Product Description

For weavers, knitters, sewers, quilters, embroiderers, crocheters, or anyone who is interested in the textile arts, this compendium offers an extensive range of fabric finishes. From basic to esoteric, simple and elegant to highly decorative, these finishes can be applied to any fabric-woven, knitted, crocheted, handmade, or purchased. Each technique is clearly presented with text, illustrations, and photographs of examples.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #414501 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 176 pages

Review
"The spiral-bound format, photographs of finished products and color illustrations of techniques make the book easy to use." -- Cast On Spring, 2004

"This invaluable compendium offers finishing methods for weavers, knitters, sewers, embroiderers, crocheters, or anyone interested in textile arts." -- Quick & Easy Crochet, March/April 2004

About the Author
Naomi McEneely has made, repaired, quilted, and finished more than 175 quilts. Her work has appeared on the cover of Woman's Wear Daily, in the pages of Vogue, on Good Morning America, and in the Smithsonian Institution. She lives in Chicago.

Customer Reviews

The best of its kind....
I'm dyslexic and left handed -- and after several decades of false starts learning to knit -- I finally got it. What I couldn't figure out from all the wonderful knitting books available now is how to get the beginnings and endings (and the errors in the middle) to work as well as the actual knits, purls, yarnovers, and slips....

I borrowed one book of finishing techniques, found another at a local bookstore, and found dozens of pages on the web that all attempted to explain how to accomplish these tasks which are evidently simple to most knitters.

This book, "Interweave's Compendiu7m of Finishing Techniuest..." and another Interweave book called "Knit Fix" are the only books I've found that manage to explain in such a way that I can translate their instructions into successful knitting. Both books are compact, spiral bound, and full of un-misunderstandable directions and clear, plentiful illustrations.

If I can understand the writing and illustrations in these books, imagine how useful they will be for the average kntter!

This book suffers greatly by not featuring the word "knitting" in its title -- in dozens of searches on Amazon, it never came up and was never associated with other books in this family -- oddly, it is associated with weaving books only. Don't let this mislead you.

Good all-around reference book
I like the book very much, however, I feel the layout and the photography could have been tighter and more artful. There's a bit of a rushed-to-put-together feel about it, which is disappointing. Nevertheless, good value for a finishing reference book because it applies to all needlework disciplines.

Amazing Book!
A very thorough review of different ways to finish your projects through stitches, trimmings, decorative braids, etc. Clear concise instructions, and easy to follow illustrations. A wonderful book!!