Stories in Stitches Book 1: Counterpanes
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A pattern, like a small map, shows you how to get from point A to point B. The beginning of the pattern, with information about materials, size, and gauge, provides tips that help you get ready for your trip. The instructions lead you out of your garage, down the driveway, and onto the highway; the finishing details take you from your final exit into the parking lot of your destination. With any luck, you won’t get lost along the way.
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Description
Inside these pages you will find knitting patterns, charts, and tutorials. But you’ll also find the stories that go with each project. There are stories from yesterday and today, as well as stories from near and far away. These stories will bring a richness of connection and a sense of community to your knitting.
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Welcome / Editor’s Letter
Our Creative Team
Follow the Map
The Lady Doctor
Special Techniques
Abbreviations
Bibliography and Credits
COLUMNS
Sharing A Life in Knitting Immortal Memories
Features
<< Destination: USA >>
Take Me out to the Ball Game The story of the women with a passion for knitting. And baseball.
<< Destination: Switzerland >>
Textile Treasures A visit to Geneva market
What’s Next Knitted Samplers
PATTERNS
Grace Pillow Sham
Grace Triangle Shawl
Mrs Roetger’s Pillow Case Edging
Geneva Pillow Sham
Geneva Afghan Geneva Purse
Saddle stitched book
42+ Pages
Authors: Donna Druchunas & Ava Colemen
Part of a 5 part series
Additional information
| Weight | 0.875 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 12 x 9 x 1 in |
Editors Letter
WELCOME TO STORIES IN STITCHES
Ava Coleman
We all have stories. Every time one life touches another, we make new stories. Take that pattern that caught your eye and fired your imagination in a magazine the other day, add a yarn you couldn’t resist in the local shop, and knit it up into a warm sweater to wear sledding with the family. The winter begins to accumulate stories like snowflakes. First there is the story about making the sweater and wearing it sledding. Add to that the memories the handmade sweater generates each time it is worn, seen, or touched. Stories like this are a large part of what make us human. They never stop For many years, Donna and I have laughed (and cried) as we have unraveled the mysteries behind antique and tradition- al projects, and patterns from around the world. We’ve done this because we were curious, and we’ve used all sorts of excuses to dig in and satisfy that curiosity: magazine articles, museum research, classes, and books. Our journals read like travel guides that map out paths from stitch techniques to design ideas. We have each logged entries about disasters as well as solutions.
Yours in words and stitches, Ava Coleman Author of Stories In Stitches.
P.S. We do so hope that you never look at your knitting the same way again!
Angela –
My favorite piece in the book is the first essay entitled, “Full Circle,” in which Druchunas compares the cycle of a woman’s life to the act of knitting a circular shawl.
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Angela Smith Robinson
Knitters –
Druchunas and Coleman, joined by a few other contributors, travel around the world, they talk with people, they share stories and forgotten bits of history, they dissect vintage knitted pieces and provide fresh new patterns. In short, they provide perfect summer reading material.
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