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Alice Starmore's tome of knitting is back in print after more than 20 years. A brief yet richly detailed history of fair isle knitting is combined with 200 pages of color-work ideas, patterns, and techniques for creating your own knitted fair isle gems, making this the only fair isle knitting book you will ever need. Every time I have a question about fair isle, this book has the answer, as well as the inspiration I need to create my own garments with this highly specialized knitting technique.