Embroidery on Knitting - Britt-Marie Christoffersson

Embroidery on Knitting

Inspirational Modern Designs for Stitching onto Knitted Garments
Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2020
Search Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78221-764-0 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
Learn how to enhance and embellish knitted garments with beautiful embroidery stitches using just a needle and wool.
Prepare to be amazed by textile artist and pattern designer Britt-Marie Christoffersson’s fantastic work and learn how to use embroidery to give knitted garments a new lease of life. Using just 18 simple stitches such as running stitch, couching, blanket stitch and rya knots, Britt-Marie creates over 250 patterns that will inspire you to even more creativity.



Embroidery on knitwork can involve knitting a new piece to be embroidered, but it can also be interesting to revamp existing clothing. Even commercially produced sweaters, hats and mittens can be embellished with a needle and yarn.



If you wish to embroider knitted garments you can cover the whole item with stitches, or let a few strategically placed details work as a decoration. If there is a hole in the garment you can cover it with embroidery. Using the explanatory drawings in the book, you can renew and alter exactly as you wish. Any knitted item can be enhanced, and if you tire of the embroidery you can simply unstitch it!



260 beautiful stitched items are shown, all displaying amazingly different effects that can be achieved on knitting with just a needle and a length of wool.

Britt-Marie Christoffersson is the foremost researcher of practical knitwork in Sweden. After studying at the School of Textiles in Borås and Konstfack, she became a founding member of Ten Swedish Designers (10-gruppen) in 1970. After sixteen years her interest in knitting became her main focus and she dedicated herself to the practical applications of knitwork. This resulted in the innovative work that she is so well known for. Britt-Marie has taught at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) and at the Friends of Handicraft (Handarbetets Vänner) in Stockholm and is a popular course leader. In 2017 Swedish furniture retailer Ikea paid homage to the work of the 10-gruppen by using some of their lively designs on bed linen, fabrics and other items, including Britt-Marie’s Jazz design.

5 Introduction

19 Threading across knitwork

27 Running stitch

39 Woven running stitch

51 Horizontal running stitch fastened with vertical backstitch

61 Vertical running stitch fastened with one or more stitches

71 Backstitch

83 Couching stitch

101 Tightly whipped running stitch

107 Whipped wheel stitch

115 Alternating stem stitch

123 Rya knots combined with stem stitch

131 Corded single Brussels stitch 

139 Four-sided stitch

147 Blanket stitch

155 Woven band on parallel running stitches

169 Woven patterns

183 French knots

188 Seam stitches and appliqué

204 Conceptual embroidery on knitting

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 280 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort Tunbridge Wells
Sprache englisch
Maße 190 x 235 mm
Gewicht 634 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Handarbeit / Textiles
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Kreatives Gestalten
ISBN-10 1-78221-764-9 / 1782217649
ISBN-13 978-1-78221-764-0 / 9781782217640
Zustand Neuware
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