Twisty Trims - Paperback

by Tricia L. Edwards (Author)

By Tricia Shafer now Tricia Edwards. I love to manipulate the stitches into interesting textures and shapes on my knitting machine. This is far more interesting to me than fairisle or intarsia designs. Something about getting my fingers next to the yarn, and digging in with my tools that is so satisfying. This book is a collection of twisted stitches to create trims to start any machine knit piece. Each trim starts at the cast on edge of the knit, but can easily be added to necklines, armholes, or other edges of knit. If you can use a 1, 2 and 3-prong tools, you can do the machine knit techniques needed for these trims. Plus all techniques used to create the twisty trims are illustrated with step-by-step color photos. - 15 Unique Edgings - Step-by-Step instructions for beginner machine knitters - Can be made on any knitting machine - LK150, mid-gauge, standard gauge or bulky machine - Color photos of each technique

Author Biography

Growing up in the Knit Knack Shop in Peru, Indiana, Tricia (Shafer) Edwards learned to machine knit at the young age of 7. Her mother, Charlene Shafer, taught her how to knit and write instructions for all her knit creations before she was in high school. Knitting has always been apart of Tricia's life. She studied fashion design at Purdue University in Indiana and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. It was no surprise that she choose to pursue a fashion design career as a knitwear designer in New York. Tricia also co-founded KnittersEdge.com in 2001, and she developed machine knitting patterns, videos, and technique instruction for it until she sold it in 2007. Today Tricia is an instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.