Whether you are
new to entrelac, have dabbled some, or love it already and just want more
interesting designs, this book is for you.
For knitters who haven’t tried
entrelac (or need to try again), the book works as a series of skills and
concepts with projects along the way to apply what you have learned. Knitters
with some experience with entrelac can review the basics, then learn options
for shaping, seams, and joining. And with over 30 projects, those here just for
the designs will find a wide range of garments and accessories for the whole
family.
Practice blocks and small projects provide an introduction
to the world of entrelac complete with valuable tutorials. Approaches to
shaping take you from the tip of a mitten to the yoke of a sweater or swing of
a skirt.
Learn the basics from picking-up stitches to weaving-in tails:
how to do them and why they matter.
Entrelac gives you both the incentive and the occasion to
master skills you might not have thought important: using a temporary cast-on,
knitting (and purling, and decreasing) in both directions, picking up in both
knit and purl, among others. Then you will find that you use them again and
again in all your knitting.
Entrelac fabric is not just knit, it is knit worn on the
bias, and this adds enormously to its comfort-factor. (Book Editor Elaine
Rowley considers the multi-gauge, short-mid-or-long-sleeved design, Morning,
Noon, and Night to be the most comfortable and best-fitting pullover in her
closet.)
Entrée to Entrelac will help you think about all your
knitting in a whole new way. Free shipping to U.S. addresses. |