Sue Stratford’s Knitted Aviary

A Flock of 21 Beautiful Birds to Knit

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This delightful book from best-selling author and knitting designer Sue Stratford provides patterns for 21 charming birds for you to knit. Featuring beautifully clear colourwork charts that make patterns super-easy to follow, you'll be amazed at how quickly and easily you can create your own flock of characterful knitted birds. Whether you choose a seagull, puffin, flamingo, bullfinch or parakeet, your bird will take on a personality all of its own and no sooner will you finish one than you'll want to start on another little feathered friend to keep it company. As well as the birds themselves, there are ideas for how to display them, and at the end of the book are instructions for a hanging nest, a felt nest box, branches, flowers and leaves, in addition to all the templates you need to make them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-11-01
Mått203 x 257 x 13 mm
Vikt568 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor144
FörlagSearch Press Ltd
ISBN9781782216407

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Sue Stratford is a successful knitting designer and bestselling author, having already published seven books with Search Press. Starting out as a yarn shop owner, she now concentrates on her design work, and there is always a new idea in her mind. Sue is inspired by colour and texture and loves working with natural fibres. She regularly exhibits at fibre and textile shows around the UK and teaches classes on a number of different techniques. Sue lives in Milton Keynes with her family and numerous animals.

Introduction 8Tools & materials 12Techniques 16Projects 24Garden birds:Blackbird 26Robin 30Blue tit 36Countryside birds:Woodpecker 42Kingfisher 48Pheasant 54Coastal birds:Seagull 60Puffin 64Oystercatcher 70Exotic birds:Flamingo 74Parakeet 78Hummingbird 82Hedgerow birds:Wren 86Bullfinch 90Long tailed tit 96Town birds:Pigeon 100Sparrow 106Starling 112Highland birds:Crested tit 116Capercaillie 120Crossbill 126Display ideas:Hanging nest 130Felt nestbox 132Branches, leavesand flowers 134Acorns and pine cones 138Templates 140Index 144

I’ve been a fan of Sue for a while. Her work is witty, clever and charmingly detailed. Although similar to the ever-popular Amigurumi, Sue distinguishes herself by creating designs that lean towards realistic, while still being utterly adorable.Although these projects aren’t really for beginners there’s a lot of good tutorial information to help with the trickier bits, and the patterns are clear and well-written. Many of the display pieces aren’t knit, but sewn or built from felt, providing a great way to get non knitters involved, too. I’m imagining that this could be the basic of some good collaborative projects for adults and kids. If you enjoy small and charming knits, you can’t go wrong with any of Sue’s books, and this latest book is another winner.