Laura Irwin - Boutique Knits

BOUTIQUE KNITS

20+ MUST-HAVE ACCESSORIES LAURA IRWINEditor Anne Merrow Technical Editor Karen Frisa Photography Joe Hancock Styling Carol Beaver Hair and Makeup Kathy McKay Technical Photography Ann Swanson Interior Design Stacy Ebright Cover Design Pamela Norman Text 2008 by Laura Irwin. Illustrations 2008 by Interweave Press LLC. All rights reserved. Interweave Press LLC 201 East Fourth Street Loveland, CO 80537-5655 USA interweave.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Irwin, Laura, 1976 Boutique knits : 20+ must-have accessories / Laura Irwin, author. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59668-073-9 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-59668-800-1 (PDF) ISBN 978-1-62033-202-3 (ePub) 1. Knitting--Patterns. 2. Dress accessories. Title. Title.

TT825.I79 2008 746.432041--dc22 2008010526

For Adriano Gonzalez, for his friendship,
generous support, and encouragement
from the very beginning. Thanks to the Interweave staff: Editorial Director Tricia Waddell, for taking a chance on me; Managing Editor Rebecca Campbell, for her sweet feedback that made me feel like I was getting it right; and Editor Anne Merrow, for her sense of humor and incredible knowledge. Thanks to my knitters for their amazing attention to detail: Mary Bata, Anne Marie Gibson, and Jamie Sajovic. Thanks to Church + State for allowing me to use pieces of their beautiful clothing for the photography of the book. Thanks to the yarn companies who provided their lovely yarn for me to work with: Berroco, Blue Sky Alpacas, Brown Sheep, Classic Elite, Debbie Bliss, Elsebeth Lavold, Mission Falls, Muench, Plymouth, Reynolds, Rowan, SWTC, and Vermont Organic Fiber Company. Extra special thanks to my mentors and teachers: Leigh Radford, for her friendship, generosity, knowledge, her tireless motivation, her enormous talent, the magical garden behind her house, and for showing me how its all done! Dayna Pinkham, for her friendship, her open heart, her legendary talent, her modesty. Holly Stalder and Kathryn Towers, for their friendship, their genius, and for creating the boutique Seaplane, which first inspired me to knit and continues to push me to be a better designer.

Suzanne Bartron, for being the original mentor and believing that I would eventually figure it out! Super special thanks to friends Emily Bixler, Teak Wall, Brent Knoff, Tom Delaney, and Douglas Freeman, for listening to me talk about nothing but this book for a year solid and creatively knocking my socks off; to Erin Rackelman and Patricia No, for thinking my work was good enough to write about; to old-school Lint staff Melissa, Morgan, and Hillary, as well as all of the regular customers and students Ive taught and who have taught me. Love and thanks to all of my family, especially my parents, Sandy and Doug; my sisters, Ashlee and Michele; and my grandparents, Grammy and Grandma.

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