Two of my Favorite Fiber Arts Books
Posted by an Amazon.com user:
"This book is beautiful. Even if you don't knit, the stunning photographs take knitting and photography to a completely different level.
If you do knit, most of the techniques are based on the machine knitter, however, most of the charts also work for hand knitting. Most of the uncharted techniques and stitches can be easily figured out by the advanced hand knitter.
This is not a book of patterns or a stitch library, but a book of inspiration, to get your creative juices flowing.
The entire staff of my yarn shop fought over who got to buy it"
Posted by an Amazon.com user:
"In a similar presentation to 'The Art of Knitting' by the same author, this book is a visual feast of colour and texture. It consists mainly of high quality photographs, usually close-ups, of natural and organic subjects - fields, lichens, plants, water, sky and more - interspersed with embroidery inspired by these images, sometimes with the two beautifully overlaid. The simple text complements the illustrations exceedingly well.
There are minimal technical stitch instructions; the reader does need a basic knowledge of the craft.
This is the perfect book for those who 'don't know where to start' in designing their own works.
An extremely elegant and inspirational work, perfectly marrying the craft and art of embroidery. "
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