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Knitting out of Africa
Inspired Sweater Designs
By Marianne Isager
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eautiful and historic African carpets, baskets, and other textiles provide the design
inspiration for these 16 sumptuous and sophisticated knitted cardigans, pullovers, and
sweater vests. Intended for seasoned knitters, these projects use domino, double knitting,
entrelac, intarsia, and stranded two-color techniques worked in fingering-weight yarns.
The Shoowa Vest, the African Domino Pullover, and the Arrowheads Cropped Pullover
show off fancy stitching, while other designs feature colors borrowed from the
mud-dried fabrics of Mali, the block patterns of Ghana, or motifs from Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, Zaire, and Zimbabwe. African animals decorate the Giraffe Vest
and Zebra Cardigan, and elsewhere leaping antelope and birds in flight are
used in repeating patterns. Full instructions and charted patterns for at
least two adult sizes are provided for each design and high-quality photographs
of the finished pieces showcase these classic additions to any wardrobe.
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Softcover, 143 pgs., $24.95
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