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Victorian Lace Today | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Sowerby
Creator: Alexis Xenakis
Publisher: XRX Books
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 7466
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 196
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 1933064102
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9781933064109
ASIN: 1933064102
Publication Date: April 28, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Part project book and part history lesson, this unmatched collection of lace patterns offers techniques for embellishment and edging to shawls and scarves. The 40 projects are deciphered, rewritten, charted, and adapted for modern tools and fibers, and are presented with full-color photos and illustrations of both the works-in-progress and the finished items. Comprehensive information on the tools and techniques of lace knitting helps beginning knitters, and challenging patterns keep experienced and ambitious knitters engaged. Delicate and decorative, the historical lace patterns in this book are adventurous and dynamic.
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 great book for beautiful knitting projects April 20, 2008
This is a very interesting book for both the sophisticated knitter and the beginner. The shawls and scarves seem unique and challenging to make. The book is well organized with beautiful phots and clear directions. I can't wait to have the time to try making some!
Beautiful Book April 9, 2008
I love this book. I'm a beginning lace knitter, so it will be awhile before I get to some of the greater projects in here. However, there are a couple of patterns I can aspire to right now. It's so pretty, I leave it out for others to look at. Of course, this makes people ask for the garments! Someday, maybe.
 Victoriab Lace Today February 9, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Shame that the instuctions in the book are not as beautiful as the photographs. More and more books from The Knitters Magazine Group are so poorly proof read that it is hard to justify the expense anymore. Gone are the days it seems that companies take pride in what they are producing and yet they expect us to pay large amounts of money for books of poor quality. As a very experienced knitter I have become saddened by the downturn in accuracy so have turned more and more to my older books and patterns where accuracy was a measure of pride.
 mercy for the chart-impaired January 11, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I understand why knitting book authors rely on charts for the sake of saving space. But some of us are simply unable to read the charts and knit. I have trouble even reading a line with nothing in my hands but a pointer. In this day of web space, though, there's no reason for the charts not to be available somehow online or via email or SOMETHING. This book was a gift and I am diligently trying to translate one section of one pattern into knitting english and after 3 hours, I have 5 rows done and I know I not the only one so impaired.
Wonderfull Collection November 23, 2007
This book is a large collection of many lace creations for all skill levels. The full page photos are beautifully displayed in full color, showing great detail - how refreshing. This should suit any knitter's craving for shawls, scarfs, and accessories in many types of yarn. The Victorian patterns are nicely chosen, knit in wonderful yarns and photographed in spectacular settings. Anyone would want this book on their shelf. I hope to knit many of these pieces. This is one of my favorite books.
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