Books about Garments from Amazon.com

Do you love to knit -- and hate to purl? Have you ever started a sweater without enough yarn from the same dye lot to finish it? When you cast on, do you end up with a tail of yarn that's maddeningly too long or too short? Elizabeth Zimmermann comes to the rescue with clever solutions to

frustrating problems and step-by-step instructions for brilliant, timeless designs.

In Knitting Without Tears, you'll find elegant designs for:

• Color-pattern Norwegian ski sweaters

• Seamless patterned-yoke sweaters

• Hooded garter-stitch jackets for babies

• Watch caps, socks, slippers, mittens, and more!

This classic and influential book is poised to inspire a whole new generation of knitters who have yet to discover the joys and comforts of knitting. As the lady herself once put it, "properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either."

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Includes crochet tips and encouraging words comparing crochet with handling the highs and lows of life

Features classic designs and trendy patterns seen on fashion runways

Positively Crochet lives up to its name with plenty of crochet projects and powerful messages for positive living. This playful, project-focused guide concentrates on the patterns and stitches used to design the 50+ fashionable items (featuring mother/daughter projects) inside this book, which include scarves, shrugs, sweaters, hats, purses, belts, jewelry, felted items, summer tops, capelets, and some children's garments. In addition to trendy garments (up to size 3x) and accessories, you are sure to enjoy the pairing of design tips with inspirational insight, useful for both improving crochet skills and making the most of every situation life delivers..
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Here’s a knitting book with a difference It shows and tells how to leave patterns aside and make beautiful clothing and accessories from simple geometric shapes. Following the modular—or no-pattern—method, knitters can forget about complicated increases and decreases, and they won’t have to labor over an intricate pattern book. Instead, they learn how to create sweaters, bags, hats, cushions, socks, scarves, and ponchos using just a few easy-to-learn stitches. Step-by-step color photos instruct on knitting geometric shapes, then on joining them together to create stylish garments. Each stage of the no-pattern process is explained and supplemented with advice on measuring and calculating yarn requirements, as well as on creative ways to mix and match colors and shapes. The authors present ten easy-to-follow projects for making items knitters will be proud to wear or give as gifts. Also featured are suggested variations on each project plus advice on how needlecrafters can create their own unique designs. “No-Pattern Knits” is a how-to volume that belongs on every knitter’s bookshelf. Approximately 250 color photos..
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Patterns for Theatrical Costumes by Katherine Strand Holkeboer is back in print at the same $29.95 price..
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Appeals to a devoted community of embroiderers - including 40,000 subscribers of the author's magazine Designs in Machine Embroidery

Great value for the price - features 20 projects, plus a bonus CD-ROM with 30 original designs

Innovative ideas for transforming everyday garments into exceptional outfits

In half the time it takes to shop for the "right outfit," readers can create an original and stylish look, right in their own home. Contemporary Machine Embroidered Fashions instructs readers on how to create stylish outfits with a personal touch, through detailed instructions, and additional designs. This unique guide: *Offers insight on selecting the right fabrics, patterns and designs to achieve a desired look *Covers the tricks for using placement of embroidered designs to create a slimming effect in any outfit *Inspires readers to be their own designer

This easy-to-use and exciting reference successfully demonstrates that elaborate, artful and stylish looks are affordable..
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One of the best-known books on men's tailoring, THE BLUE BOOK OF MEN'S TAILORING is again available, now in an enlarged edition edited by R.L. Shep, which includes extensive and detailed excerpts from "The Blue Book of Etiquette for Men" (1905) by Charles Harcourt. Croonborg's original work has extensive patterns and illustrations for vests, trousers, and coats of all kinds - including occupational coats (livery, etc). This work is also notable for a large section on Army uniforms of the United States, including descriptions, illustrations and tailoring drafts. Also Livery, Clerical, Sporting and Outing clothes. Sections on cutting cloth and tailoring techniques are also included. This manual is a "must-have" for the theatrical costumer..
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