Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Nargi, Lela. Title: Knitting around the world : a multistranded history of a time-honored tradition / by Lela Nargi. Publisher, Date: Minneapolis : Voyageur Press, 2011. Description: 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm Summary: Examine the history of knitting around the globe, with styles and techniques from England, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Iceland, Japan, Australia, Canada, United States, Peru, Bolivia, and more. Includes 20 patterns. Subjects: Knitting -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index. Contents: The Islamic world -- Western Europe. Spain and Portugal ; Italy and France ; Germany and Austria ; The Netherlands -- The British isles and Ireland. England ; Scotland ; Ireland ; Wales -- Scandinavia and Iceland. Denmark. Faroe Islands ; Greenland ; Norway ; Sweden ; Finland ; Iceland -- The Baltics. Estonia ; Latvia ; Lithuania -- Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Russia ; The Balkans ; Turkey -- Asia. Japan ; China ; India -- Australia and New Zealand. Madame Weigel ; "Australiana" ; Peggy squares ; Kiwicraft -- The United States and Canada. Native American knitting of the Southwest ; Native American knitting of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ; Newfoundland and Canada's Eastern Coast ; Utopian knitting : the Shakers and the Mormons ; Argyle redux : Intarsia ; Elizabeth Zimmerman's knitting camp ; Domino knitting ; Barbara G. Walker and her treasuries of knitting patterns -- South and Central America. The Ch'ullus of the Andes ; Other Andean knitting traditions ; Guatemala. LCCN: 2010047533 ISBN: 9780760347089 0760347085 9780760337943 0760337942 Publisher Number: 149607 Other Number: 691202015 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 318287 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 0 Call Number: 746.432 Nargi Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
