Folk Vests: 25 knitting patterns & tales from around the world

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Unless you are familiar with the yarn recommended, you might not be able to easily substitute from your stash or use handspun. Summary: Knitters will delight in these 25 traditional and innovative vest patterns collected from around the world and through the ages. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Suggested fabrics: Medium to heavyweight, closely woven fabrics such as denim, velveteen, corduroy, silk, velvet, wool, blends, and upholstery fabric.

Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. I borrowed this book from the local library, and enjoyed the projects so much that I added it to my personal knitting collection.Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. The patterns enable the newer knitter to learn and grow as they grow using the different techniques. One is done in sheep's colors (cream, gray, brown and black) and could be knit of handspun undyed colored wool. I've had the pleasure of learning vest construction from Cheryl and know that these patterns contain the little details that will make the vests work - i. three vests with wide vertical bands and a single button - done in African, Peruvian and Korean colorwork patterns.

The Prince of Wales' famous fairisle is also here, with a note that the colors of the vest in the portrait of the Prince were probably not those on the actual vest.

These authentic designs can be lavishly decorated, embroidered, appliquéd, and otherwise embellished. Knitters will delight in these 25 traditional and innovative vest patterns collected from around the world and through the ages Both functional and decorative these wonderful projects for mens and womens vests are accompanied by folk stories and regional histories from the country of the designs origin including Tibet Scandinavia Guatemala Japan North America and many others More than a pattern book readers will feel connected to the cultures behind the projects as they bring these native crafts to life. This sewing pattern includes a short vest for men or women from Greece, a mid-calf Greek vest, and two variations of a Polish woman's vest with petal-shaped tabs along the bottom edge.

While the vest pattern is knit from commercially available Shetland yarn, you could, as a spinner and dyer, make your own genuine lichen dye or onion skin dyed yarn to knit this vest. Knitting Knutz "The versatility of these vests is matched only by the diversity of the patterns that adorn them. A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material.The patterns contained in this book are visually very appealing, but are let down by the lack of care given to their construction. E-books are great storage space savers, and some books are really appropriate for electronic format; however, I have found that some content is better in paper format in my opinion. The random striped vest versions could also be knit in handpainted wool--a nice use for this popular technique of dyeing. I did not care for her gauge example on several vests, same number of cast on stitches just change needle size!

Nowadays a hand-woven fabric for the vest is more expensive and valuable than the commercially-made cotton for the apron. Knitters will delight in these 25 traditional and innovative vest patterns collected from around the world and through the ages. The wide variety of stitch and construction techniques makes Folk Vests a great learning guide for the newer knitter, and experienced knitters will find designs that showcase their skills.I have been knitting for four decades now, and there are not many books left on the market where I think "Hafta have it! The only thing about the book that I would add to my wish list, is for the yarn *sizes* to be mentioned in addition to the recommended yarns. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.