BOOK The Celtic Collection 25 Knitwear Designs Alice Starmore Ireland Patterns

BOOK The Celtic Collection 25 Knitwear Designs For Men, Women and Children by Alice Starmore Ireland Irish Patterns Large Softcover Book 12 1/4" x 9" Beautifully illustrated 144 pages Knitting Fair Isle Fisher Gansy Aran "This is the book that founded the genre of Celtic Knitting in 1992. The technique I invented for knitting “Celtic cables” became instantly popular, and is now practised throughout the world. Celtic art has suffered greatly from crude use as a marketing tool for products bearing little or no authentic relationship to Celtic culture. Yet it is one of the most awe-inspiring decorative forms of art ever produced. This is exemplified in a huge range of historic artefacts, but most notably The Book of Kells, in which 8th Century monks created a universe of astonishingly intricate designs, painted with single badger hairs under the magnification of a water droplet. The Celtic Collection was inspired by the original artworks in stone, metal and paint. It was a joy to create patterns and textures in colourwork and cables that could be knitted and reflect the essence of the original Celtic art. I particularly enjoyed devising my method of creating symbolic endless knotwork designs in a sculpted knitted form."