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Giveaway: Pop Knitting

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win a copy of pop knitting

The winner is Trish!

Pop Knitting by Britt-Marie Christoffersson is not a new book (it was published in 2012), but it is one of those books that I just love and that I wouldn’t be giving away if I hadn’t been sent an extra copy (thanks, Interweave/F+W!)

This book is so much fun, chock full of colorful inspiration and a multitude of ways to add pop to your knitting.

In this case pop oven means color, but also fun textures, like those cool circles with a different color inside you see on the cover.

Flip this book open to any page and you’ll see something interesting; more often than not it will probably be something you’ll want to play with.

Some random examples: using slipped stitches and intarsia to for a welted fabric with contrast color circles, making waves of contrasting color and texture across a fabric by picking up stitches 7 rows below the working row, knitting in different directions and different colors in garter stitch to make a woven openwork fabric and playing with shortened and lengthened rows to make a hodgepodge, stash-busting fabric that looks like a work of modern art.

This is a book for a swatcher, for the adventuresome knitter who isn’t afraid to add a motif to a knitting pattern or strike out on their own to create something amazing. Or just use it as a coffee table book that, if nothing else, will inspire you to play with color and stretch your idea of what knitting can do.

If you’d like to win a copy of this one, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Dec. 21. Why don’t you tell me your favorite color combinations for knitting? I’m really loving gray with anything bright right now.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing and good luck!

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  2. I have a few knitting books in my collection, but I would love to have Pop Knitting. I’ve been knitting sweaters & vests for myself for over 20 years. I now have a 23 year old daughter who has 2 kids. So now I knit for the grannies. Maybe, I’ll be lucky and no one else will comment. (-)
    My website is not really published yet and it’s school related rather than about crafts.

  4. I also love grey with bright colors. I just finished a muffler with grey and a Christmassy Red. I am rather new to mixing colors, so this book would be most helpful!

  8. knitting a cobblestone baby vest at the moment that is cream and this gorgeous soft bluey green I just want to eat it up, so delish.

  12. I love to see pink’s and greys together, but I don’t believe they suit me. I’m usually in different greens and yellows. But I still would love to own the book.

  13. I’ve been in a teal phase for a while and have decorated for Christmas with teal, purple, and gold. Love the idea of this book. Thanks for another wonderful giveaway!!

  20. Purple’s always been my go-to, but lately it’s been orange and yellow (sometimes with purple thrown in for good measure). But it really boils down to “for whom is this being made with love?”…

  23. I think I’ve covered the full spectrum of colours through my years of knitting, but always customizing patterns, or trying different things just to see if they turn out and suit the person they are being made for…

  24. I need a new afghan for my living room. I’d love to do one in shades of burgundy and green using techniques from this book!

  25. I really love any color combo. I just try to tailor it to the person I’m giving the handmade gift too so they like navy and yellow, I use navy and yellow.

  26. I like cream, black ,pea green ,mustard, and red im just starting a modified version of Antler by Tincanknits with this color combo.! Book looks awesome !

  28. Purple and bright green are my favorite colors – I want to make a “Pop” scarf with these two colors!

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    I like working with blues and greens to represent the sky and grass or with blues and beige to represent water and sand.

  31. I love bright color combinations like purple and hot pink, turquoise and lime green and orange and pink just to name a few. I would love this book, anything different is fun for me!

  33. I am also mostly a green/blue/purple person but one colour combo I keep thinking about is dark gold or burnt orange with creamy white. Would sure love to see/have this book!

  35. I like purple and green together, especially if they are of the same intensity and brightness. A warm ochre color with a deep purple is also very nice.

  39. Blue and yellow – my current favorite combination. They look so bright and balanced together.

  41. I am knitting a sweater right now that is black and gray but has turquoise and green to contrast. It is going to be gorgeous when it is done.

  42. I love blue and brown together, red and gold, and burnt orange and navy.
    Looks like an awesome book! I’d love to try it out!

  43. I love the colors I’ve been seeing in the sky lately- that dark blue/grey steel (clouds) with scattering of the dried gold (leaves) against it! Would be fun to use the techniques in the book to try to capture the color combinations.

  46. Looks like a beautiful book – the kind you savor over and over again, trying out new techniques and color combinations, getting ideas…
    One of my favorite color combinations (for now) is any shade of aqua, from light to dark, with colors like coral, lime green, peach. I am definitely a fool for color!

Have you read?

Practice Colorwork on a Cute Knit Bunny

Sometimes I feel like knitters get intimidated to try new things because they think they need to start with a big project. Your first time working in the round doesn’t need to be a sock, and your first colorwork doesn’t need to be a sweater, for example. You can find little projects that use the skills you want to learn to build your confidence before you move on to something that requires more time commitment.

This adorable knit bunny, for example.

The colorwork bunny from Knit Picks was designed by Amy Munson and is a kind of bowling pin shaped bunny complete with a knit hat, contrasting inner ears and a little stranded colorwork on its body. Note that the ears are attached the the hat not the bunny, but you could stitch them to the bunny if you’d rather.

It’s worked from the bottom up and also has a tiny pompom tail you can’t see in the picture but it’s a really cute touch. There are a variety of little fair isle patterns to choose from to make the best bunny for you.

The bunny comes out about 8 inches tall (or just over 20 cm) and use several colors to complete the colorwork, depending on the design you choose.

You can purchase the pattern by itself from Knit Picks, or make a kit that includes sport weight yarn in all the colors you need for your creation. There are gray and brown options for the main body of the bunny, but of course if you’re using your own yarn you can make it whatever color you like.

Once you’ve tried colorwork (maybe also working in the round and shaping if those are skills you haven’t used before) in a little project like this you’ll be ready to take on something bigger in no time.

Check out the pattern on Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]