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Defarge Does Shakespeare
Friends, Romans, yarn lovers: lend us your ears. For this third installment in the much-loved What Would Madame Defarge Knit? series, Heather Ordover again brings you an eclectic and beautiful collection of knitting and crochet designs inspired by great literature.
This time, the focus is all on the Bard. Whether it’s a necklace fit for Cleopatra, a bed jacket to soothe Lady Macbeth’s tormented soul, or yellow-gartered stockings worthy of Malvolio, these designs cleverly tap into Shakespeare’s writings. As in the other books in this series, each contributor has written an illuminating essay that talks about how the Bard inspired their design. These are such knits as dreams are made on.
Contributing designers are Kate Atherley, Alexandra Aulisi, Mari Chiba, Rosemary Cox, Cassandra Deavers, Chrissy Gardiner, Elizabeth Green Musselman. Becky Greene, Erica Hernandez, Sarah Jordan, Wendy McDonnell, Heather Ordover, Laura Ricketts, Kathleen Rogers, Natalie Servant, Julia Temisevä, Diane Trap, Amy Tyszkiewicz, Meg Warren, Beverly Army Williams. With beautiful photography by Caro Sheridan, illustrations by Shannon Sneedse, and foreword by Ehren Ziegler.
This time, the focus is all on the Bard. Whether it’s a necklace fit for Cleopatra, a bed jacket to soothe Lady Macbeth’s tormented soul, or yellow-gartered stockings worthy of Malvolio, these designs cleverly tap into Shakespeare’s writings. As in the other books in this series, each contributor has written an illuminating essay that talks about how the Bard inspired their design. These are such knits as dreams are made on.
Contributing designers are Kate Atherley, Alexandra Aulisi, Mari Chiba, Rosemary Cox, Cassandra Deavers, Chrissy Gardiner, Elizabeth Green Musselman. Becky Greene, Erica Hernandez, Sarah Jordan, Wendy McDonnell, Heather Ordover, Laura Ricketts, Kathleen Rogers, Natalie Servant, Julia Temisevä, Diane Trap, Amy Tyszkiewicz, Meg Warren, Beverly Army Williams. With beautiful photography by Caro Sheridan, illustrations by Shannon Sneedse, and foreword by Ehren Ziegler.
288 pages, ebook
First published March 27, 2015
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About the author
Heather Ordover
10 books123 followersWriter of books—What Would Madame Defarge Knit, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit, Defarge Does Shakespeare, and Grounded: The Seven, book 1, teacher of things, and Caster of Pods (at Craftlit.com).
She lives, teaches, and writes in Eastern PA with her bemused husband, two goofy sons, sly cat, a few frogs, and many, many ka-honking geese.
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January 7, 2016
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March 28, 2015
Just finished the e-copy of this book, the third in the Madame Defarge Knits series.
As always the patterns are inspired by literature, this time they're all Bard derived. Although I was taken aback at how many of the patterns came from the same plays (some of which are not his best known), and often even the same characters within the plays (three Malvolio yellow stockings? Really?) both the essays and the items are different enough to make interesting reading and worthwhile knitting. (After all, none of the stockings have to be knit in yellow...)
Having said that, all the Ophelia hate is overboard. She was barely past childhood. Sure, she wouldn't have been as interesting a conversationalist as Lady MacBeth, but that doesn't make her boring. (Then again, since she inspired two different patterns, maybe there's not all that much hate there).
The patterns are great, the recipes are worth looking at (though the baby shower and halloween inspired ones are way over the top), and the discussions do make me want to go back and re-read some of the plays.
Well done.
As always the patterns are inspired by literature, this time they're all Bard derived. Although I was taken aback at how many of the patterns came from the same plays (some of which are not his best known), and often even the same characters within the plays (three Malvolio yellow stockings? Really?) both the essays and the items are different enough to make interesting reading and worthwhile knitting. (After all, none of the stockings have to be knit in yellow...)
Having said that, all the Ophelia hate is overboard. She was barely past childhood. Sure, she wouldn't have been as interesting a conversationalist as Lady MacBeth, but that doesn't make her boring. (Then again, since she inspired two different patterns, maybe there's not all that much hate there).
The patterns are great, the recipes are worth looking at (though the baby shower and halloween inspired ones are way over the top), and the discussions do make me want to go back and re-read some of the plays.
Well done.
January 8, 2016
I may be biased, since I have patterns in this book, but I really did enjoy everyone's essays!
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