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Giveaway: My New Book

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colorwork knittingI’m celebrating this week because my latest book has just been released (the technical release day is Wednesday, but my publisher is showing it as in stock).

It’s called Colorwork Knitting, and it features five different kinds of colorwork:

  • working with self-striping yarn
  • knitting your own stripes
  • slip-stitch knitting
  • stranded knitting
  • intarsia

each used on five different kinds of projects:

  • scarves (there’s one cowl, too)
  • hats
  • mitts, mittens or gloves
  • sweaters
  • socks

So in all that’s 25 patterns (all for women) that will bring a lot of color into your wardrobe and some great techniques to your needles. This book assumes you know how to knit but teaches all the colorwork techniques you need, as well as some of the basics of choosing colors. Check out the projects on Ravelry, or flip through the look book (PDF) to see more.

I’m so proud of this book and happy to have it (well, almost) out into the world.

If you’d like a chance to win a copy, leave a comment on this post by the end of the day Sunday, April 5. Let me know what colorwork technique you’re most interested in learning, or what your favorite is, or, heck, just say congratulations. I’ll take it.

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

Comments

  1. I enjoy intarsia. There are so many beautiful color combinations and designs a person can come up with. 🙂

  4. Congratulations are definitely in order!

    My favorite way to do colorwork is stranded. But, I’m learning some brioche color work that is really intriguing.

  5. I recently got a book on brioche knitting, up to three colors in a pattern. I am also interested in learning entrelac.

  6. Congratulations, Sarah! My favorite colorwork is stranded knitting worked in the round. I like to make Christmas stockings with bands of small Scandinavian motifs. It would be fun to try slip-stitch colorwork.

  7. I am interested in a few I have not really done color work unless you want to count color work when there are many colors in the skein.

  9. I like using colors in many different ways: whole rows, blocks, intarsia…. Thanks for the contest.

  11. Congratulations! I’d love to learn any type of color knitting! I’ve tried but haven’t gotten the hang of fair isle yet. I’d love to win a copy of your book for inspiration!

  12. Congrats on the new book!
    I’m interested in slip stitch colorwork…and creating my own stripes.

  14. Congratulations! About the only colorwork I’ve done is knitting with self striping yarn. I would love to win this book and try some new patterns with colorwork.

  15. Congratulations Sarah! Your book is beautiful and I would love to win it. I am new to colorwork, but a seasoned knitter. Thanks for the giveaway!

  19. Congratulations on the book, it looks great! I have knitted intarsia Star wars cushions for my son, but haven’t tried it on a garment yet.

  20. Congratulations! This book looks just wonderful. I’m excited to see your collection of patterns! I’d like to get better at knitting intarsia. Thanks again!!

  22. Congratulations!
    I’m most interested in knitting with self-striping yarn.

  23. I’m too knew to knitting to even know how to answer your question (I’m only just learning to cast on) I have been collecting and Pinning knitting patterns though, for when I get the hang of it all!!

  24. Congratulations! I have knitted socks with self-striping yarn and just recently learned how to do Fair Isle (on a toboggan). I am so interested in expanding my knowledge – I love to try new techniques so I will definitely love this book.

  26. Congratulations on your new book! The pretty colors and projects on the cover are so inviting that I want to stop and read it now! With two new grandchildren, I want to learn all the color techniques, although I’ve done a little Fair Isle knitting. Thanks for this opportunity.

  27. I love really traditional fairisle knitting but find it really difficult – tension issues! Maybe this book would inspire me to try colours again!

  28. I really don’t know how to do colors and have barely ventured into self striping yarns so I would really appreciate this book! Thanks for the chance to win!

  31. I never really tackled any colorwork. I am just gaining confidence carrying color up the edge. Maybe this book is just what I need. Thank you for your generous give away! Knitter’s are the best!

  32. I have been very intrigued with both stranded and slip-stitch colorwork lately. Your book sounds lvery interesting . would love to try out something new.

  35. Congratulations on your book! It looks like an interesting one. I am getting interested in color work, but haven’t done more than slipped stitches on a few projects. I want to do a bit more with slipped stitches, and get into stranded color work.

  36. I’m a newish knitter and recently done a couple of projects with stripes. I love working with more than one color – opens up so many design options and keeps things fresh and interesting!

  37. Stranded knitting – I can’t do it well in the round.
    Congratulations on the publication.

  39. Congratulations on your new book!!! It sounds like a good one we can all use. I have done a little bit of colorwork, but not with a lot of confidence. I would like to learn all of the techniques eventually.

  41. I have just taught myself two color standing, and am currently working on mittens (also a first) almost done with the first mitten so I’m up of learning even more I’d live to get to fair isle skill level.

  43. Since I am a beginner knitter, I only know the basic knit and purl stitch so I am eager to learn all kind of different stitches.

  46. Congrats on the new book… I’ve become pretty set in my ways as far as colorwork, or colors in general. All my knitting appears to be moss green or brown or moss & brown. I just need some inspiration to get me out of my mossy brown rut.

  48. Congratulations on the book! I am interested in color striping with socks. Socks are my next venture in my knitting journey!

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Patchwork Blanket Knitting Patterns

Any time of year is a good time for stash busting, but if you can combine it with knitting a blanket that will keep you warm when it (finally!) gets cooler that’s even better. Let’s take a look at some fun patchwork blanket knitting patterns. 

If you want to keep it super simple, you can just make blocks of garter stitch and sew them together, like the beginner’s patchwork baby blanket from Mini Baa Baa or the color block blanket from Make and Do Crew. Both projects are worked in strips and sew together, with the baby version calling for two strands of DK or light worsted weight yarn held together and the larger one using bulky yarn. 

Add a little more texture with the mixed blocks of the cottage quilt throw from Mama in a Stitch. This one combines garter stitch and seed stitch and uses worsted weight yarn. She used a crochet join to make the chains on top of the blocks, but you can join them however you like. It calls for eight colors but you can use what you have, and there are three size options. 

Get a real sampler style patchwork blanket with this design from Knit Sew Make. It calls for worsted weight yarn and has four size options. All of the patterns just use knit and purl stitches so this one is still pretty easy for beginners. 

If you want a more complex colorwork project that will keep you entertained all season, try the Peace by Piece blanket pattern from Needle and Feather. This one is made up of two color colorwork blocks and calls for worsted weight yarn. You can choose to use just a few of the blocks and repeat them more often, or make multiples of the whole set. 

The knitted patchwork recipe from Martine Ellis (free on Ravelry) uses mitered squares in fingering weight yarn, so it’s perfect for using up all your leftover sock yarn and mini skeins. This one is a tutorial more than a pattern so you can make your blanket as big as you like or keep going until you run out of yarn. 

Susan B. Anderson’s 100 Squares blanket (find it on Ravelry) has a lot of mitered squares, too, but they’re arranged in fun ways and includes some quilt inspired designs as well. This one also is a bit of method more than pattern but it sure looks like a lot of fun for using all the leftovers. 

Of course you can totally improvise a patchwork blanket using the yarn and stitches you like, but I hope these patterns inspire you to look at your leftover yarn in a new way.