Christine Boggis

Knitted Shawls: 26 Relaxing Wraps, Cowls and Shawls

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Produktbeschreibung

This workbook includes 25 relaxing knitting patterns, plus articles that explore the health benefits of knitting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: GMC Publications
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 200mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781784945848
• ISBN-10: 1784945846
• Artikelnr.: 58528513

Autorenporträt

Christine Boggis is the editor of Knitting magazineand author of JOMO Knits: 21 Projects to Celebrate the Joy of Missing Out. She worked as a journalist in Sussex, Vienna and London before joining Knitting, where she writes about knitting all day long then rushes home to spend the evening... knitting. When she's not knitting, Christine reads and occasionally dabbles in cooking, sewing, quilting, upcycling, running and Zumba. Christine lives in Brighton, in the south of England.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents:
6          Introduction
8          Tools of the trade
10        Fibre of life
BEGINNER
14        The wellness lowdown: why knitting is good for you
16        Technique: long tail cast on
17        Technique: knitted on cast on
18        Technique: the knit stitch
19        Technique: casting off
20        Easy Does It Capelet
22        Technique: the purl stitch
23        Technique: knitting through the back loop
24        Technique: knitting in the round
25        Technique: jogless join
26        Beginner Cowl
28        Technique: make one increases
29        Technique: decreasing
30        Technique: tassels
32        Mountain Shawl
34        Technique: simple cables
34        Cosy Ruana
38        Bedtime Wrap
42        Mind over knitter: knitting and meditation
44        Technique: yarn over increases and using stitch markers
45        Technique: garter tab cast on and picot cast off
46        In Flight Shawl
50        Sunshine Shawlette
53        Technique: blocking
54        Love Triangle Shawl
58        Technique: embroidering on knitting
59        Rainbow Shawl
INTERMEDIATE
64        Knitting to treat yourself
66        Sparkle and Shine Cowl
70        Technique: diluted garter stitch stripes
71        Technique: picking up stitches and holding yarn double
72        Skyfall Shawl
76        Bundled Neck Warmer
78        Journey Shawl
82        Unwind Shawl
86        Afterglow Wrap
90        Giving is living: the joys and sorrows of knitting for others
92        Technique: reading charts
94        Wedding Wrap
98        Technique: elongated stitches
99        Seafoam Shawlette
102      Technique: sewing up and finishing
103      Technique: one colour brioche
104      Wrapped Up Cowl
106      Technique: two-colour brioche
108      Elemental Wrap
110      Shades of Grey Shawl
114      Technique: stranded colourwork
115      Lakes and Mountains Shawl
118      Technique: slip stitch colourwork
119      Harvest Home Cowl
ADVANCED
124      Shopaholics: how and where to buy yarn
126      Cuddle Wrap
128      Hap-piness
132      True Colours Shawlette
136      Technique: increasing and decreasing in brioche
138      Autumn Leaves Shawl
144      Knitting and perfectionism
INFORMATION
146      Abbreviations
147      Conversions
148      Technique finder and suppliers
149      About the author and acknowledgements
150      Index