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This book is perfect for everyone from beginners to experts. Knitted Shawls covers all the techniques you need before begnning work on any knitted shawl project. This book aims to take all the concerns out of the craft, as shawls don’t have to fit in a certain way, or even end up in exactly the right shape to work. The book also includes a series of articles exploring the health benefits of knitting, how it can contribute to mindfulness and wellbeing.
“…there is something in this book for everyone.”
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Table of contents:
6 Introduction
8 Tools of the trade
10 Fibre of life
BEGINNER
14 The wellness lowdown: why knitting is good for you
16 Technique: long tail cast on
17 Technique: knitted on cast on
18 Technique: the knit stitch
19 Technique: casting off
20 Easy Does It Capelet
22 Technique: the purl stitch
23 Technique: knitting through the back loop
24 Technique: knitting in the round
25 Technique: jogless join
26 Beginner Cowl
28 Technique: make one increases
29 Technique: decreasing
30 Technique: tassels
32 Mountain Shawl
34 Technique: simple cables
34 Cosy Ruana
38 Bedtime Wrap
42 Mind over knitter: knitting and meditation
44 Technique: yarn over increases and using stitch markers
45 Technique: garter tab cast on and picot cast off
46 In Flight Shawl
50 Sunshine Shawlette
53 Technique: blocking
54 Love Triangle Shawl
58 Technique: embroidering on knitting
59 Rainbow Shawl
INTERMEDIATE
64 Knitting to treat yourself
66 Sparkle and Shine Cowl
70 Technique: diluted garter stitch stripes
71 Technique: picking up stitches and holding yarn double
72 Skyfall Shawl
76 Bundled Neck Warmer
78 Journey Shawl
82 Unwind Shawl
86 Afterglow Wrap
90 Giving is living: the joys and sorrows of knitting for others
92 Technique: reading charts
94 Wedding Wrap
98 Technique: elongated stitches
99 Seafoam Shawlette
102 Technique: sewing up and finishing
103 Technique: one colour brioche
104 Wrapped Up Cowl
106 Technique: two-colour brioche
108 Elemental Wrap
110 Shades of Grey Shawl
114 Technique: stranded colourwork
115 Lakes and Mountains Shawl
118 Technique: slip stitch colourwork
119 Harvest Home Cowl
ADVANCED
124 Shopaholics: how and where to buy yarn
126 Cuddle Wrap
128 Hap-piness
132 True Colours Shawlette
136 Technique: increasing and decreasing in brioche
138 Autumn Leaves Shawl
144 Knitting and perfectionism
INFORMATION
146 Abbreviations
147 Conversions
148 Technique finder and suppliers
149 About the author and acknowledgements
150 Index