Folk vests : 25 knitting patterns & tales from around the world

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Name/Title

Folk vests : 25 knitting patterns & tales from around the world

Entry/Object ID

TT825.O24

Description

Knitters will delight in these 25 traditional and innovative vest patterns collected from around the world and through the ages. Both functional and decorative, these wonderful projects for men's and women's vests are accompanied by folk stories and regional histories from the country of the design's origin, including Tibet, Scandinavia, Guatemala, Japan, North America, and many others. More than a pattern book, readers will feel connected to the cultures behind the projects as they bring these native crafts to life.

Collection

Helen Romayne Cox Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

knitting--patterns, vests

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Patterns

Book Details

Author

Cheryl Oberle

Publisher

Interweave Press

Place Published

City

Loveland, CO

Date Published

2002

Call No.

TT825.O24

ISBN

1931499144, 9781931499149

LCCN

2002007648

Notes

Length: 135

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Introduction -- Scotland (crofter's slipover ; lichen waistcoat) -- Germany (clock vest ; many buttoned vest) -- Africa (Kasai vest) -- Nepal (sari silk vest) -- Ireland (XO cardigan ; Celtic lattice ; stone walls) -- Peru (bayeta) -- Japan (sakiori I ; sakiori II ; kasuri chanchanko) -- Scandinavia (Scandinavian star ; winter sky) -- North America (Dineh blanket vest ; bookworm vest) -- Switzerland (Swiss collar vest) -- China (Chinese red vest) -- England (British school slipover ; Prince of Wales slipover) -- Variations (wildflowers waistcoat ; simply garter ; basic black ; cottonwood) -- Materials and techniques.