Power Cables: The Ultimate Guide to Knitting Inventive Cables
From simple to sculptural, the original cable patterns explored in this must-have resource create a foundation of techniques for designing signature knitwear. Basic twisted stitches, complex interpretations of cables, reversible cables, adding texture and color, turning stitches around, constructing cables with I-cord, and wrapping stitches to create the illusion of cables are some of the integrated techniques detailed in this guide. Contained within are more than 15 original cable patterns for pullovers, jackets, bags, socks, and accessories.
2010 was a great year! This ebook : free sewing patterns, free knitting patterns, and free crochet patterns, and found all kinds of free crafts to inspire you to create. This eBook features a roundup of the most popular craft projects from the year. You'll find 24 projects to wear, decorate your home with, or give as gifts, from knitting and crocheting to sewing and crafting. If you're an avid FaveCrafts reader, this free eBook will help you rediscover your favorite projects and patterns from the year; if you're new, use this collection as a cheat sheet to find the best projects on the site.
Indian Bead-Weaving Patterns is written for beginning and advanced beaders. It contains over 200 instructional illustrations and photographs of 47 beadwork pieces. Emphasis is on the use of traditional Native American beading techniques. The major portion of this book covers chain-weaving patterns, examples of which include multiple strands, 6-bead and 8-bead daisy chains, "Ogalala Butterfly," ladder weaves, "Peyote Stitch," fancy tubes, "spider" designs, "Apache Leaf," "Zig-zag" variations, 5- and 8-bead diagonals, "Potawatomi Weave," "Wide Net," "Lakota Chain," beaded braids, and beaded dolls.
The 12 contributors to this volume show how texts across a wide range of text types hold together by different patterns of chunking and linking. The common purpose in all the contributions is to explore the nature of text patterning as a functional environment within which language operates.
The patterns are a series of knitted rectangles that are formed into garments. Easy techniques turn knitted rectangles into 25 elegant garments and accessories. Shape garments and create beautiful details with simple needle changes! Patterns work for plus sizes.
