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Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art

by Susan M. Strawn

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ISBN13: 9780760326213
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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.

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"The illustrations tell the story as vividly as the text....It's a must-have for fiber historians." Yarn Market News

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The first fully detailed, full-color, comprehensive history of knitting in America from Colonial times to the present, with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, and photos.


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About the Author

Knitter, writer, and illustrator Susan Strawn has a Ph.D. in Textiles and Clothing from Iowa State University. A regular contributor to Piecework, Interweave Knits, Spin-Off, and other textile magazines and journals, she presented a paper entitled "Back to the Knitting Needle: Manufacturers, retailers, and the image of handknitting in America, 1935-1955" to the Costume Society of America. Strawn teaches textile-related classes at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and researches hand-produced traditional textiles. She lives in Oak Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago.
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Barbara Newton, August 18, 2008 (view all comments by Barbara Newton)
What a delight. This book is both insightful and quirky, and really transverses the world of knitting. The pictures of people and knit goods are thoughtfully chosen. You will see your own family in these pages.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780760326213
Author:
Strawn, Susan M.
Publisher:
Voyageur Press (MN)
Foreword by:
Falick, Melanie
Foreword:
Falick, Melanie
Author:
Falick, Melanie
Subject:
History
Subject:
Knitting
Subject:
Needlework - Knitting
Subject:
Knitting - United States - History
Subject:
Crafts-Needlework
Copyright:
2007
Edition Number:
First
Edition Description:
First
Publication Date:
20071031
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
11.06x9.62x.98 in. 2.97 lbs.
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The first fully detailed, full-color, comprehensive history of knitting in America from Colonial times to the present, with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, and photos.
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