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One of the reasons knitting and colorwork master Melissa Leapman first learned to knit was her wish to make one special project—a sweater using Fair Isle technique. Now, for the first time, she brings her passion for advanced color knitting to knitters who want to knit with any and every color of yarn they can wrap around their needles.
Conquer classic stranded knitting, “draw” images in yarn using intarsia, and make two projects in one with reversible double knitting. Leapman’s clear instruction proves that knitting with multiple colors may appear more complex, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. She includes the quickest, easiest, and most intuitive methods for each technique, using knowledge honed over years of color knitting workshops with knitters from across the country.
Once you’ve learned the basics, practice your new skills by creating projects for yourself, your friends, and everyone on your gift list. Each chapter includes a handful of sample projects to get you started, a Designer Workshop that teaches you important concepts in every designer’s toolbox, and a pattern treasury of unique patterns to apply to projects of your own creation—more than 50 patterns and 12 projects in all.
Throughout, Leapman’s helpful collection of how-tos, diagrams, tips, and hints (including a refresher course in color theory to help you choose the perfect color combinations) makes Mastering Color Knitting the book you’ll turn to for information and inspiration time and time again.
Conquer classic stranded knitting, “draw” images in yarn using intarsia, and make two projects in one with reversible double knitting. Leapman’s clear instruction proves that knitting with multiple colors may appear more complex, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. She includes the quickest, easiest, and most intuitive methods for each technique, using knowledge honed over years of color knitting workshops with knitters from across the country.
Once you’ve learned the basics, practice your new skills by creating projects for yourself, your friends, and everyone on your gift list. Each chapter includes a handful of sample projects to get you started, a Designer Workshop that teaches you important concepts in every designer’s toolbox, and a pattern treasury of unique patterns to apply to projects of your own creation—more than 50 patterns and 12 projects in all.
Throughout, Leapman’s helpful collection of how-tos, diagrams, tips, and hints (including a refresher course in color theory to help you choose the perfect color combinations) makes Mastering Color Knitting the book you’ll turn to for information and inspiration time and time again.
About the Author
MELISSA LEAPMAN is a widely published knitwear designer whose patterns have appeared in every premier needlework publication in the country, including Vogue Knitting, Knitter's, McCall's, Family Circle, Better Homes and Gardens, and Interweave Knits. She has been a featured guest of HGTV's Sew Much More and is a knitting and crochet host in the DVD series I Can't Believe I'm . . . (Leisure Arts). Leapman is the author of several books including Hot Knits, Cool Crochet, Cables Untangled, Continuous Cables, and Color Knitting the Easy Way. Nationally, her knitting, crochet, and design workshops are popular with crafters of all skill levels.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mastering Color Knitting,
This review is from: Mastering Color Knitting: Simple Instructions for Stranded, Intarsia, and Double Knitting (Paperback)
I bought this book on the strength of the five star recommendations from the reviewers. After trying to make some samples from this book, I feel compelled to contribute my opinion to the reading community on this book.I find this book has the following deficiencies: 1. Small fonts. I need my 'office' progressive glasses enhanced with clip-on magnifying lenses to read this book. 2. Lack of photographs or drawings to illustrate complex handling of multiple yarns. For example, the section on 'Intarsia in the Round' has three alternatives. They are all complex. None of them has any illustrations. Each one of the alternatives desperately needs an illustration! 3. Errors and omissions - Here are just a few examples: Page 82 - 'Drop the old yarn to the left of the new one, then pick up the new one from underneath the old one, bring it over the new one, and begin knitting.' Pardon me, bring the new yarn over the new yarn? Page 132 - On casting on, '... make a slip knot on the right-hand needle. The slip knot does not count as a stitch and will be dropped once the piece is finished.' That being the case, I cast on the prescribed number of stitches not counting the slip knot. I followed the instructions to the end. My sample still has a safety pin dangling from the slip knot in the lower corner. I have not found any mention on how I should drop the slip knot. Page 135 - 'on Side 2 alternately knit one stitch worked with B and purl one stitch worked with B.' I thought I was knitting with two colors. Which B is color A? I followed the instructions in the Double Knitting section to make a sample coaster. Twice the piece turned out with garter stitch on both sides instead of stockinette stitch. Frustrated, I Googled 'Double Knitting video', found a few videos, watched a couple, and I was able to double knit correctly. However, to be fair to the author, she does offer some treatment on casting on, at the sides, and binding off that are different from the YouTube videos. The author may be an accomplished knitting designer herself and is well published. However, I believe the intent of an instructional book is to pass on her expertise to the un-initiated. To this end, I believe the author has fared poorly. Hence, my rating of two stars out of five.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Makes Colour Knitting Clear,
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This review is from: Mastering Color Knitting: Simple Instructions for Stranded, Intarsia, and Double Knitting (Paperback)
This book is wonderful. It has clear illustrations, photos and instructions. The colour wheel section is very nice, it seems fresh even though it's been done in so many other books. The designer notes have great tips for choosing placement of colours on a garment.The sample colour work charts are great, there are so many ways to put them together and make something gorgeous. The projects also look fun and show off the techniques beautifully. This is now my go to book for colour knitting.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book!,
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This review is from: Mastering Color Knitting: Simple Instructions for Stranded, Intarsia, and Double Knitting (Paperback)
If you were thinking of adding colour to your knitting this is the book. It explains how to change colours in easy steps. Then it shows you three different styles in which to add colour to your knitting. Including Fair Isle, Intarsia and double knitting. It includes patterns and graphs for each. A good starter book and a good reference.
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