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100 1 _aBarsaloux, Elsa Schappel,
_d1875-1924
245 1 0 _aUtopia yarn book
250 _aFourteenth edition.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-05-02
508 _aRichard Tonsing, Aaron Adrignola, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Utopia yarn book" by Elsa Schappel Barsaloux is a practical treatise on knitting and crocheting written in the early 20th century. It serves as a clear, manufacturer-backed instruction and pattern manual, pairing foundational stitch lessons with fashionable projects—especially sweaters—designed for Utopia-brand yarns. Aimed at both beginners and experienced crafters, it stresses simplicity, efficiency, and stylish results. The opening of this manual introduces the Fourteenth Edition with promotional remarks about Utopia yarns, then presents a comprehensive toolkit: standardized abbreviations for stitches and colors, hook and needle size guides, and step‑by‑step instructions for core knitting and crochet techniques (casting on, knit/purl, increases/decreases, binding off, buttonholes; chain, slip, single/half double/double/treble crochet, Afghan stitch, picot edgings). It adds practical finishing methods and small motifs (buttons, daisies, roses, cherries, leaves), plus joining techniques and sampler patterns in both crochet and knit. From there, it moves straight into detailed garment directions, offering multiple filet-crochet and sport sweater designs with materials lists, sizing, and row‑by‑row construction for backs, fronts, sleeves, belts, collars, cuffs, shaping, and assembly—clearly signaling the book’s blend of instruction and ready‑to‑make patterns right from the start. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Henry E. Frankenberg Co., 1919
653 _aCrocheting
653 _aKnitting
653 _aKnitting -- Patterns
653 _aCrocheting -- Patterns
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/utopiayarnbookbe00bars
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78583
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