Top-down, seamless sweater construction offers new opportunities to create hip, fashionable garments that can be tried on as they are created, with no tedious seaming to do when the crocheting is complete. Top-Down Crochet Sweaters offers complete instructions on this technique along with 14 stylish, contemporary patterns.
Top-down, seamless sweater construction offers new opportunities to create hip, fashionable garments that can be tried on as they are created, with no tedious seaming to do when the crocheting is complete. Top-Down Crochet Sweaters offers complete instructions on this technique along with 14 stylish, contemporary patterns.
Dora Ohrenstein is a leading crochet designer, author, and teacher. She is the author of Top-Down Crochet Sweaters and The Crocheter’s Skill-Building Workshop, which is being hailed as a must-have resource by the crochet community. Ohrenstein’s chic and innovative designs appear regularly in Interweave Crochet, Crochet!, Crochet World, Vogue Knitting Crochet, and many other print and online magazines. She is the co-editor of Crochet World's “Talking Crochet” column, and she has written for various other publications about crochet history, international traditions, and techniques.
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Introduction: Why Crochet from the Top Down? Top-Down Construction Basics A Note about Yarns The Garment Pairs Part I: The Techniques 1 The Top-Down Crochet Method Necklines: An Overview Yolk Shaping Building Necklines Trying On the Yoke as You Go Creating the Underarm Beginning the Body Working the Sleeve 2 Additional Techniques for Top-Down Garments Mastering Stitches Gauge and Drape Blocking Your Swatch Choosing Yarns Blocking Your Garment 3 Making Your Garment Fit All about Ease Measuring Yourself Measuring a Favorite Sweater How to Read a Schematic How Sweaters Fit Your Body Choosing a Length Fibers and Fit Making Alterations Part II: The Patterns Ava and Bettina Isola and Chloe Luna and Janelle Jade and Magda Rosina and Isabel Genevieve and Zora Nanette and Erde Index Abbreviations Acknowledgments Metric Conversion Chart
Introduction: Why Crochet from the Top Down? Top-Down Construction Basics A Note about Yarns The Garment Pairs Part I: The Techniques 1 The Top-Down Crochet Method Necklines: An Overview Yolk Shaping Building Necklines Trying On the Yoke as You Go Creating the Underarm Beginning the Body Working the Sleeve 2 Additional Techniques for Top-Down Garments Mastering Stitches Gauge and Drape Blocking Your Swatch Choosing Yarns Blocking Your Garment 3 Making Your Garment Fit All about Ease Measuring Yourself Measuring a Favorite Sweater How to Read a Schematic How Sweaters Fit Your Body Choosing a Length Fibers and Fit Making Alterations Part II: The Patterns Ava and Bettina Isola and Chloe Luna and Janelle Jade and Magda Rosina and Isabel Genevieve and Zora Nanette and Erde Index Abbreviations Acknowledgments Metric Conversion Chart
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