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Laura Farson

Born: 1950 in St. Charles, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Farson lives in Springfield, IL

Biography: Laura Farson is ''The Entwined Knitter''. She teaches basic and twined knitting workshops and designs patterns for knitted accessories. Laura has authored three folded-flower quilt books. Her ragged-edge flowers have been seen on the PBS shows ''Kaye's Quilting Friends'' and 'Quilt Central TV.' She has given workshops and lectures for ''Professional Quilter Magazine''. While living in Springfield, Laura taught her quilting techniques to students in both Central Illinois and the St. Louis areas. Farson currently resides in Colorado.


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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: Farson
Website: http://theentwinedknitter.com
Laura Farson on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=laura+farson


Selected Titles

Fast-folded flowers :
ISBN: 0873492536 OCLC: 47851179

Krause Publications, [Iola, Wisconsin] : ©2001.

Folded flower quilts and bags /
ISBN: 0715318675 OCLC: 61258878

David & Charles, Newton Abbot : 2004.

Knitting Scandinavian slippers and socks
ISBN: 9781604684858 OCLC: 978886049

Martingale & Company, Bothell, WA : ©2012.

Knitting Scandinavian slippers and socks /
ISBN: 1604680490 OCLC: 749870119

Martingale & Company, Bothell, WA : ©2012.

  New twists on twined knitting :
ISBN: 9781564778703 OCLC: 294885511

Martingale & Co., Woodinville, WA : ©2009.

Projects: Practice project: media case or wrist warmers, blue-and-white striped neck gaiter, basic blue-and-white checked hat, striped hat variation, three tweedy scarves, thick 'n' thin brown hat, drawstring tote and hat in variegated yarns, traditional textured hat, stitch-sampler hat, nubby headband, clutch purse, traditional Swedish sail hat, frosty-morning hat, frosty-morning mittens, frosty-morning socks, green striped mittens, traditional mittens, natural heather-striped mittens, holly-leaves-and-berries hat, practice project: wrist warmers, tiger-striped socks, flower-border bag, water-bottle holder.

Ragged-edge flowers :
ISBN: 0873495004 OCLC: 50493896

Krause Publications, Iola, WI : ©2002.

 

 

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