100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet: A collection of beautiful blooms for embellishing clothes, accessories, cushions and throws

by Lesley Stanfield

Overview

A collection of beautiful blooms for embellishing garments, accessories and homewares.

Everything is coming up roses with this delightful collection of flowers to knit and crochet. The perfect way to use up scraps of yarn or practice using novelty yarns, you can use them to decorate clothing, hats, bags and belts, embellish home accessories, or make a beautiful bouquet as an unusual display piece.
Choose from simple spiral roses, pretty poppies, elaborate layered blooms, and fabulous felted flowers. The flowers are beautifully arranged on the pages, with stitched leaves and embroidered stems, and are cross referenced to a separate section featuring clear pattern instructions and information on yarn requirements.
You will also find plenty of inspiration for embellishing your finished flowers with beads, buttons, sequins, and embroidery, plus ideas for using them in a range of fun ways, from unusual jewellery to decorating gift-wrapped packages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800920286
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	11/02/2021
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	360,489
Product dimensions:	8.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Lesley Stanfield is a long-time hand-knitting designer and has been the knitting editor of several women's magazines. She has authored a number of books on knitting and crochet, including bestselling 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet, 75 Birds, Butterflies & Little Beasts to Knit & Crochet, and 150 Knitted Trims. She is a long-time hand knitting designer and has been the knitting editor at Woman and Family Circle magazines. She has produced a number of books on knitting and crochet. She lives and works in Whitstable, Kent.

Table of Contents

Foreword/About this book 6

1 Before You Begin 8

Materials and equipment 10

Crochet symbols 12

Abbreviations 14

Terminology and aftercare 15

Notes on knitting 16

Notes on crochet 18

2 Directory of Flowers 20

Flowers 22

Leaves 42

Fruit and vegetables 44

3 Technical Instructions 46

Knitting Instructions

Basic designs 48

Intermediate designs 54

Advanced designs 62

Crochet Instructions

Basic designs 66

Intermediate designs 74

Advanced designs 92

4 Projects 108

Project 1 Peg bag 110

Project 2 Evening handbag 112

Project 3 Stationery 114

Project 4 Christmas gift wrap 115

Project 5 Baby's cardigan 116

Project 6 Winter scarf 118

Project 7 Summer shoes 119

Project 8 Ruffles 120

Project 9 Place settings 122

Project 10 Shopping bag 124

Index 126

Resources and credits 128

Editorial Reviews

Booklist October 15, 2021

Nature wins, especially in needlework popularity contests. In this fifteenth-anniversary edition,veteran needleworker Standfield (The Knitter's Stitch Collection, 2021) recaps her take on translating flowers, fruits, and vegetables into yarn. Written in UK terminology (of note to crocheters), this collection first showcases finished items, then follows with technical instructions.Those directions include yarn specifications (sans brand names) and methods, and, for crochet,instructions for how to make up (i.e., put together) and symbols, with further differentiation into beginning, intermediate, and advanced projects. Many of the pieces will be familiar (e.g., ladybug and acorn); others, less so (like Santolina and rudbeckia). A color portfolio of ten projects,without instructions, acts as a creative guide to using flowers and fruits for added design flourishes, on an evening handbag or winter scarf, for two examples. A standard for libraries thatdon’t already own this classic reference.


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