Alice Starmore's Charts for Color Knitting -- Alice Starmore

In the course of her career as an internationally recognized authority on knitting design and instruction, Alice Starmore has acquired a remarkable collection of charted designs for color knitting. This treasury features a choice selection of her source material, arranged into four parts: (1) Traditional patterns from Europe, Russia, and South America (2) Adaptations from textiles and other art, including Japanese porcelain and Celtic metalwork (3) Alice Starmore's own geometric and nature-inspired originals (4) Practical instructions that explain how to incorporate these motifs into unique designs.<br>Suitable for beginning as well as advanced color knitters, these charted designs can also be adapted to other crafts, including weaving and embroidery. The first U.S. publication of <i>Charts for Color Knitting, </i> this new and expanded version explains how to incorporate color into your work and features color photographs of knitted swatches created expressly for this Dover edition.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Alice Starmore<br><b>Publisher:</b> Dover Publications<br><b>Published:</b> 10/20/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 160<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 10.80h x 8.34w x 0.61d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780486484631<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>An acclaimed textile designer, author, artist, and photographer, Alice Starmore is a native of Scotland's Isle of Lewis. Starmore has taught and lectured extensively throughout Britain, Europe, and the United