Viking Knits and Ancient Ornaments: Interlace Patterns from Around the World in Modern Knitwear

Product Description Ever since her ground-breaking book Viking Patterns for Knitting was published, Elsebeth Lavold has been recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on cabling. With more than a decade of added experience and continued research, she is now ready to take the concept a step further. Still firmly based in her Scandinavian roots, she has studied cultures from all over the globe to find similar types of patterns. This has resulted in a fascinating compilation of ornamental expressions, ancient as well as contemporary, and just as in Viking Patterns she uses them as a launch pad for her own unique designs.Elsebeth genuinely enjoys sharing her knowledge. In addition to the abundance of beautiful garments presented in the book with complete instructions, she has analyzed a huge number of pattern types and displays them in both swatch and chart form, to allow you to make your own designs based on her research. From the Inside Flap Ever since her ground-breaking book Viking Patterns for Knitting was published, Elsebeth Lavold has been recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on cabling. It was within the pages of her international bestseller—described as “an indispensable milestone in twentieth century knitting literature”—that Lavold first introduced the world to her own innovation: using lifted increases to create interlace patterns rather than just to shape garments, bringing new life to the ornamental heritage of the Vikings as adornment on modern knitwear.In the years since, Lavold has sought new ideas and “design cousins” to Viking patterns to explore with her needles, and so she has traveled a fascinating journey through archives, museums, libraries, and the Internet. During more than a decade of continued research, she has studied cultures from all over the globe in search of similar types of ornamental expressions, destined to become the launch pad for her own unique designs—and the foundation of this exciting new book.In addition to providing an abundance of fresh and stunningly beautiful step-by-step knit designs, Lavold has analyzed a huge number of pattern types, displaying them in both swatch and chart form, to allow readers to create their own designs based on her research. The result is a glorious knitting book, rich in imagery, history, patterns, and designs—a new classic. P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Author Elsebeth Lavold is one of Sweden’s leading knitwear designers; her exquisite and detailed patterns have thrilled and inspired knitting enthusiasts for over 30 years. Her previous books include Viking Patterns for Knitting, described as ?groundbreaking” and ?an indispensable milestone in 20th century knitting literature.” See more

• Author: Elsebeth Lavold
• Experience interlace patterns from around the world in modern knitwear
• Made in Hong Kong