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Scotland's Fair Isle is celebrated the world over for its distinctive, stranded-color knitting, and Alice Starmore is famous for her expertise in designing and instructing knitters in this appealing regional tradition. This volume is profusely illustrated with color photographs, plus drawings and charts that illustrate the art's history, patterns, and techniques.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a long established fair isle knitter I found this book well written, well laid out and very instructive.
The patterns were beautiful and the history very interesting. Knitting on circular needles was unknown to me.
The methodology to make original designs to suit your needs was excellent. A great buy at a great price.
The patterns were beautiful and the history very interesting. Knitting on circular needles was unknown to me.
The methodology to make original designs to suit your needs was excellent. A great buy at a great price.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you want to begin Fairisle knitting (or, like me, are a knitter of many years standing) this is the only book you'll need. Full of stimulating pictures, fascintaing text and excellent charts, it's more than just a 'how to' for reading a Fairisle pattern, it's also a wonderful design source book.
I strongly suspect this book will become worn out quickly here!
I strongly suspect this book will become worn out quickly here!
76 of 81 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Alice Starmore is a fine artist and the designs are lovely, but this book is let down by poor pattern editing. I am an experienced knitter and undertook the child's cardigan set for a girl, in the course of which I found errors in the yarn quantities (far too little of one colour necessitating reordering half way through), in the chart for the beret and also in the main directions, as well as some weird and unnecessary awkwardnesses in the shaping. Had I not had the experience to spot and adjust for the errors I would probably have abandoned the project in despair.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Interesting and informative
Delivered on time. Mostly what I expected but hoping for more samples so I can design own fair isle patterns. A very good starting point and clear and concise.
Published 2 months ago by Jkay
Excellent book on techniques and history
This is a very comprehensive book on the history, development and techniques of Fair isle knitting and is the best I have encountered on the subject. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Catherine Mason
Fantastic on history and design technique, not so good on instructions
A beautifully presented book with stunning photography of Alice Starmore's fair isle designs and their inspiration, although some of the pictures accompanying the actual patterns... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Roskva
Lovely book shame about the binding.
Why, of why doesn't this type of book come in a spiral binding. The content of the book is fascinating, and the patterns lovely (once you've mastered the measuring system of... Read more
Published 12 months ago by tapestrycat
Fair Isle knitting
A comprehensive explanation of all a knitter needs to know about Fair Isle knitting. She includes an account of the origins of this type of knitting, detailed charts of traditional... Read more
Published 14 months ago by V. A. Ballard
The best Fair-isle book!
Just excellent. If you are serious about fair-isle knitting, you should have this book.
Published 20 months ago by Dr. S. Tollerton
An heirloom
Oh, I was so excited to see that I could buy this book, and waited, then waited some more, and am definitely not disappointed. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by Karen Philpott
Alice Stanmores book of Fair Isle Knitting
As a fair-isle knitter of many years, and as I bought this book as a gift, it has a lot of useful information, but I think the presentations of patterns somewhat confusing. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2010 by viking
Superb comprehensive coverage of Fairisle knitting
This is a wonderful book about Fair Isle knitting. It has a fascinating history of the Fair Isle techniques and the lifestyle of the early knitters. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2001
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