From Estonian knitting authority Nancy Bush comes this new classic. Knitters will deepen their knowledge of knitting in Estonia, home to some of the oldest knitted artifacts in northern Europe-particularly mittens, gloves, and socks-where the craft has played a major role in customs and traditions for hundreds of years.Learn about traditional lace-knitting techniques, including the traditional starburst, twig, peacock, and lily of the valley patterns and their variations; different ways to make the distinctive nupp, or subdued bobble; as well as modern adaptations of the classic ways of constructing shawls and scarves and adding lace edges.Technique chapters will include information about traditional Estonian lace knitting as well as modern adaptations of the classic ways of constructing shawls and scarves and adding lace edges.Photographs from several Estonian museums and from the author's own collection of modern knitted shawls are used as source material for patterns and construction techniques.

南希•布什是《民間襪子編織》（1994年）、《愛沙尼亞民間編織》（1999年）、《編織在路上》（2001年）、《經典襪子編織》（2005年）的作者，她為美國、加拿大、芬蘭和愛沙尼亞的同業會、商店和會議教授編織，她的編織設計和文章多次發錶在《交織》、《紡織》、《時尚編織》、《織片》和《毛綫》等雜誌上，同時她在猶他州的鹽湖城經營著一傢名為Wooly West的郵購和網購毛綫公司。