| Traditional Fair Isle Knitting | 
 enlarge | Author: Sheila Mcgregor
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 75149
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 048643107X
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.4320410941135
EAN: 9780486431079
ASIN: 048643107X
Publication Date: September 19, 2003
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Product Description
Well-known, definitive guide shows how any circular method knitting technique can yield the popular Fair Isle patterns. More than 70 pages of designs include patterns for mittens, jerseys, jackets, hats, and more. Practical advice on design and color provides endless variations and adaptations. 31 halftones and 17 color illustrations.
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 Saving Traditional Patterns January 8, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sheila McGregor has a passion for documenting Traditional knitting patterns. However, she doesn't stop with what has gone before, but also shows how Fair Isle knitters are continuing their innovations. There is a friendly rivalry among the knitters to not repeat a previous pattern, but to embellish & mess about with what one did last year.
The history of how the countries on the North Sea, & farther East, interacted one with the other, is rich & fascinating.
I would not buy this if I wanted to just make a sweater. But, if I was comfortable with a specific sweater style, & wanted to use the stranded colour knitting of Fair Isle & her neighbours, I'd buy it in a heartbeat! I did!
 Essential November 11, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is essential for anyone interested in Fair isle knitting. The most comprehensive set of patternes I have ever seen.
Traditional Fair Isle Knitting November 4, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Very pleased with the content: history and patterns. Great addition to my knitting library.
Great for Fair Isle Work! January 15, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Sheila McGregor is a knitting goddess! I would NOT recommend this for a beginning knitter.. there are no direct patterns for sweaters, but the charts are numerous and authentic! just make sure you count the number of stitches in each repeat! this is a must have for any color knitter bored with the usual patterns out there!
Read for a good understanding of what Fair Isle knitting is August 30, 2005
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
If you are a fairly experienced knitter and can create the garment basics (i.e. figure your gauge and cast on accordingly), it is indispensible. If you need a pattern with directions (e.g. cast on x number of stitches on size y needles), this book does not supply that. It gives guidelines for garments, just not full patterns. What it does supply is a fabulous history of this knitting art form, explanations of how it developed and how it was used. Lots of great pictures. The third part of the book is dedicated to patterns in graph form, which is just the way I like it, personally. I've enjoyed browsing through it and putting my creativity to the challenge of creating what I want to make. If it ever gets cold down here in Texas, that vest made of Harris tweed wool will be great. Luckily, I knit for the knitting more than for the finished product.
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