Beginner's Guide to Lace Knitting (Leisure Arts Knit) - Softcover

Rita Weiss

9781464715952: Beginner's Guide to Lace Knitting (Leisure Arts Knit)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1464715955 ISBN 13: 9781464715952

Publisher: Leisure Arts, Inc., 2014

Whether you want to make an easy edging or an heirloom doily, Beginner's Guide to Lace Knitting by Rita Weiss is your complete guide. Learn all about making deliberate holes to form open patterns; then get started with 14 projects for a range of skill levels.

Designed for a wide range of yarn weights, these include Lace Scarf, Crescent Shawl, Coaster, Heirloom Flower Doily, Scarf of Many Colors, Lacy Hat, Lovely Lace Scarf, Delightful Doily, Lovely Lace Collar Two Ways, Fir Cone Lace, Easy Edging, Lacy Market Bag, Elegant Edging, and Winter Lace Afghan.

The book also covers lace knitting tools and materials, how to make the special stitches that create lace (such as a Yarn Over and a Pass Slip Stitch Over), and how to read symbol charts.

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About the Author:

Rita Weiss is an author, designer, and teacher whose name has become a household word in the fields of knitting, crochet, quilting, and cross stitch. The author of more than 150 needle arts books, she is co-owner of the Creative Partners book production team and a member of the executive board of the Craft Yarn Council.

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