Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
From the author of
French Girl Knits (Interweave, 2009),
French Girl Knits Accessories Kristeen Griffin-Grimes brings you essentially feminine accessories imbued with signature French-inspired aesthetics. Organized in vignettes that will take you from morning to night vis-à-vis knitted accessories, these appealing projects will make you envision your own daily life enhanced by wearing such lovely designs.
French Girl Knits Accessories includes 15 intermediate-level knitting projects that cover a full range of accessories for women. Designed with French savoir-faire, the projects include shrugs, hats, gloves and mittens, wraps and stoles, socks and slippers. Throughout this collection of small projects, youll find an emphasis on clean, modern lines and style, all with an underlying reference to vintage and romantic (but not fussy) fashion details and inspiration.
Techniques include seamless lace (sidebar on increasing in lace), adding embellishments such as buttons, ribbons (sidebar on sourcing vintage materials and tips for attaching to knitted projects), achieving perfect fit in hats, gloves, and socks (sidebars on using short-row shaping, toe-up and top-down constructions), origami-like construction ideas for pleating and folding, and fulling lace and knitted items.
Synopsis
From the author of
French Girl Knits comes a collection of signature French-inspired and feminine knit accessories. Kristeen Griffin-Grimes brings to life her signature aesthetic through timeless techniques for a stunning encore knitted pattern book. Organized into vignettes that travel from morning to night, these captivating projects invite knitters to imagine their own daily lives enhanced by these lovely designs.
French Girl Knits Accessories includes sixteen intermediate-level knitting projects covering a full range of accessories for women. Designed with French savoir-faire, the projects include shrugs, hats, gloves and mittens, wraps and stoles, and socks and slippers. Want to add more romance with lace and ribbon? Desire a perfect pleat or fold? Sidebars and techniques include simple how-tos for these details and more. Throughout this collection of small projects, you'll find an emphasis on clean modern lines and style woven with vintage and romantic fashion inspiration.
About the Author
Kristeen Griffin-Grimes launched her French Girl pattern line in early 2005. Her inspiration comes from her jazz-singing mother and her 12-year love affair with France. She leads regular knitting tours in France and is the author of French Girl Knits (Interweave, 2009) and blogs at frenchgirlknits.com. Kristeen lives in Seattle, Washington.
Table of Contents
IntroductionLe Matin (The Morning)
Boheme (hat)
Alouette (shrug)
Plume (socks)
Jasmine (head wrap)
Coquille (hat)
Les Apres-Midi (The Afternoon)
Gitane (shrug)
Tartine (hat)
Tulipe (hat)
Gabrielle (fingerless gloves)
Tutu (ballet slippers)
La Nuit (The Night)
Tattoo (lace wrap)
Hirondelle (swallow-wing cashmere wrap)
Sapphire (hat)
Noemie (fingerless gloves)
Morgaine (hooded cowl)
Glossary
Sources for Yarns
Index