6 2017 NEW RELEASES Crocheting

HERITAGE IN A NEW LIGHT: Enriching Your Designs with Heirloom Techniques Rita de Maintenon

NEW! • Combine these heritage techniques in any crochet project to add contemporary and creative impact • Bonus online videos show you how to crochet the stitches, and offer handy additional tips • Encourages “pattern independency” and shows you how to become your own designer

Learn the history of heritage crochet techniques, and how to use them to enrich any crochet project. Clear instructions from master teacher Rita de Maintenon, plus 160 photos and online videos, take intermediate-level crochet skills to the next level, allowing you to learn to crochet , , Tunisian lace, Aran cables, and thread lace such as , Irish crochet, bullions, and picots. After mastering the basics of these often undervalued traditional skills, learn how to move between them, combine them, and—most importantly—move from pattern dependency to “pattern independence.” Readers are guided in how to create their own designer projects without the need of commercial patterns. Original-design examples are featured throughout. This book belongs in every fiber lover’s library as a constant resource of information and inspiration. Rita de Maintenon has taught heritage fiber workshops for over twenty years. She is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and a Blue Ridge National Heritage Artist. She is a Craft Council certified instructor.

Size: 8 1/2" × 11" • 160 color images • 80 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5347-5 • soft cover • $16.99 AVAILABLE IN JULY

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