Cats Potholder Set. Vintage Crochet Pattern [Annotated]

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It does take a while for the lotion to soak in. I waited 30 minutes before I did any crafting and my hands thanked me.

Beautiful smells, beautiful packaging, an excellent way to end a day of crafting or gardening and soothe tired hands. Lee Meredith is an innovative designer whose work I really appreciate. The whole book, a pattern at a time, or the Color by Number set on its own. So what have we here?

Patterns shown in Malabrigo yarns, since this book was made in collaboration with Malabrigo , knit up in different gauges and colorways. So the projects grow in size along with the gauge except for the Misanga hat, which is adjusted to make sure it'll fit actual heads , and give very different finished looks. It's a really clever concept.

You never use more than one yarn in any row. That has colorwork-averse me eager to get started on a whole bunch of these techniques.

Pigment shown in the beige squiggly sample on the cover, far left is my favorite, but the Scribbled Lines are calling to me, too. There's a handy section at the front with clear photos that walks you through the key simple! No need to fear. This is one book on colorwork I will actually knit from. Fans of the intricate lace of Manianne Kinzel and Herbert Niebling will rejoice over this book.

Andrea Jurgrau has designed 12 shawls, 3 hats, a scarf, and a blanket based on vintage doilies.

Those patterns, while intricate and pretty, aren't the sole reason to buy this book. This book takes the reader through the detailed steps of turning a vintage doily pattern into a shawl. All of the lace patterns are charted only. After the patterns, she teaches how to take a vintage doily and convert it into a shawl from charting to adjusting decreases, to altering motifs to the final plans for knitting -- 6 pages of thorough instruction.

She also includes the finished pattern, if you don't want to walk through the lesson. One of the most helpful sections in the book is the chapter on swatching -- I am biased as a mad swatcher. I do think in general not enough space is ever given to swatching. Here she swatches in shapes and for different yarns and colors. Just looking at her finished swatches sparks different ways to plan a shawl, even if I am just substituting a yarn.

Vintage lace is clearly a long-time passion for the author. She answered nearly every question that popped into my head as I was reading. As I said the patterns are pretty, and interesting. Buy the book to knit them, but don't miss out on all of the instruction that is packed into this book. Any student of heritage knitting needs this book. It explores in depth the history of the Dutch gansey by an author that traveled to 40 different villages and countless museums to find photos, information and stories.

I would buy this book for the historic sweater photos alone. There are pages and pages of fishermen proudly wearing their sweaters in photos large enough to see the stitch patterns.

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It is amazing to see knitting come so alive. The author discusses the history of knitting for fishermen, the motifs popular in each village and how motifs traveled between villages. I learned how the British gansey influenced the Dutch gansey and a whole lot more about the history of commercial fishing than I ever thought I would. Basic gansey design is deconstructed in shape, pattern and yarns used to knit historic and modern ganseys. Historic sweaters are reknit in modern yarns and photographed on models.

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The modern pictures are put side by side with a historic photos of the same or similar gansey. I spent tons of time with this book, reading it, and most especially pouring over the historic photos. This book will proudly sit on my shelf next to Gladys Thompson's British Ganseys. It shows, tells and brings to life the knitter, wearer and history of the Dutch gansey. This funky little lamp is actually a powerhouse! Using it without the batteries means it weighs almost nothing, too.

Simply tap the little power symbol below the logo on the base and the light turns on. Another tap makes it brighter, and a third makes it brighter still. The fourth tap turns it off. Handy as a bedside light, but I think it really shines sorry, couldn't resist the pun as a lamp to pop into your knitting bag and take with you.

Affordable, and super adjustable -- the light panel can shine at many different angles -- this is a great little tool. If you have never taken a class from Sarah Anderson, these videos will be a treat. If you have had her as teacher, you know exactly the level of enthusiasm and skill you will get in these lessons. These videos are more than four hours of lessons spanning the range of spinning skills from twist to drafting to plying and finishing. Much of this feels like Sarah's book Spinners Book of Yarn has come alive in the best possible way!

It focuses on details that can make a big difference in your spinning. Her style of teaching is full of facts but easy going. She is one of the few spinning teachers that point out alternatives, "this is how I do it, some people do this, or this". Her style is based on experience and the knowledge that not everyone spins the same way and that a particular way doesn't always work for everyone.

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She breaks down the fundamentals of fiber, twist and drafting styles, with an excellent lesson on joins. She explains plying and walks through boucle, crepe and cable yarns, making notoriously fussy yarn look easy. Beginners can spin along with these videos from beginning to end; more advanced spinners can pick and choose their topics. I've read Sarah's book and taken classes with her and still learned quite a few things from these videos! Do you have most of a day to spend pouring over a luscious book devoted to sewing small projects from a variety of fabrics?

Maybe you have some time to learn about the history and production and use of linen, cotton, silk, wool and leather? Not that much time? Well, you certainly can pour yourself your favorite drink and drool over fabric and project photography every bit as glorious as that in Selvage magazine.

I read this book from cover to cover and looked at all of the photography more than twice. I may not make anything from this book, but I am inspired to try techniques and different combinations of things in my own work. I also learned quite a bit about fair trade textiles. And am inspired to hunt for even more vintage textiles than the ones I already own. The 30 projects in this book are easy to intermediate and the book includes separate pattern sheets for most tucked into the back.

The directions are straightforward enough to not need step by step photography. I think an intermediate or enthusiastic beginner seamstress would spend more time searching for the perfect fabric than time spent on the actual construction of most of the projects. I do have to warn you about a dangerous-to-your-wallet resource guide in the back. There are listings of online fabric sources for both new and vintage fabric, listings of stores and markets in the US and UK, and an excellent list of Fairtrade textile organizations.

I am as charmed by this book as I am charmed by every issue I see of Mollie Makes magazine. Mollie Makes is all about effortless style and creativity, and even though I may never reach either of those things effortlessly, all of the Mollie Makes books make me feel like I can. The layout and the photos are gorgeous and clean. The crochet projects are fun, but probably simple for an experienced crocheter.

Even an intermediate crocheter could fly through all of the projects in the book, but sometimes that's exactly the point. As a beginner I approach it all more cautiously. The book is almost half technique and half patterns.

The how to at the beginning, especially chart reading, is excellent. The stitch how-to in the back of the book is so clear that I have this book by my craft nest as a reference for other crochet projects. I like that the projects are home accessories.

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It's much less intimidating because home accessories with no fit issues can't go disastrously wrong. I'm excited to make the placemats for summer eating outside, potholders, the crocheted edge baby blanket and at least two of the throws. Like I said, I'm charmed. No one who knows me is surprised to find out that I love this book. My house is lined with overflowing bookshelves, I keep my button collection in a card catalog and our family owns and uses 7 library book carts.

I think that libraries are one of the greatest resources we have as craftspeople. Jessica Pigza, a crafter herself, is a rare-book librarian at the New York Public library. Before writing this book she helped designers and crafters find vintage resources to inspire their work and used them frequently herself. The first part of this book is an education in using the library and how to mine for cool source images to jump start a makers brain.

She talks about different types of libraries and different types of collections.

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She teaches effective ways to search for a topic. She points to an amazing array of on-line sources.

She talks about finding and using special collections and research libraries, and has an excellent section on copyright for crafters. Featuring articles and graphs of some of the games most important players, teams and events. Chang Bioscience develops software for microarray data analysis, primer sequence database and design. House of Grafix is your one stop shop for all of your vinyl cut stickers and full color vinyl cut sticker needs. Custom orders of any size, clothing too! Updated 2 years 1 month ago. Display Domain Stats or Pagerank Widget for this domain on your website.

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