Close Knit: 15 Patterns and 45 Techniques from Beginner to Advanced from Europe's Coolest Knitter

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Known for her exuberant use of colour and textures, this young textile artist is rapidly gaining a fanatical worldwide following. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. There are illustrated instructions for making socks, scarves and sweaters-but you'll also find ideas for creating babysuits, scrunchies, T-shirts and even a prom dress. Laerke's exuberant use of colour, interesting recycling techniques and letting mistakes be a part of her design has made her a worldwide hit among many.

I’ve also been sending them Lærke Bagger’s Instagram so they too can see how designers are advancing the process, and making clothes we might actually want to wear!During the first Covid lockdown, her free knitting project, the Alone Together Sweater, was shared and downloaded by thousands all over the world.

And yet, in taking two sticks and using them to loop one long string in a way that makes something new — something that has no real purpose besides my own enjoyment of it, whether that’s a scarf for someone else, or a raglan cardigan that I’m not sure I’ll ever wear — I scratch the itch to feel productive without ever attaching financial value to that time. There are illustrated instructions for making socks, scarves and sweaters-but you’ll also find ideas for creating babysuits, scrunchies, T-shirts and even a prom dress. Is anyone still disappointed that the english version of Strik (Close Knit) by Lærke Bagger didn’t get the original pink cover?I remember as a kid looking across at my Mum who was knitting while she watched TV; I want to hone this skill enough that I can enjoy the mindlessness that comes with confidence. There are illustrated instructions for making socks, scarves and sweaters―but you’ll also find ideas for creating babysuits, scrunchies, T-shirts and even a prom dress. I highly recommend it to all the knitters who loves to make modern garments and are looking for unexpected inspiring books!

Patterns and 45 Techniques from Beginner to Advanced from Europe’s Coolest Knitter Attention twenty-first century knitters! This book offers 15 basic knitting patterns with countless variations for all year round and every age group. Biography: LAERKE BAGGER holds a Master's degree in Textile Design from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. I never took weekends and it was hard to drag me away from my laptop of an evening; I had to be generating capital or increasing my worth.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I was reviewing exhibitions, lecturing about criticism, writing funding applications and yeah, I never stopped. I don’t know if I ever would have gotten around to knitting if I hadn’t become so grounded in this home base, but I’m glad I found such a lifeline. Raglan’s not particularly my style either, but that’s fine because I have fallen into a trance with knitting.