STARMORE, ALICE — Scandinavian Knitwear

UK, Bell & Hyman. 1982. Hardcover , 25.5cm. Book, Alice Starmore is a professional needleworker, photographer and author of books on needlework, born in Stornoway, Western Isles, Scotland. Growing up in a traditional Scottish fishing community with Gaelic as her native language, Starmore learned knitting and created her own designs by the age of five. In 1975 she produced a knitwear collection which was sold in London boutiques. In 1978, Starmore was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship, under which she travelled to Norway, Sweden and Finland to study their textile traditions. She is an authority on Celtic and Fair Isle design and technique through her books, as well as articles for Threads and Vogue Knitting magazines. She markets her own lines of threads and yarn. This book contains 30 original designs from traditional patterns. Faults? no jacket, small sticker removal mark. 126pp & just past the 500g for posting so why not add another book to your satchel & use up that allowance. Very Good/Good/No Jacket.