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《民间袜子编织》（1994年）、《爱沙尼亚民间编织》（1999年）、《编织在路上》（2001年）、《经典袜子编织》（2005年）的作者，她为美国、加拿大、芬兰和爱沙尼亚的同业会、商店和会议教授编织，她的编织设计和文章多次发表在《交织》、《纺织》、《时尚编织》、《织片》和《毛线》等杂志上，同时她在犹他州的盐湖城经营着一家名为Wooly West的邮购和网购毛线公司。