Funky Chunky Knitted Accessories: More Than 60 Ways to Make and Customize Hats, Bags, Scarves, Mittens, and Capelets [Paperback]

Jan Eaton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2006

Transform five basic patterns into hip fashion accessories with this mix-and-match approach to knitting! Add beads to a bag, fringe to a scarf, cuffs to mittens—knitters can choose their favorite personal touches.

• Discover 60 different ways to customize five basic accessories—hundreds of photos will encourage beginners and inspire seasoned knitters

• Create a one-of-a-kind look with trims, buttons, pom-poms, appliqués, ruffles, and much more

• Follow step-by-step chapters on edgings and trimmings, fastenings and handles, beading, and other techniques

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About the Author

Home: London, England

As a professional needlecrafter and textiles designer, Jan Eaton has written more than a dozen books. Her knitting, crochet, embroidery, and textile-painting designs have appeared in many magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Martingale and Company (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564776476
• ISBN-13: 978-1564776471
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,476,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

JAN EATON is known internationally for her specialty in needlecraft and textile designs. Since finishing her training at Goldsmiths College in London, Jan has worked as a freelance designer showcasing her embroidery, crochet, knitting, and textile painting designs in various UK and European magazines. Past works include the new edition of Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, Country Crochet and Knitted Lace, and 200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets, Throws, and Afghans.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disapointing, July 25, 2007

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This review is from: Funky Chunky Knitted Accessories: More Than 60 Ways to Make and Customize Hats, Bags, Scarves, Mittens, and Capelets (Paperback)

A few Basic patterns, redone over and over. Too much space wasted on redundant stitch tutorial, and not enough pattern vareity.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basics with a twist, January 8, 2010

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This review is from: Funky Chunky Knitted Accessories: More Than 60 Ways to Make and Customize Hats, Bags, Scarves, Mittens, and Capelets (Paperback)

This book is for beginners only or if you want to learn some different accenting techniques. This book has some very good pictures for learning basic stitching techniques. It teaches you how to knit a basic glove, bag, scarf, and hat. It then shows you how to take those basics and put a different finishing technique on it to make it different: Add tassles to scarf, add beads, make pom poms, etc. The section on creating cord would have been better if it didn't assume you were going to use a tool rather than knitting it.