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    Craft Workbook: Knitting & Crochet
    Craft Workbook: Knitting & Crochet
    Craft Workbook: Knitting & Crochet
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    Craft Workbook: Knitting & Crochet

    By Charlotte Gerlings

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    These books are designed with the absolute beginner in mind, as well as those who would welcome a refresher in these most popular needlecrafts. Each book includes two or three specific projects for readers to get stuck into, with straightforward instructions and large, clear illustrations. With a section on choosing the right equipment, glossary of terms and abbreviations and even a section on aftercare of your handmade products - as well as including both UK and US terminology - this is the perfect starter series that caters for all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcturus Publishing
    Release dateSep 11, 2013
    ISBN9781782128434
    Craft Workbook: Knitting & Crochet
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    Charlotte Gerlings

    Charlotte Gerlings was born in Reading, England into a home where her mother and grandmother were regularly occupied with dressmaking and stage costumes. She graduated in Publishing from Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes) and began work in London as a design assistant with a leading art publisher, before moving into trade publishing. She gained an MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon School of Art and has written books on art history and crafts.

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      Book preview

      Craft Workbook - Charlotte Gerlings

      To Thelma M. Nye, craft editor at B. T. Batsford Ltd for over thirty years and friend and advisor to many grateful authors and designers

      Font cover: Shutterstock

      Back cover: 1 Double moss [moss] stitch 2 Basketweave stitch 3 Eyelet cable 4 Fishscale stitch 5 Chevrons 6 Diagonal shell pattern 7 Shell edging 8 Granny cluster

      This edition published in 2012 by Arcturus Publishing Limited

      26/27 Bickels Yard, 151–153 Bermondsey Street,

      London SE1 3HA

      Copyright © 2011 Arcturus Publishing Limited

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person or persons who do any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      ISBN: 978-1-78212-843-4

      AD001608EN

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      PART I:EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

      Needles and hooks chart

      Equipment for knitting and crochet

      Yarns and fibres

      How to read knitting and crochet patterns

      Tension [gauge] samples for knitting and crochet

      Calculating quantities

      PART II:KNITTING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

      Holding yarn and needles

      Casting [binding] on

      Casting [binding] off

      The basic stitches and more

      PROJECT: Scarf in garter stitch

      PROJECT: Toddler’s ribbed hat with turn-up and pompom

      Selvedges [selvages]

      Emergency procedures

      Increasing

      Decreasing

      Knitting in the round

      Button eyelets

      Finishing

      Decorating: with cross stitch

      Decorating: with Swiss darning

      Decorating: with tassels and fringes

      Decorating: with pompoms

      PART III:CROCHET METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

      Holding yarn and hook

      Chain foundations

      Basic stitches

      Basic stitch variations

      Turning chains

      Adding new yarn without knotting

      Increasing

      Decreasing

      Geometric shapes

      Fastenings

      Edgings

      PROJECT: Crochet shawl

      Granny squares

      Finishing your work

      PROJECT: Granny square cushion

      Aftercare

      Storage

      Recycling

      Abbreviations and terms

      INTRODUCTION

      Every generation rediscovers the satisfaction of making things by hand and there is particular pleasure to be had from creating unique clothes and accessories for your family or in knitting for a charity.

      Knitting is one of the world’s most popular crafts and not at all difficult to learn, together with its close relation, crochet. Both construct a fabric from interlocking loops of yarn rather than woven threads on a loom. The great advantage of knitting and crochet is that you can carry your work anywhere you go. And the fabric takes shape as you progress – no paper patterns or cutting out – all you have to do at the end is seam the pieces together.

      Of course there are certain methods and techniques that a knitter needs to master before his or her creativity can really take flight. This book has been prepared with beginners in mind. The basics of knitting are here, with step-by-step illustrations to guide you, plus sections on equipment, how to read printed patterns, four simple projects and a glossary. The book also aims to be useful to those who first learned to knit as children and would like some quick revision in order to get started again. The terminology used throughout is UK-standard, together with the relevant US terms alongside in square brackets [ ] to make this a practical guide for all readers.

      Knitting is such an ancient craft that no one knows exactly when it began. It probably evolved during the Bronze Age from the knotting of fishing nets. A woman’s hair net or snood, c.1400BCE, has been recovered from a peat bog in Denmark; and knitted split-toe socks have been found in Egyptian tombs. The craft clearly grew simultaneously in different parts of the world and no doubt sailors played their part in spreading the knowledge.

      European knitting developed into a marketable skill, recognized by the setting up of professional knitting guilds. The only women admitted to these medieval guilds were widows who inherited their husbands’ membership. It’s interesting to note that knitting in the old days seems to have been a male occupation, while women were involved at the start of the process with carding and spinning the yarn fibres.

      When the machinery of the Industrial Revolution replaced handworkers, hand knitting survived as a cottage industry and was the sole means of support for many poor families. During both World Wars people of all ages answered the call to Knit for Victory and produced thousands of socks, gloves, mufflers and sweaters for the troops. Whether for a livelihood, charity or leisure activity, knitting continues to provide clothes, toys and items for the home, and it all starts with one ball of yarn and a pair of knitting needles.

      PART ONE:

      EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

      KNITTING NEEDLES CONVERSION CHART

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