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 | Contemporary Knitting for Textile Artists
by Ruth Lee
Publisher Batsford
Edition Hardback
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.
Price: £18.99
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 | Surface Works
by Jenny Dowde
Publisher Sally Milner Publishing
Edition Paperback
Surface Works is about using plain knit or crocheted backgrounds to which surface decoration can be added and the projects in this book were created with that in mind. There are many alternative meanings for decorate, including adorn, bedeck, brighten, do up, embellish, enhance, enrich, festoon, frill, gussy up, jazz up, ornament, and trim, all of which illustrate the focus of Surface Works. Packed full with information, Surface Works contains over 90 original textured and creative stitch motifs to make, plus 34 new projects including 7 garments with full templates and instructions.
Price: £17.99
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