Brooklyn Tweed’s Knit and Crochet Blankets
Projects to Stitch for Home and Away
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- $199.00
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- $199.00
Descripción editorial
Knitters’ and crocheters’ favorite yarn-maker Brooklyn Tweed partners with some of the best designers working today to offer more than 20 patterns for making the perfect blanket or afghan.
What could be more delightful than cuddling up under a handmade blanket? In this book, Brooklyn Tweed founder Jared Flood presents irresistible patterns for making blankets and afghans, large and small. Each chapter presents dozens of cozy designs that range in complexity, style, and size; no matter your aesthetic or skill level, there’s a blanket here you’ll want to make.
Brooklyn Tweed is one of the top knitwear design houses and yarn brands in the United States, focused on sustainability, ethical practices, and US–based production.
For the book, they’ve gathered a star-studded list of contributors, including Ainur Berkimbayeva, Aistė Butkevičienė, Amy van de Laar, Boann Petersen, Emma Ducher, Hiroka Shinokawa, Joanna Ignatius, Lis Smith, Meri Tanaka, Orlane Sucche, Pauliina Leisti, Rastus Hsu, Scott Rohr, Seth Richardson, Stefanie Sichler, Tokuko Ochiai, and Vincent Williams Jr. The result is a dazzling array of colors, patterns, and blankets from which to choose—you may not be able to resist making them all.
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Flood (Woolens), founder of the Brooklyn Tweed yarn brand, presents a striking collection of blanket patterns. Beginners can start with "tessellate," which is entirely made up of knit and purl stitches, while knitters looking for a challenge can take on "permafrost," whose lacy pattern is worked in the round from the center outward. Many of the blankets take inspiration from regional traditions. For instance, "quill" incorporates the "wavy lace motifs" found in shawls from the Shetland islands, the "kogin" design pays homage to traditional Japanese embroidery techniques, and the "cabin quilt" recreates the nestled rectangles of the American log cabin quilt block. Determined to provide "as much pattern flexibility as possible," Flood helpfully shows how to make the blankets in several different sizes and shares a link to written pattern instructions for knitters who prefer them to the included pattern charts. Readers who solely crochet should be advised that Flood only features three crocheted designs: the "overlay," which uses intarsia colorwork; the "goodnight star," which is made up of granny squares; and "pasqu," which echoes the design of Moroccan knotted wool rugs. This will hold appeal for a wide variety of tastes and skill levels.
