Arne & Carlos' Field Guide to Knitted Birds: Over 40 Handmade Projects to Liven Up Your Roost

by Carlos Zachrison, Arne Nerjordet

Overview

The adorable avian knitting collection from Arne & Carlos—now in paperback! Birds of a feather ... knit together! With their trademark style, clarity, and humor, let Arne & Carlos guides you on a journey into a delightfully vivid knitted bird kingdom. Inspired by nature at home and abroad, as well as far-off fantastical places, this is the ideal guide for knitted bird lovers, whether creating with decorative purpose or just for fun. Inside, you'll find: • Characters from Arne & Carlos's home garden in Norway, including the characteristic bullfinch, chickadee, wagtail, and more • Charming cold-weather birds worked with traditional Norwegian sweater motifs—keep them warm with bird-sized wool hats and scarves • Brilliant birds-of-paradise, brought alive with embroidery, sequins, and feathers • Birds featuring vintage Mexican embroidery designs, flower patterns, and so much more Clear instructions, helpful diagrams, and full-color photographs make it easy for every knitter's imagination to take flight.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646010714
Publisher:	Trafalgar Square
Publication date:	03/02/2021
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison established Arne & Carlos, a clothing design company, in 2002. Drawing on their traditional Scandinavian influences and their natural environment, they create original and visually striking knitwear. They are the authors of the international best-selling books 55 Christmas Balls to Knit; Easter Knits; Knitted Dolls: and Knit-and-Crochet Garden, 30 Slippers to Knit & Felt, Make Your Own Ideabook, Norwegian Knits with a Twist and Arne & Carlos' Field Guide to Knitted Birds also available from Trafalgar Square Books. Their creative base is in the Valdres region of Norway, north of Oslo.

Editorial Reviews

Nerjordet and Zachrison, also known as Arne & Carlos, are Scandinavian knitters acclaimed for their clever, contemporary interpretations of stranded colorwork. Here they bring their trademark style to a flock of knitted and embellished birds. A simple start featuring a solid-colored bird wearing a festive scarf and hat is followed by a series of fanciful birds embroidered using duplicate stitch; realistic birds combining colorwork and duplicate stitch; birds in traditional Scandinavian-style sweaters; and rare birds of paradise embellished with beads, sequins, and feathers. ... –VERDICT These delightful knitted creations will appeal to bird lovers and fans of stranded colorwork, as well as knitters who enjoy amigurumi-style projects.”—Library Journal

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