Textildesignerin und Illustratorin Lena Corwin zur Handbedruckung hingezogen. Obwohl dekorative Drucke derzeit sehr gefragt sind, gab es bisher keinen aktuellen Leitfaden zur Handbedruckung, der die heute verwendeten Werkzeuge und Materialien erklärt oder eine zeitgenössische Ästhetik widerspiegelt. Corwin bietet diesen Leitfaden. Mit Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen und Nahaufnahmen lehrt sie Handwerkern alles, was sie wissen müssen, um Stempeln, Schablonieren und Siebdruck zu meistern, von der Herstellung eigener Druckgeräte bis zur Fehlersuche. Ihre unverwechselbare Sammlung von Projekten reicht von gestempeltem Briefpapier und einfach zu nähenden Taschen bis hin zu schablonierten Tragetaschen und Möbeln sowie siebgedruckter Bettwäsche und Polsterstoffen. Jedes Projekt wird von originellen Kunstwerken begleitet, sodass jeder Handwerker die gleichen schönen Ergebnisse erzielen kann. Doch vielleicht nicht ganz die gleichen. Es sind die subtilen Unterschiede, die das Handbedrucken so besonders und verlockend machen.
The only knitting book focused on lingerie and lingerie-inspired designsUnderwear has come out. Once kept demurely concealed, lingerie now pervades every fashion category, inspiring designs for day looks, loungewear, evening clothes, and accessories. Slips have become dresses unto themselves. Bra straps are meant to peek out from under tank tops. Camisoles are worn on their own or as layers over or under other clothes. Now, with Knitting Lingerie Style, designer Joan McGowan-Michael interprets this undeniable fashion trend for the knitter and, along the way, shares fascinating stories about lingerie history. Did you know that it was airplane magnate Howard Hughes who masterminded the underwire bra?McGowan-Michael’s 30-plus designs, stunningly photographed by Thayer Allyson Gowdy, range from the truly functional—knitted bras, slips, corsets, camisoles, and stockings—to the purely fun. The brassiere inspires a curvature-enhancing twinset. The baby doll negligee is the basis for a lacy little gown and a matching thong set that’s both luxurious and (slightly) notorious. And a ribbed, laced-front sweater is an updated—and much more comfortable!—take on the classic corset.The only book of its kind on the market, Knitting Lingerie Style includes projects that are bold and sexy, daring us all to bare a little skin, as well as more understated and demure, with sizes ranging from petite to plus.
A fractal is a complex geometric figure made up of patterns that repeat themselves at smaller and smaller, or larger and larger, scales. In nature, they're found in fern leafs and corals. In this book, they're found in the pattern for a scarf, the cables of a pullover, and the intricate hemline of a skirt. The pentagon is a familiar five-sided figure that, in nature, can be spotted in the starfish or sand dollar; in this book it's spotted in the yoke of a pullover, the textures of a cardigan, and the shape of a shawl. In nature, water waves and chemical waves abound; in this book, they flow as the patterns in a hat and mittens and in the gores of a skirt.Knitting Nature is a singular book created by one of the most innovative and respected designers working today. Norah Gaughan, who got her degree from Brown in both biology and art, has combined her knowledge to compile this book of 39 fabulous designs inspired by patterns in nature. With each design, Gaughan first explains where in nature the pattern can be found, such as the spiral in a ram's horn or seashell; then with step-by-step instructions she shows how she rendered that pattern in a skirt or tunic or coat. Complete with exquisitely beautiful photographs, this sophisticated book is truly one of a kind.