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Knit yourself in : inventive patterns to tell your story in the Danish "hen knitting" tradition / Cecilie Kaurin and Linn Bryhn Jacobsen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Norwegian Publisher: North Pomfret, Vermont : Trafalgar Square, 2015Description: 139 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781570767234
  • 1570767238
Uniform titles:
  • H�nsestrikk til folket. English.
Subject(s):
Contents:
Creative knitting -- About hen knitting and patterns -- In the beginning, there was Helene -- Onward with Karpe Diem -- Animals in Africa -- I know a lovely garden -- Happy colors for your feet -- The mackerels are in! -- Little sailor -- Ship ahoy! -- Horses are best, no doubt about it! -- Icelandic ponies -- Ready for the hunt -- I want a little dog -- What a trip! -- Warm hands -- High skies and bright colors -- Give me a pillow of moss -- Baa, baa, little lamb -- Marvelous adventure -- Coffee klatch -- Hat with leftover yarns -- Hen knitting and hen knitting, Mrs. Blom! -- Hen hanger for hen knitting -- A personal sweater -- Tips and tricks -- Stitches and rows.
Summary: "The history of "hen knitting" began 40 years ago with Kirsten Hofst�atter's Hen Press and one simple idea: Why spend all your time knitting other people's patterns when you could make your own? Using whatever colorful odds and ends of yarn are at hand and a series of personalized pattern bands, it's easy for all knitters to express themselves with their needles. Get started with one of 20 unique projects with step-by-step instructions and dozens of sample motifs, to give yourself a feel for the fundamentals -- or take the basic sweater pattern, a pillow, a pair of mittens, or a comfy hat, and mix and match the motifs you like best to create something entirely your own. Make a statement, send a message, put aside lock-step patterns, and set yourself free!"--provided by Amazon.com.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The history of "hen knitting" began 40 years ago with Kirsten Hofstätter's Hen Press and one simple idea: Why spend all your time knitting other people's patterns when you could make your own? Using whatever colorful odds and ends of yarn are at hand and a series of personalized pattern bands, it's easy for all knitters to express themselves with their needles. Get started with one of 20 unique projects with step-by-step instructions and dozens of sample motifs, to give yourself a feel for the fundamentals--or take the basic sweater pattern, a pillow, a pair of mittens, or a comfy hat, and mix and match the motifs you like best to create something entirely your own. Make a statement, send a message, put aside lock-step patterns, and set yourself free!

In English, translated from the Norwegian.

Translation of: H�nsestrikk til folket.

Enclosed spiral bound.

"The history of "hen knitting" began 40 years ago with Kirsten Hofst�atter's Hen Press and one simple idea: Why spend all your time knitting other people's patterns when you could make your own? Using whatever colorful odds and ends of yarn are at hand and a series of personalized pattern bands, it's easy for all knitters to express themselves with their needles. Get started with one of 20 unique projects with step-by-step instructions and dozens of sample motifs, to give yourself a feel for the fundamentals -- or take the basic sweater pattern, a pillow, a pair of mittens, or a comfy hat, and mix and match the motifs you like best to create something entirely your own. Make a statement, send a message, put aside lock-step patterns, and set yourself free!"--provided by Amazon.com.

Creative knitting -- About hen knitting and patterns -- In the beginning, there was Helene -- Onward with Karpe Diem -- Animals in Africa -- I know a lovely garden -- Happy colors for your feet -- The mackerels are in! -- Little sailor -- Ship ahoy! -- Horses are best, no doubt about it! -- Icelandic ponies -- Ready for the hunt -- I want a little dog -- What a trip! -- Warm hands -- High skies and bright colors -- Give me a pillow of moss -- Baa, baa, little lamb -- Marvelous adventure -- Coffee klatch -- Hat with leftover yarns -- Hen knitting and hen knitting, Mrs. Blom! -- Hen hanger for hen knitting -- A personal sweater -- Tips and tricks -- Stitches and rows.

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