Folk Mittens: Techniques and Patterns for Handknitted Mittens - Softcover

Lewandowski, Marcia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883010349 ISBN 13: 9781883010348

Verlag: Interweave Press Inc, 1997

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Offering mitten patterns from around the world, this introduction to folk knitting is followed by a generous section on the techniques of knitting mittens. Among topics covered are gauge, wool selection (including techniques for washing and felting wool), casting on, plait edging, ribbed and unribbed cuffs, and a long section on the ever-elusive thumb. Also detailed are techniques for hand-knit mitten cords, finishing, and sizing.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Marcia Lewandowski spent her first twenty-five years in Minnesota where the long winters taught her to appreciate warm serviceable mittens. She currently resides in the south of Bolivia where she is working with the Mennonite Central Committee to strengthen women's groups. She is also the author of Andean Folk Knits: Great Designs from Peru, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador & Bolivia.

Marcia Lewandowski spent her first twenty-five years in Minnesota where the long winters taught her to appreciate warm serviceable mittens. She currently resides in the south of Bolivia where she is working with the Mennonite Central Committee to strengthen women's groups. She is also the author of Andean Folk Knits: Great Designs from Peru, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador & Bolivia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Interweave Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1883010349
• ISBN 13: 9781883010348
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120
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