Jan Messent's Have You Any Wool?: The Creative Use of Yarn (Search Press Classics) - Softcover

Messent, Jan

 
9781844481828: Jan Messent's Have You Any Wool?: The Creative Use of Yarn (Search Press Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1844481824 ISBN 13: 9781844481828
Publisher: Search Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book is for those who have never knitted or crocheted before and for all those who enjoy creating with yarn. Using innovative and imaginative methods, Jan Messent encourages readers to work with small quantities of yarn to make decorative novelty pieces - including fun figures, cats, cacti, cottages, sheep, landscapes and much more. The beauty of the projects is that they can be made as simple or as complicated as you like and there are ample instructions on the various stitches, tools and techniques required throughout the book.
Discover hundreds of witty and wonderful ways to use up oddments of yarn with this invaluable book. It is packed with truly amazing ideas and is indespensable for anyone wanting to extend the boundaries of their work.

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About the Author

Jan Messent qualified as a teacher in the mid-50s and, after teaching Art, History and English, became deeply involved with embroidery as an art form. As a member of the Embroiderers’ Guild, she taught embroidery design to its members, wrote and illustrated design books, and lectured worldwide.

In 1996, she was commissioned by Madeira Threads to reconstruct the last and missing eight feet of The Bayeux Tapestry, which can be seen in James Cook Memorial Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK. In the process of making this stunning panel, she wrote the tour de force The Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers' Story – an illustrated history on the embroiderers behind the masterpiece. This was first published in 1999 by Madeira Threads and later published in 2010 by Search Press.

Now, having retired from lecturing, Jan dedicates her time to a number of arts and crafts, including drawing, painting, embroidery, knitting and crochet. She's an avid lover of history and classical music, and Jan is the Hon. President of the Basingstoke Creative Stitchers.

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Publisher
Search Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1844481824
ISBN 13 
9781844481828
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
127