Sarah Hazell
Autor von Crochet Stitch Dictionary: 200 Essential Stitches with Step-by-Step Photos
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Exploring Color in Knitting: Techniques, Swatches, and Projects to Expand Your Knit Horizons (2011) — Autor — 28 Exemplare
I Love Crochet: 25 Projects That Will Show You How to Crochet Easily and Quickly (2007) 21 Exemplare
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De haakbijbel von Sarah Hazell
Super informatief boek met 200 verschillende haaksteken. Over het algemeen van beginnerssteken tot gemiddeld moeilijk. In de 200 steken die beschreven zijn, staat ook een aantal basissteken, die worden ook meegeteld. Elke steek wordt apart beschreven met kleurfoto, algemene beschrijving met tips voor garen en toepassing van de steek, uitleg van de steek en een schematische weergave. Mooi vormgegeven, duidelijk omschreven, ik krijg enorm zin om allerlei mooie nieuwe steken uit te proberen!
I really wish I would have had this when I first started to learn crochet. It's the perfect encyclopedia of stitches with concise and easy to follow instructions for each.
Great photos and I love how the author REALLY broke things down for beginners.
I like colour and I like knitting, so this book seemed perfect. The book focuses quite a bit on theory, which I found really interesting as I hadn’t considered colour in relation to knitting before. The many different swatches allow the theory to be seen in practice. I didn’t agree with everything the authors said, but I don’t think I was necessarily meant to. One of the first sections is on personal responses to colour, for example. The part I found most interesting was the section on colours and their values, .i.e, the range from white to black. The authors advise taking a photocopy of your colour scheme so that the relative darkness/lightness of a colour can be seen in relation to the others. When I tried it, the results were surprising. I attempted to get thirteen colours in order from lightest to darkest, and I broadly managed it, but there were some colours that were completely out of place. It really made me think about what I was doing. There is a project after each concept so that the skills learned can be practiced. I don’t know if I’ll complete any of these, but the extra examples were useful. Colour ratios and choice of stitch are also discussed in relation to how they affect the appearance of a finished piece.
Techniques such as joining in yarn are covered near the start, which is useful, but there aren’t many sections like this. Fair isle knitting is covered, but not cables or bobbles, for example. These are also illustrations rather than photographs, which would ordinarily hinder my ability to follow, but the use of coloured yarn and an outline for the hands make the technique clearer to see than most. One area where I could have done with a demonstration of technique was a two-colour cable, which looked great, but there was no explanation of how to achieve it, which was a little frustrating.
This is a great reference for ideas and colour theories. Even if you bung their ideas in the bin and go your own way, it’s a good jumping off point.… (mehr)
Techniques such as joining in yarn are covered near the start, which is useful, but there aren’t many sections like this. Fair isle knitting is covered, but not cables or bobbles, for example. These are also illustrations rather than photographs, which would ordinarily hinder my ability to follow, but the use of coloured yarn and an outline for the hands make the technique clearer to see than most. One area where I could have done with a demonstration of technique was a two-colour cable, which looked great, but there was no explanation of how to achieve it, which was a little frustrating.
This is a great reference for ideas and colour theories. Even if you bung their ideas in the bin and go your own way, it’s a good jumping off point.… (mehr)
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