Folk vests: 25 knitting patterns & tales from around the world

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Knitters will delight in these 25 traditional and innovative vest patterns collected from around the world and through the ages. Both functional and decorative, these wonderful projects for men's and women's vests are accompanied by folk stories and regional histories from the country of the design's origin, including Tibet, Scandinavia, Guatemala, Japan, North America, and many others. More than a pattern book, readers will feel connected to the cultures behind the projects as they bring these…

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Title Statements

Full title :Folk vests : 25 knitting patterns & tales from around the world / Cheryl Oberle.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Interweave Press
Place of Publication:Loveland, Colo
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2002.

The Physical Object

Description:135 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1931499144, 9781931499149
oclc:ocm49822960
LC Classification:TT835
Dewey Decimal:746.43/20432

Introduction -- Scotland (crofter's slipover ; lichen waistcoat) -- Germany (clock vest ; many buttoned vest) -- Africa (Kasai vest) -- Nepal (sari silk vest) -- Ireland (XO cardigan ; Celtic lattice ;stone walls) -- Peru (bayeta) -- Japan (sakiori I ; sakiori II ; kasuri chanchanko) -- Scandinavia (Scandinavian star ; winter sky) -- North America (Dineh blanket vest ; bookworm vest) -- Switzerland (Swiss collar vest) -- China (Chinese red vest) -- England (British school slipover ; Prince of Wales slipover) -- Variations (wildflowers waistcoat ; simply garter ; basic black ; cottonwood) -- Materials and techniques.