Pollard Memorial Library (Lowell)

The prayer shawl journal and guidebook, inspiration, plus knit & crochet basics, Janet Severi Bristow, Victoria A. Cole-Galo

eng

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

The prayer shawl journal and guidebook

852832114

Janet Severi Bristow, Victoria A. Cole-Galo

inspiration, plus knit & crochet basics

"This book is a user-friendly guide for learning to knit or crochet prayer shawls of your own. It includes knit and crochet basics, easy patterns for ten pretty shawls to make, as well as a month-by-month chapter for journaling, and a handy special section for recording what you have made, and keeping track of needles, yarn stash, and other notions is also included"--, Provided by publisher

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: How to Use This Book -- The Basics: -- Casting On -- The Knit Stitch -- The Purl Stitch -- Left-handed Knitting -- Slipping a Stitch and Increasing -- Decreasing -- Three Ways to Bind Off -- Winding Yarn, Joining a New Color, Gauge Swatches -- Knitting Abbreviations & Yarn Weights -- The Crochet Stitch -- Double Crochet, Triple Crochet, Crab-Stitch Crochet -- Increasing and Decreasing in Crochet -- Crochet Abbreviations -- Crochet Hook Sizes -- Chapter 2: The Prayer Shawl Year: January to December -- January to December -- Chapter 3: The Patterns -- Beginner Prayer Shawl Pattern -- Simple Prayer Shawl Pattern -- Pocket Prayer Shawl Pattern -- Recycled Sweater Shawl Pattern -- Caregiver's Shawl Pattern -- Persephone Shawl Pattern -- Baptism Prayer Shawl Pattern -- Original Crocheted Shawl Pattern -- Crocheted Milk Fiber Shawl Pattern -- Crocheted Granny Square Edge Shawl Pattern -- Chapter 4: Knitting & Crocheting Along -- Projects I Want to Make -- Projects I've Made -- My Yarn Stash -- My Knitting Needle/Crochet Hook Inventory -- Fringes and Edges -- How to Make a Sachet or Prayer Shawl Gift Bag -- Colors & Symbology -- Appendices -- How to Start a Prayer Shawl Ministry -- Designers & Authors -- Yarn Information -- Index