Alice Starmore’s Glamourie (Calla Editions)

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Glamourie is a Scots word meaning a charmed condition in which the whole lot is invested with magical properties and possibilities. On this unique book, Alice Starmore leads us into the realm of glamourie and — like the witches of Gaelic folklore — casts spells with needles and a single thread. Taking her daughter Jade’s supernatural stories as inspiration, she uses the art of hand knitting to bewitch and bedazzle, and illustrates the tales with elaborate costumes and accessories that portray fanciful and bizarre ideas.　
In creating these costumes, she has powerfully demonstrated the glamourie that may glide from the twin wands of a master magician.
While the first half of this book is an unrestrained flight of fancy, the second one half incorporates full instructions for knitting beautiful garments based upon each and every costume, all written with Alice Starmore’s trademark accuracy and precision.　　
By developing each and every of these patterns from its associated costume, she has revealed how her mind works and how her imagination led her from the initial inspiration through to the final design.
Alice and Jade Starmore are from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, and its moody Celtic landscape is the backdrop to the stories, costumes and designs they’ve created. The final stage of Glamourie was once to take their creations back out into that landscape to be photographed. They trekked to special locations, far off the beaten track, and Jade’s spectacular photographs depict both the sweeping panorama and the minute detail of their beloved native isle. Three years in the making, this combination of photography and fable, of highly conceptual design and practical instruction, will enchant not only knitters but also those in the fashion and costume world and readers fascinated by Scottish and Gaelic legends.


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