Author Melanie Falick traveled thousands of miles to create "Knitting in America, " an inspiring and revealing portrait of knitters, spinners, dyers, and breeders of fiber-producing animals. The most complete survey yet published on the scope and influence of this vital art form in America, the book profiles many of this country's most fascinating artisans and farmers, and features more than thirty original patterns for adult and child-sized garments designed especially for "Knitting in America."In addition to the designer profiles, the book includes special features on locations such as a musk-oxen farm in Montana, a school in Detroit where children learn to knit before they learn to read, and a New Mexico yarn shop that supplies many of this country's top gallery artists with handspun, naturally dyed fibers.
The thirty-plus patterns in the book range in difficulty from basic to advanced and in style from traditional to contemporary. The patterns are clear, the charts easy to read, and a complete listing of mail-order sources ensures that the patterns can be executed to perfection.
- ISBN10 1885183275
- ISBN13 9781885183279
- Publish Date 10 January 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Workman Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English