Fancy Feet: Traditional Knitting Patterns of Turkey

Zilboorg, Anna

ISBN 10: 0937274755 / ISBN 13: 9780937274750

Published by Lark Books, Ashville, North Carolina, 1994

About this Item

First printing trade edition hard cover with dust jacket, VG/NF. Unmarked, crisp copy showing slight use and handling. Boards lightly shelf-rubbed. Dust jacket with trace of rubbing at extremes, offered in new mylar cover. The 45 patterns in this book can be used for making stockings or applied to any knitting project. Offers a background of knitting in Turkey, patterns and socks, generic directions for socks, traditional patterns to adapt for sweaters, charts, index. 128pp. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Seller Inventory # 20424

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fancy Feet: Traditional Knitting Patterns of Turkey
• Publisher: Lark Books, Ashville, North Carolina
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937274755
• ISBN 13: 9780937274750
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Needlework

About this title

Synopsis

"Nowhere else will you see this many Turkish socks in their great mad colors. The combination of clear geometric patterns with riotous color choices is wonderful....The color pictures are great...the charts are big, clear, and good."-- "Knitter's Magazine

. ."..full of gorgeous color photos....The pages of history and cultural influence are the most intriguing part of the book....The patterns are a challenge--distinctive, and utterly beautiful."-- "Small Press

. 128 pages (all in color), 7 x 10.

Review

Anna Zilboorg is the mystic grand dame of color knitting in America. Here she presents the vivid sock designs of rural Turkey in a collection that honors the Turkish tradition and adapts it to a Western knitting style. Zilboorg's research into the history of Turkish knitting and her explanation of Turkish design principles are an excellent complement to the fascinating patterns. The knitting instructions are rather spare, but the basic sock shape is quite simple, making this a perfect book for intermediate and more advanced knitters who enjoy somewhat unusual projects.