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Expand your idea of what a
scarf can be! This collection of 31 elegant, whimsical, and ingenious scarves
taps the expertise of over twenty-five knitwear designers who offer new ways to
think about this most basic of garments. Expect to be surprised: a timeless scarf
that uses cables and stitch patterns, a "scarf" that functions as a pair of portable
sleeves with a turtleneck, a delicate triangular shawl based on traditional Estonian
lace patterns, and a deconstructed striped scarf held together with brightly colored
bobbles. Although each scarf is an individual interpretation by such prominent
designers as Kathryn Alexander, Debbie Bliss, Nancy Bush, Lily Chin, Nicky Epstein,
Sasha Kagan, Sally Melville, and Kristin Nicholas when the scarves are considered
together, they represent an exploration of techniques that provide new ways to
think about knitting and crochet. Scarf Style is also a manual on how to
make a scarf without a pattern: With only a pile of leftover yarns or several
carefully chosen skeins, any knitter can create an imaginative scarf. A section
on knitting and crochet basics helps beginners get started, and the Designer's
Notebook provides templates for basic scarves worked in three directions—end
to end, sideways, or on the diagonal—along with suggestions for design variations:
stitch patterns, stripe arrangements, and shapes. This book is sure to make you
into a scarf wearer, and make a knitter or crocheter out of anyone who loves to
wear scarves.
 Pam
Allen is the creative director of Classic Elite Yarns and former editor in
chief of Interweave Knits.
She is the author of Knitting for Dummies and Scarf
Style. This is her third collaboration with Ann Budd in the Style
series, following Wrap Style
and Lace Style (Interweave
Press, 2005 and 2007). Pam’s designs have been published in many magazines
and featured in Knitting in America. She lives in Portland, Maine.
Paperbound, 8 1/2 x 9, 152 pages, 50 color photographs,
30 color illustrations, 10 charts, ISBN 10: 1-931499-54-3 ISBN 13: 978-1931499-54-5
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