The nyt says she did famous needlework based on this famous unicorn tapestry. This is one of my favorite knitting book and i will always be thankful to the author ms. She also designed wallcoverings and greeting cards. Erica wilsons knitting book by erica wilson 1st ed. Buy a cheap copy of erica wilson s knitting book by erica wilson. This book has simple pen and ink drawing of illustrations of how to knit which makes it easy to show to beginner knitters because of the large size of the picture. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Books by erica wilson author of erica wilsons embroidery book. The show was called erica, and as it was a teeny bit before my time, i cant say i ever watched it. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. Erica wilson, who passed away this past december, is an icon of the needlework world. In this book she has quite a few untraditional designs just look at the cover and while i love the traditional ones, i have a desire for others as well, even as this book written in the 70s has quite a variety.
And as any good mentor does, she handed on what she received, so that, today, we can enjoy this embarrassment of riches that we see in our needlework world. Beautiful color photographs and charts, basics for beginners, and stepbystep instructions. Erica wilson 8 october 1928 december 2011 was an englishborn american embroidery designer based in new york, known particularly for needlepoint. Dec 14, 2011 erica wilson, the julia child of needlework, who brought the gentle art of crewel as well as crossstitch, needlepoint and other traditional embroidery techniques to an international. Book in excellent cond, the paper cover has wear, clean and tight. Erica wilson will teach you everything you need to know about embroidery. Erica wilsons knitting book hardcover december 1, 1988 by erica wilson author.
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Every embroiderer should have this book in their library. Erica wilson is currently considered a single author. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. I just worked an old kit of erica wilson s the instruction sheet has an address with no zip code, which puts at before 1963. To millions of needle workers, erica wilson is americas first lady of stitchery. And in contemplating erica wilson, i realized that i have met her.
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