Tudor Roses

ThisvolumeofTudorRosespresentsnewandreimaginedgarmentsbasedontheoriginalTudorRosespublishedin1998.AliceStarmorelookstohistoricalfemalefiguresoftheTudorDynastyasinspirationforherstunningknitwear,andhermodernizationoftraditionalFairIsleandAranpatternshascreatedasensationintheknittingworld.Throughgarmentdesign,StarmoreandherdaughterJadetellthestoriesoffourteenwomenconnectedwiththeTudordynasty.Theyweaveanarrativearoundtheknownfactsoftheirsubjects\'livesusingphotography,art,andtheonlymediumthroughwhichtheTudorwomencouldleavealastingphysicalrecordintheirworld—needlework.TudorRosesincludesfourteenpatternsforsweatersandotherwearablesthatfollowthechronologicalorderoftheTudordynasty.AdifferentmodelportrayseachoftheTudorwomen,fromElizabethWoodville,grandmotherofHenryVIII,throughMary,QueenofScots.Thestunningdesignandphotographyappealstoknittersseekingdesignsthatofferanattractivebalanceofhistoricandmodernelements.,