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Giveaway: Simple Color Knitting

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Patrice is the winner!

I’m a big fan of color knitting — I’ve written a book on it! — and I love books that help encourage knitters not the be afraid of using colors in their projects.

Erika Knight’s Simple Color Knitting does just that. It’s a pretty gentle approach to working with color that starts with things like stripes and working with two different colors held together to make an ombre effect.

It also covers stranded knitting, intarsia, slipping stitches and add color with duplicate stitch and embroidery.

In all there are 20 patterns (including one that’s actually a solid color), and these are pretty nice, entry-level, introduction to color knitting technique kind of patterns. It’s maybe not a book for people who are already comfortable with many of these methods for adding color to knitting, but if you want to stitch more colorful projects and don’t know where to start, this book is a good place.

One winner this week will get a copy of this book.

If you’d like it to be you, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Feb. 28. I’d love to know where you are in terms of color knitting experience. Have you only worked with multicolored or self-striping yarn, or maybe knit stripes or tried some other techniques? Or maybe you’re a pro and want to gift this book to someone else? Either way I’d love to know.

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

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Comments

  2. I tend to knit in solid colors because I love to knit cables and other intricate designs.

  4. I just started knitting last month. I love self striping yarn. I have knitted socks in a solid color and would love to see what this book has to offer. I will have to check it out if I don’t win it, I will buy it!

  5. I am currently working on my first color project. As usually I challenge myself instead of starting out easy. I am knitting a sports team logo on a sweater for my husband and have to figure it out as I go.

  6. I have only knit with solid colors and variegated yarn but I am looking forward to trying to knit with colors.

  7. I’ve only worked with self striping yarn, but would like to learn to add color where I want it instead.

  9. I I bought the book in French… It is gorgeous. I love self striping yarn but would like to do more. If I win the book I will give my French copy to a friend.

  10. I usually stick to solids, but I love the visual effect of stripes and ombres. I’d love to read your beautiful book!

  11. I pretty new to color knitting. I have tried Fair Isle and Mosaic hats before. I’m not very good with stripes and the color changes at the end of a row. I would love to knit with color more, but am timid when it comes to picking out colors to go together.

  12. Erica Knight is one of my favorite designers and I have made several of her sweaters. Now, I am halfway through my first fair isle sweater.

  13. I have mostly worked in solid colours, although I have begun to change colours a little bit recently.

  14. I’ve done a lot of stranded colorwork, but only minimal intarsia and no entrelac. I’d love to master intarsia in particular.

  19. I have always loved colors, which began with a box of 100 crayons. That is why I love yarn and knitting with all the variables of color and texture. I’ve always been attracted to fair isle knitting for the designs. When we traveled the Netherlands, I was so excited to see the wools and creativity.
    Jane spence

Have you read?

Knits with Sheep

It felt like it had been a while since I’d done a roundup of knitting patterns involving sheep, and if search is any indication, that is true. I found a roundup of patterns for knit sheep from a few years ago, but the only one with v I could find is from 2015. So it’s definitely time to revisit this fun genre of knitting patterns.

This all started with a headband. Alyssa Kaat’s Icelandic Sheep Headband (free on Ravelry) to be specific. Ravelry showed it to me as a pattern highlight and I couldn’t resist taking a closer look. It’s worked with two colors of worsted weight yarn and alternates sheep with stars around your head.

Another great sheepy headband is this one from Loch Fyne Crafts on Etsy. These sweet little sheep are worked in bulky yarn and you can make the background look like field and sky or work it in a solid color.

Or make a headband (or a hat, cowl, or all three) covered with a flock of sheep with this set of patterns from New Age Knitting CA. These pieces also use the field/sky coloring, but you can use whatever colors of worsted weight yarn you like.

Speaking of hats, there’s also the sheep hat from Lynann Knits Designs. The sample was worked in Icelandic wool to make the sheep and the hat extra fuzzy and warm, but any worsted weight yarn will work.

There’s also the Wandering Sheep hat from Kat Hudon (on Ravelry), which features a fun collection of speckled sheep that can be worked in different yarn weights to make different sizes of hats for kids and adults.

And lest you think sheep need to be knit in traditional stranded colorwork, check out the Rebel Sheep Mob blanket by Deborah Moore. This one is worked in mosaic knitting using fingering weight yarn. In mosaic knitting you’re only working with one color per row so it’s pretty easy. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

I can’t possibly share sheep knitting patterns without mentioning the amazing Black Sheep Shadow Shawl by Mark Jamieson. Shadow knitting is a technique I want to do more of, but it involves working two rows alternating in two different colors and the pattern emerges when you look at the design from an angle. It’s so cool and the sheep on this one are amazing! It’s not a beginner project but well worth the work. You can find it on Ravelry or at the designer’s website.