Scarves

The definitive work on scarves in the twentieth century, featuring work by artists and important textile designers and brands. Indispensable accessories and sought-after collectors’ items, scarves were an important innovation in twentieth-century fashion. From Art Deco through 1950s Hollywood, the Swinging Sixties, and beyond, scarves have expressed the constant evolutions in style, representing every major decorative arts movement over the past century and into the present one. This marvelously illustrated compendium showcases the work of a wide range of international designers: Paul Poiret, Elsa Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Mary Quant, Gucci, Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, Zandra Rhodes, Nicole Miller, and many more. Here are more than 250 scarves, beautifully reproduced in color, and many never before seen in print. The book includes concise biographies of more than fifty scarf designers, retailers, and manufacturers, and a useful resource guide provides expert advice on dating and conservation, museum collections, vintage fairs, and specialist dealers.

Here are contemporary crochet projects for fun, fast, fashionable scarves. Most beginning crocheters start with scarves because these projects are quick, easy, and stylish.

“A whimsical new TIY (tie-it-yourself) book full of drawings and directions showing how to create head wraps, neck knots and more.” —The Washington Post From the Audrey to the Paris, the Top Down, or the Easy Breezy, there are fifty scarf styles in this book for any occasion or mood. Jaunty illustrations break down each step so stylistas can wrap, loop, and get out the door looking perfectly polished. Teens, young professionals, and moms alike will love playing around with the looks, including unexpected belts, sarongs, and topknots. Vibrantly illustrated, 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf is perfect to take scarf shopping. Tres chic! “A beautifully illustrated guide.” —Glitter Guide “Fifty new ways to style our most essential piece.” —Refinery29 “What I found so unique about Lauren’s book is that she not only shows step-by-step instructions for creating each look; but also suggests, through meticulous illustration, what particular neckline/outfit the scarf might look good with . . . Create a mood. Want glamour, fun, mystery? You got it.” —Quintessential Style

21 original patterns in a variety of styles, colors, yarns, stitch patterns, and techniques--including traditional crochet, Tunisian crochet, and broomstick lace crochet--for beginning through experienced crocheters

Show off your scarf style! Why shop endlessly for the perfect scarf when you can create one that is perfectly you? In Creative Scarves you'll find 24 fashionably fun and incredibly easy design ideas to help you make (or make-over) your own gorgeous scarves for every outfit, occasion and season. Add your own personal touch as you sew, stamp, stencil, dye, bead, paint and trim your way to a complete scarf collection. Flip to the "Favorite Ways to Wear" section for tips on wearing your unique creations. Sew, stamp, stencil, dye, bead, paint and trim your scarves!

The title reference of Suri with the Fringe on Top is actually from a musical play called Oklahoma!. Although our Suri refers to a type of alpaca, the Surrey from the hit show, Oklahoma!, refers to a buggy, both with the same pronounced sound but different spellings and meanings. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top is a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!. While the Suri deals with fiber from an alpaca that is spun into yarn for knitting. The fringe-knitting techniques used in this book are surprisingly easy to master but provide a very professional-looking scarf product. These techniques can also be used to add fringe to collars, glove hems, or almost any knit project. The fringe can be braided or beads can be added to the fringe to fancy up its look. Uses and looks are limitless. So let your imagination go wild.

Illustrated with beautiful color photography, this pattern book offers fun and imaginative scarf designs for knitters of all levels. Scarves are often the first garments beginning knitters try. Then, when they feel ready for a greater creative thrill, they move on to other types of garments. In Knitting New Scarves, Lynne Barr beckons all levels of knitters back to their humble beginnings and then wows them with 27 spectacularly modern designs, each created using an innovative new technique or a unique take on a traditional one. This novel approach, which dares knitters to rethink what is possible by simply manipulating knits and purls, leads to a collection of flattering, functional, and fun-to-make accessories. Imagine a scarf that looks like a strand of black pearls or unfolds like an accordion, one that playfully draws inspiration from the famed Chanel jacket or a twisting futuristic high-rise. Every scarf is shown in its finished form in beautiful still-lifes by photographer Tyllie Barbosa, and, when unusual techniques are called for, up-close step-by-step photos are provided as well. This means every scarf in this masterful collection is both captivating and accessible for all levels of knitters.