VOGUE KNITTING - ALICE STARMORE 42 Designs - Fall 1989

Cover Design: Standard-fitting cabled pullover with set-in sleeves, updated polo collar and placket, Vogue Original design, finished size 32" to 38" Intermediate

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VOGUE KNITTING INTERNATIONAL
Fall 1989
136 pages

CLASSIC TWEEDS – MOHAIR – MACHINE CABLES – KNITTED STEEKS

This issue of Vogue Knitting International includes 42 fabulous designs, including 34 designer patterns and a Special Section on The Best of Novelty Yarns, showing eight variations on a Very Easy Very Vogue single button stockinette cardigan showing the variety possible by using eight different novelty yarns. Photos of all designs are shown below, with captions giving additional detail about each design. Designers include Nancy Gould, Sheila Meyer, Carol Spier, Alice Starmore, Anne Mieke, Zara Zsido, Lipp Holmfeld, Deborah Newton, Norah Gaughan, Lily Chin, Soo Youn & Townsend, Zemli Studio, Mari Lynn Civelek, Calvin Klein, Missoni, Rebecca Moses, and Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis. Pictures of all designs are shown below, together with designer identification and design and sizing information.

This is one of the finest issues ever produced by Vogue Knitting International – works of art sparked by surprising colors, complex stitches, bold shapes and unconventional details, easy-going weekend looks of textural stitches and sandy hues, and designer handknits galore!

Articles include:

• A Norwegian Classic, by Elizabeth Zimmerman – discussing the construction of the traditional “Luskofte” sweater.
• Rebecca Moses – John Birmingham interviews a young and talented Seventh Avenue knitwear designer.
• Stitch Glossary: Lace Collars – designs for two lace collars worked in fine crochet cotton using simple crochet stitches, designs by Stephanie Gildersleeve.
• Machine-Knit Cables, by Pat Moore – step-by-step instruction for easy cabling by machine.
• Knitted Bust Darts – Part II on Designing for Special Sizes, by Cindy Polfer – shaping with darts.
• The Steek Technique – Alice Starmore explores circular Fair Isle knitting.

Excellent condition, clean inside and out, no markings, torn or missing pages.



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