Knitted Baskets: 36 Hip, Happy and Handmade Projects to Keep Your World Organize
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Knitted Baskets: 36 Hip, Happy and Handmade Projects to Keep Your World Organized
by Nola Heidbreder, Linda Pietz
If you have some knitting needles and yarn, Nola Heidbreder & Linda Pietz have 34 stylish baskets you can knit to bring some creativity and order to your home. With baskets of varying sizes, styles, and uses, inspired by everything from stained glass and flags to fish bowls and poppies, Knitted Baskets offers up a wide selection of baskets that will appeal to all skill levels. With easy-to-follow instructions and beautiful photography to guide and inspire, each completed basket will be proudly put to work in your busy home or happily given to a loved one on your gift list. AUTHORS: Nola A. Heidbreder has been teaching fiber art and handwork for 20 years from her studio in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the country. She has written articles and projects for Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion and Rug Hooking Magazine, as well as co-authoring several books, and has appeared on local and national television news programs. Linda Pietz learned to knit at the age of four and has spent more than 40 years passing on her love of knitting and other crafts through classes and workshops. She designs patterns for Bucilla, Dimensions, Cat's Cradle, and other companies, has been featured in several books, has co-authored books with Nola, and has written articles for Rug Hooking Magazine. SELLING POINTS: . Authors are respected artists and teachers with a large following on Ravelry, a craft website with 6MM members. . A wide-range of projects that are excellent gifts - more than half of all knitters make a project with the intention of giving it away. . Two-thirds of knitters get their ideas/inspiration from knitting books.
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Author Biography
Nola A. Heidbreder has been teaching fiber art and handwork for 20 years from her studio in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the country. She has written articles and projects for Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion and Rug Hooking Magazine, as well as co-authoring several books, and has appeared on local and national television news programs. Linda Pietz learned to knit at the age of four and has spent more than 40 years passing on her love of knitting and other crafts through classes and workshops. She designs patterns for Bucilla, Dimensions, Cat's Cradle, and other companies, has been featured in several books, has co-authored books with Nola, and has written articles for Rug Hooking Magazine and other national magazines. She lives in northern California. Nola and Linda have collaborated in the past to create Knitting Rugs: 39 Traditional, Contemporary, Innovative Designs, Crocheting Rugs: 40 Traditional, Contemporary, Innovative Designs, and Crochet Baskets: 36 Fun, Funky & Colorful Projects for Every Room in the House.
Table of Contents
All Zipped UpApple for the TeacherAran BasketBad Hair DayBerry BasketButton BeautyChalk BoardCookie Cutter Christmas BasketExoticExtraterrestrialFaux Basketweave BasketField of PoppiesFish Bowl BasketFluffy the BasketFolk Art BasketKnit Purl Slip Stitch BasketLife Savers Looper BasketMcBasketNesting Modular Baskets2 Pencil BasketNoah's ArkOld GloryOrigami Travel BasketOzark BasketPick, Pluck, Strum BasketPinwheel BasketPlastic Bag Solution BasketPumpkin BasketSeurat ReimaginedTaxiTie-Dyed LotusTiffany Lamp BasketTiny PencilZoetrope
Review
"…a gorgeous collection of knitted baskets that are both pretty and practical. From Noah's Ark toy storage, to nested modular baskets for your craft room, each project in this book has a purpose. The easy-to-follow instructions make these patterns a pleasure to knit." – Simply Knitting magazine
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"...a gorgeous collection of knitted baskets that are both pretty and practical. From Noah's Ark toy storage, to nested modular baskets for your craft room, each project in this book has a purpose. The easy-to-follow instructions make these patterns a pleasure to knit." - Simply Knitting magazine
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With baskets of varying sizes, styles, and uses, inspired by everything from stained glass and flags to fish bowls and poppies, Knitted Baskets offers up a wide selection of baskets that will appeal to all skill levels and tastes.
Description for Sales People
Authors are respected artists and teachers with a large following on Ravelry, a craft website with 6MM members. A wide-range of projects that are excellent gifts...more than half of all knitters make a project with the intention of giving it away. According to the Craft Yarn Council, over 25 million consumers are engaged in the craft of knitting. Two-thirds of knitters get their ideas/inspiration from knitting books. Audience Knitting enthusiasts. Makers and crafters looking to dive into the world of fiber arts. Fiber art teachers and instructors at craft and technical schools.
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