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Giveaway: Color Knitting with Confidence

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color-knitting-with-confidenceLast week I told you about the newish book Color Knitting with Confidence, which is a fun book for knitters who are new to the techniques of knitting stripes, slip stitch knitting, stranded knitting, intarsia and double knitting.

It has some really cute projects and would be great for a knitter looking to build some skills on easy accessories.

This week I’m giving away my copy.

For a chance to win, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, February 1 (man, that doesn’t seem possible already!). Why don’t you tell me which style of colorwork is your favorite, and/or which one you would most like to learn.

Thanks for commenting, visiting and sharing, and good luck!

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  1. Intarsia and Fair Isle terrify me and I’d like to become proficient in those as well as double-sided knitting………sometimes these concepts are extremely confusing and intimidating…….hopefully this author has made the journey less stressful……………

  8. I would love to learn any of the forms. Right now the only way I know how to knit color is when the yarn is variegated.

  9. I’ve never done any kind of color work in knitting but it looks beautiful and I’d love to learn how to do it the right way. Thanks for the opportunity to win this book!

  11. I’d like to be more comfortable knitting with multiple colors without changing the tension of the fabric.
    Thanks!

  14. I would live to learn double knitting and improve my skills with changing yarn for striped patterns! Cheers! Kalen

  17. I’m a bit colour-phobic, for no good reason. I’d love to have a prompt to start working with colours. Double knitting sounds the most intriguing thing

  19. I’ve avoided Fair Isle for long enough-it’s about time that I give it a try. And I like double knitting too.

  20. As a self taught knitter and no mentors around I learn techniques by books and I would love to learn color knitting Fair Isle as well as Intarsia! I just knit my first Celtic Cable sweater which turned out gorgeous ! I am ready to do a color extravaganza sweater … I have my yarn I just need guidance… Thank you for the opportunity to get this material in time.

  21. I just learned fair isle and now know there is so much more to learn. Bring on the challenges!

  24. I’ve barely dipped my toe in colorwork with some stripes and slipped stitch pieces. I really want to learn stranded colorwork.

  30. What a great giveaway. I would love to learn Fair Isle and Intarsia. Thanks for the chance to win.

  31. I enjoy stranded knitting and have set goals to learn and perfect my intarsia and double knitting.

  35. I will learn double knitting this year, no matter what. I have a few patterns I want to make that use this style.

  37. I’m still a new knitter and hadn’t considered learning color work just yet, but ohhh, that color wheel is calling my name!

  39. I would find it very useful to have a reference book with all these techniques. I want to knit a glove pattern that uses stranded knitting technique, so I need to learn asap. 🙂

  40. I’ve done limited amounts of color knitting, but would love to learn more, especially intarsia, which I’ve dabbled in, just scratching the surface. The patterns on the cover of the book have really whetted my appetite to see what’s in between the pages. Thank you so much for the giveaway!!

  41. I want to learn how to change colors and do intarsia or anything with lots of colors. It makes me nervous to think of trying it!

  45. I am pretty good at intarsia and working on learning Fair Isle. Color work is fascinating not only for the technique, but also for the different effects you get combining different colors. Thats what I am always looking to learn more about!

  46. I’ve tried Intarsia with mixed results. I have a great pattern waiting for my granddaughter and could definitely use the help from this book.

  47. This is a perfect book to share with my mother; she is my knitting teacher. Thank You, CraftGossip

  49. I would Love to win this book! I am always looking for new and interesting projects, this looks very interesting to me! Thank you for the chance to win this very informative book!

Have you read?

Calcifer Knitting Pattern

I don’t know if you all know this about me, but I’m a huge fan of the Studio Ghibli movies and the books that inspired them. Calcifer, if you don’t already know, is an important character in the book and the movie Howl’s Moving Castle, which is one of my daughter’s favorites (though she did like the book better thanks to some changes that were made for the movie).

Whether you’ve got a Ghibli (or Diana Wynne Jones) fan in your house or you just want to knit a roaring fire to sit in your fireplace in the off season, the Calcifer Knitted Plushie from Kamila Hernandez Firl is here for you.

This irresistible pattern is super cute even if you aren’t familiar with the story (which I won’t spoil for you, but you should check it out!).

The pattern calls for DK weight yarn in eight different colors, for of which make the colors of the flame, two browns for the log and black and white for details. You’ll also need some black embroidery thread for finishing the details on the face. The project is worked in the round, with the flame and the log worked separately, stuffed and sewn together. The general instructions for the pattern are written, but the color changes (and some shaping on the flames) are shown in chart form, so you should have some familiarity with reading and following charts before you start this one.

It’s well worth learning how to do it if you know someone who loves Calcifer, or even just to make a pretend play “campfire” for your kiddos who aren’t old enough to know who Calcifer is yet. They’ll thank you later.

This pattern is free to download on Ravelry, so go check it out and get ready to stitch up some firey fun.

[Photo: Kamila Hernandez Firl]

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