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Knitting around the world : a multistranded history of a time-honored tradition
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Examine the history of knitting around the globe, with styles and techniques from England, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Iceland, Japan, Australia, Canada, United Sta...
Examine the history of knitting around the globe, with styles and techniques from England, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Iceland, Japan, Australia, Canada, United States, Peru, Bolivia, and more. Includes 20 patterns.
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- Creator
- by Lela Nargi
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- English
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- Minneapolis : Voyageur Press, 2011
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- 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780760337943, 0760337942
- OCLC
- ocn691202015
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index.
- The Islamic world -- Western Europe. Spain and Portugal ; Italy and France ; Germany and Austria ; The Netherlands -- The British isles and Ireland. England ; Scotland ; Ireland ; Wales -- Scandinavia and Iceland. Denmark. Faroe Islands ; Greenland ; Norway ; Sweden ; Finland ; Iceland -- The Baltics. Estonia ; Latvia ; Lithuania -- Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Russia ; The Balkans ; Turkey -- Asia. Japan ; China ; India -- Australia and New Zealand. Madame Weigel ; "Australiana" ; Peggy squares ; Kiwicraft -- The United States and Canada. Native American knitting of the Southwest ; Native American knitting of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ; Newfoundland and Canada's Eastern Coast ; Utopian knitting : the Shakers and the Mormons ; Argyle redux : Intarsia ; Elizabeth Zimmerman's knitting camp ; Domino knitting ; Barbara G. Walker and her treasuries of knitting patterns -- South and Central America. The Ch'ullus of the Andes ; Other Andean knitting traditions ; Guatemala