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Lisbeth BjørndalLuscious KnitwearFrodig strikkIn our hectic, stressful lives, to pull out your knittingneedles and carry on making lovely clothes and accessoriescan give you moments of pure meditation andspiritual healing. Besides, it’s such a pleasure to wearsmart, handmade things. This book is full of ideas forsmall-scale projects which are easy to carry with you,as well as more labour-intensive ones, which take longerto complete. The patterns cover a wide range, fromcolour combinations to the most beautiful rose motifsfor both children and adults. One decorative option isto crochet roses.Several of the patterns can be adapted for knitting machines.▶ Design and CraftsRights sold to: Denmark (Aschehoug), Iceland (Edda) and Sweden (Damm).Lisbeth BjørndalColourful KnittingFargerik strikkNon-FictionThis book is full of inspiration and ideas for colourcombinations and for using up left-over yarns. It setsout simple patterns for making hats for children andadults; also, warm caps, fingerless gloves – long andshort, with or without buttons, contrasting effectsand pearls, ponchos for grown-ups and suggestionsfor outdoor wear for children. Many of these itemscan also be machine-knitted and the text is as suitablefor beginners as for those who have already donea certain amount of knitting.137