by Leigh Radford (Author)
Sophisticated gloves, posh pillows, and swank tanks are one skein away!
Everyone has the time to spend on projects requiring only one skein...so don't miss out on the fun! One Skein features more than 30 knitting and crochet projects that range in size, time and commitment, and experience level, providing both beginning and experienced knitters a variety of projects from which to choose. The stitch patterns and instructions are easy to follow and quick to use. Readers will enjoy creating a felted purse, a drawstring bag, crocheted accessory bags, cozy scarves, a pretty tank top, arm and leg warmers, cable footies, lace wristlets, fingerless gloves, pillows, bibs, felted bowls, a baby sweater, a soft and absorbent crocheted bath mat and accessories - and so much more, each from a single skein of yarn! In One Skein, author Leigh Radford smartly includes several projects specially designed to make use of whatever you've got left over from other projects - one of the nicest designs we've ever seen is for a quick-to-make, colorful, and long-lasting rug. Dig out your stash and dash to your yarn store...you won't want to wait to begin these artful projects!
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Interweave
Published: Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 1931499748
ISBN 13: 9781931499743
Mar 06
A stellar case of one-upmanship, this entry is a must for every knitter who's ever stared at her stash, wondering what to do with her singles. Radford calls on her Imagiknits-ion and transforms just one ball of yarn into cabled footies, a crocheted cravat, a curvy felted bowl and 27 more mini masterpieces. Try beading on a small scale to make fingerless garter mitts, or test your ability to combine fibers by rounding up your odds for a beautiful end in the form of a multicolour labyrinth rug. Yardage and fiber content is given, so it's easy to sub in whatever you've got on hand if your horde lacks the listed yarns.
* Yarn Market News *Leigh Radford is the art director and knitwear designer for Interweave Knits, and the author of Alterknits: Imaginative Projects and Creativity Exercises. She lives in Portland, Oregon.