Timeless Tyrolean Knitwear - Recreating the Vintage Style

A practical guide to Tyrolean-style knitwear, with original vintage patterns and adaptations for the modern knitter. Tyrolean-style knitwear is as popular today as when it first appeared in the early 1930s. For hobby and semi-professional knitters of all abilities interested in vintage style. Covers the various techniques, stitches, embellishments and finishing touches for vintage styling. Includes thirteen knitting patterns adapted from vintage originals, and an exclusive new design. Beautifully illustrated with 332 colour photographs.

About the author

Linda Ivell has been recreating vintage knitwear for over forty years. As an Art Historian working in museums, she has explored prestigious costume collections, researching and writing about historical fashions and our textiles heritage. A member of the Knitting and Crochet Guild, she is happiest when surrounded by wool, and all the possibilities a strand of yarn can inspire. She recreates vintage knitwear with her own label of Knitting for Victory.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Ivell
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9780719841149
• ISBN: 978-0-7198-4114-9
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 280 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 652 g
• Illustrations: Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Knitting, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / Knitting, Tyrol, Knitting & crochet