Alice Starmore
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Alice Starmore (née Alice Matheson) is a professional
Life and career
Growing up in a traditional Scottish fishing community with
In 1978, Starmore was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship, under which she travelled to
In 1991 Starmore founded Windfall Press, which began with knitting titles and moved to Scottish Gaelic.
Starmore put on an art exhibition called "Mamba" at An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis during Summer 2008. She has appeared at a number of textile and knitting events, including the Dutch Stitch 'n' Bitch Day (Rotterdam, 2006) and I Knit London's Weekender (September 2009).
Starmore photographs the natural world, particularly birds and insects, and she contributes to publications of the British Dragonfly Society.
Her daughter Jade is a professional needleworker and artist, and has published her own books.
Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting
Starmore is best known for her book on
Published works
- Starmore, Alice. Aran Knitting (Interweave Press US, 1997. Expanded edition Dover US 2010).
- Starmore, Alice. Scandinavian Knitwear (Bell & Hyman UK, 1981)
- Starmore, Alice. Knitting from the British Islands (Bell & Hyman UK, 1982)
- Starmore, Alice. Children's Knitting From Many Lands, (Bell & Hyman UK, St. Martin's Press US, 1983)
- Starmore, Alice. Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting (Taunton Press US, Blandford Books UK, 1988) (Also published as: The Fair Isle Knitting Handbook, Blandford Press UK, 1990)
- Starmore, Alice. Sweaters For Men (Pavilion BooksUK, 1988)
- Starmore, Alice. The Celtic Collection (Anaya, UK, Trafalgar SquareUS, 1992)
- Starmore, Alice. Charts for Colour Knitting (Windfall Press, UK], 1992, expanded edition Dover US 2011)
- Starmore, Alice. Fishermen's Sweaters (Anaya UK, Trafalgar Square US, 1993) (Also translated into Swedish and published as: Fiskar-Tröjor, Raben Prisma, Stockholm 1995)
- Starmore, Alice. Celtic Needlepoint (Anaya UK, Trafalgar Square US, 1994)
- Starmore, Alice. In The Hebrides (Windfall Press US, 1995)
- Starmore, Alice. Stillwater (Windfall Press US, 1996)
- Starmore, Alice. Pacific Coast Highway (Windfall Press US, 1997)
- Starmore, Alice. Tudor Roses (Windfall Press US, 1998, expanded edition Calla Editions, 2013)
- Starmore, Alice and Jade Starmore. The Children's Collection (Interweave Press US, 2000)
- Starmore, Alice. Road Movies Volume 1 (Windfall Press UK, 2008)
- Starmore, Alice. Glamourie (Calla Editions, 2018)
References
- ^ Starmore, Alice. Submerged oviposition behaviour in the Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer) on the Isle of Lewis Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-0-7134-1432-5.
- ^ "Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting (review of)". About.com, part of The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ "Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting". Knitters Bookshelf. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ de Luca, Alessandro (31 March 2012). "Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting". Yarns of Italy. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ Stillman, Michael (October 2012). "Sex and Rage: BookFinder Issues Its Annual Report of the 100 Most Sought After Old Books". American Exchange. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.