Knitter’s Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn
Not all yarns are alike, and it happens far too often that we use the wrong type of yarn for the wrong project – sometimes with disastrous results. In this book, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fibre types, preparations, spins and ply combinations. And, because we learn best by doing, Clara went to some of the most creative and inquisitive design minds of the knitting world to provide a wide assortment of patterns created to highlight the qualities (and minimise the drawbacks) of specific types of yarns.
The Knitter’s Book of Yarn will teach you everything you need to know about yarn: How it’s made, who makes it, how it gets to you, and what it wants to become. The next time you pick up a skein, you won’t have to wonder what to do with it, you’ll know intuitively.
Contains: sections of types of fibre, making yarn, plying & types of yarn, using different yarns; 36 knitting projects.
Format: hardback book with dust cover; 256 pages; 23.6cm x 19.7cm
Published: Potter Craft; 2007
Printed in: China
ISBN: 978-0-3073-5216-3
Knitter’s Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn
Not all yarns are alike, and it happens far too often that we use the wrong type of yarn for the wrong project – sometimes with disastrous results. In this book, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fibre types, preparations, spins and ply combinations. And, because we learn best by doing, Clara went to some of the most creative and inquisitive design minds of the knitting world to provide a wide assortment of patterns created to highlight the qualities (and minimise the drawbacks) of specific types of yarns.
The Knitter’s Book of Yarn will teach you everything you need to know about yarn: How it’s made, who makes it, how it gets to you, and what it wants to become. The next time you pick up a skein, you won’t have to wonder what to do with it, you’ll know intuitively.
Contains: sections of types of fibre, making yarn, plying & types of yarn, using different yarns; 36 knitting projects.
Format: hardback book with dust cover; 256 pages; 23.6cm x 19.7cm
Published: Potter Craft; 2007
Printed in: China
ISBN: 978-0-3073-5216-3
