The lace knitting of the Shetland Isles, once described as "knitting's finest hour", has created much treasured family knitwear. This book is for both the everyday and expert knitter, presenting this exquisite craft in a clearly understandable form. It is intended as an instructive guide, and in addition to an overview of Shetland lace, there are helpful explanations of technique and useful information on design, including how to develop your own patterns; there are practical tips too.
To finish, there is a comprehensive Projects section detailing typical shawls, stoles, baby jackets, rounding off with a masterpiece - an intricately patterned christening robe. Above all though, this book has a wide-ranging collection of charted patterns - classified for convenience into Centres, Borders and Edgings - that are carefully graded to suit the learner as well as the most experienced knitter interested in creating original yet traditional knitted lace. There ought to be a warning though - this type of lace knitting can be addictive!
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