K2.24 Vest with Collar to Knit by Val Love of Dovetail Designs
This colorful vest goes with everything, has a convertible collar and zipper closure, and is knitted in one piece with shoulder seams. Vest has ribbed sides for a trim fit and zipper slides open from neck and hem.
Chest sizes given in inches and (metric): XS 30 (76) S 34 (86) M 38 (96.5) L 42 (107) XL 46 (117) XXL 50 (127)
K2.23 Saratoga Shrug to Knit from Val Love's 'Dovetail Designs'
This cozy shrug may be casually draped or pinned for a more dressy occasion. Worked in one piece, the fitted shoulders are created with right and left slant increases. Body of shrug is worked in reverse Stocking stitch and deep ruffle edge is worked in one piece in rib on a circular needle.
Chest sizes given in inches and (metric) XS 30 (76) S 34 (86) M 38 (96.5) L 42 (107) XL 46 (117) XXL 50 (127)
K2.22 Casual Cardigan to Knit - a Dovetail Design by Val Love.
This very easy cardigan is worked in one piece with shoulder seams. Light weight with three-quarter length sleeves that are gently sloped with a decrease panel from shoulder to cuff. Drape front or close with your favorite pin.
Teach Yourself Visually: Handspinning, by Judith MacKenzie McCuin
A modern approach to teaching an ancient art that’ s reviving rapidly
The unprecedented popularity of knitting and crocheting is spurring great interest in handspinning (making yarn from raw fiber using a spinning wheel or hand spindle). Unlike other references, this book has a refreshing, contemporary visual design. With step-by-step instructions and photos, it covers the necessary tools and materials, preparing fiber for spinning, plying and dyeing yarns, working with fibers other than wool, using handspun yarns, and more. Because spinning wheels are expensive, it begins by teaching readers how to use a hand spindle to make yarn. With today’ s emphasis on things that are handmade and natural, this book fills a great niche.
FELT STYLE: 35 Fashionable Accessories to Create and Wear, by Chrissie Day
Felting is an exiting and inspiring craft that lets you turn loose wool fibers and simple knitting into stylish, fashionable felted items. 'Felt Style' is packed with 35 projects on clothing and accessories that you'll love making and adore wearing. From elegant bags to cozy slippers, contemporary jewelry to stylish scarves, these attractive, soft-textured felt projects are bursting with rich color and modern appeal.
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HANDMADE FELT BOOK
Another wonderfully illustrated Japanese felting book. Text is Japanese but with the numerous step-by-step photographs and illustrations, you really dont need words. Plenty of bags, hats, book covers, tea cozies, coasters, and so much more. Techeniques include both wet felting and needle felting. 88 pages, softcover.
FAST FUN & EASY NEEDLE FELTING: 8 Techniques & Projects—Creative Results in Minutes, by Lynne Farris
Creative Wool Accents are the Latest Way to Play!
FELTMAKING and WOOL MAGIC: Contemporary Techniques and Beautiful Projects, by Jorie Johnson
After studying textile design in both the USA and Finland, author Jorie Johnson was introduced to the felt making process in 1977 when she was first taught Scandinavian felt boot-making. She was immediately struck by felt’s amazing properties and possibilities. Through this book, Felt Making and Wool Magic, you will see that Jorie’s approach to felt making is clearly creative as well as effective. The book covers in detail, basic step by step felt making techniques, then goes on to present a series of projects from simple jewelry to beautiful vests.
Felt Frenzy: 26 Projects for all Forms of FELTING, by Heather Brack and Shannon Okey
This is not your ordinary felting book! Felt Frenzy explores all the major techniques of felt making, from knit-and-shrink to wet felting, needlefelting, and “recycled felting”—turning salvaged wool sweaters into useful felt pieces—plus ways to combine techniques for creative and unique results.
Designed with the absolute beginner in mind, Felt Frenzy is packed with 26 projects and photographs of more than 50 before-and-after felted yarn combinations so readers can easily customize patterns with substitutions of their choice.
Handspinner's Handbook, by Bette Hochberg
Here's a very clear, practical manual on spinning all types of fibers on a "flax" wheel. All aspects of spinning are considered and the "long draw" method emphasized, parts and care of the wheel are discussed, breeds of sheep, other natural animal and vegetable fibers, man-made fibers, carding, drum carding, blending fibers, plying, skeining, and stumbling blocks are covered. The presentation is easy to follow.
