Description
Intimidated by knitting with all the colours needed to create a beautiful Fair Isle pattern? Now you can get the look of colourwork knitting with the ease of Tunisian crochet!
With photo-illustrated instructions on the basics of Tunisian crochet, readers will also receive detailed directions and tips on how to work Tunisian with more than one colour at a time. Author Brenda Bourg includes a great tutorial on how to do Tunisian crochet if you are a beginner. She also includes beautiful step-by-step photo for mastering the colour changes needed to complete the projects and explains how to read charts.
About the Author
Brenda Bourg is a knit and crochet designer, as well as a writer, teacher and editor. Her designs have been published by various magazines, books and yarn companies. She also self publishes her patterns and is co-editor of Annie's Talking Crochet Update. She is based in the USA.
Reviews
April 2016
If you've ever tried Tunisian crochet before, this book will build on your skills and help you create gorgeous Fair Isle designs using more than one colour at a time. Patterns start out at the smaller and easier end with a pair of stylish boot cuffs, but with Brenda Bourg's expert advice, you'll soon progress through the book and be creating headbands, bags, blankets and even jumpers. Thyere is plenty of detail on the floats, tensions, swatches and blocking, and all the instructions are illustrated with step by step photographs. While it may appear that some of hte patterns in this book are worked in the round, each one is in fact worked flat and seemed together
* Love Crochet *Book Information
ISBN 9780811715386
Author Brenda Bourg
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Stackpole Books
Publisher Stackpole Books
Weight(grams) 288g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 202mm * 6mm