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Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Needlework & fabric crafts > Knitting
Knitting 20th Century Art is a loose-knit survey of 20th-Century
Art Movements, explained and interpreted through the medium of yarn
and needles. I am writing it for people, like me, whose knowledge
of art history would fit neatly on the tip of a knitting needle.
With room to spare. It is a humorous approach to the topic that
informs a little, but encourages a lot-a lot of giggles. The ten
knitting patterns included were inspired by recognizable art styles
from the 20th century. What I deem as silly when hanging in oils on
a wall, I find stunning when knitted into a garment or accessory
and hanging on a person. But, this book will also appeal to art
history buffs, as it will expose them to the idiocy and ignorance
of their lessers. The text will prove be irresistibly amusing. And
the knitted pieces, for art aficionados, will have an intrinsically
deeper meaning. I cover an important topic heretofore overlooked in
knitting books. When working to achieve knitting nirvana, we
knitters need to own our imperfections. Mistakes are allowed.
Sometimes they are okay. It is my contention (with no support
whatsoever beyond experience) that many wonderful stitches were
inadvertently created. That is to say they were born as mistakes.
This is easy to imagine with the "mistake rib" stitch. Likewise, we
all made holes when we started knitting. Now, we make them on
purpose and we call them lace. Fortunate accidents they are, but
blunders nonetheless. We are not perfect, and our art reflects
that, whether we like it or not. So, we need to relax about the
idea of perfection in our work. Being okay with imperfection aids
in making knitting the joy it should be. I aim to make the idea of
tinking history, or at least extremely rare. In Knitting 20th
Century Art, I explain what colorwork is, the choices involved
before beginning a project, and the importance of maintaining an
even tension and floats when stranding. I also discuss how to read
colorwork charts and how these differ from other knitting charts. I
include links to the helpful visuals available via Youtube. I have
included patterns for socks, hats, mitts, a tam, a cowl, a sweater,
a tote bag and shawls. The collection comprises patterns employing
the stranded knitting and intarsia techniques, which are explained
in the text. Some beads can be used as well as duplicate stitching
or other embellishments. Hence, there is something in this book
that will appeal to knitters of all stripes.
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