Knitting Millinery

Nationally known designer, teacher, writer and self confessed Knitting Heretic Annie Modesitt shares her secrets of creating beautiful hand knit millinery. Included in this book are complete instructions for creating 5 wired, brimmed hats using basic millinery & hand knitting techniques. Each pattern features charts for lace sections accompanied with written instructions for each chart. Patterns included are Ascot, Aqueduct, Carnivale, 1925 Oval, Linen Oval A section on millinery technique shows how to create your own faux hat block, how to block and wire your knitted blank (hat shape), how to create a brim and head size wire, and many trimming tips. The projects range from advanced beginner to experienced knitter.