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Giveaway: Simple Color Knitting

February 22, 2016 by Sarah White

simple color knitting

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

  1. Mary Roberts says

    February 23, 2016 at 6:03 am

    I love to knit..especially baby items.would love new ideas with multi colors..

  2. Judith (from Israel) says

    February 23, 2016 at 7:48 am

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

  3. Claire Ross says

    February 23, 2016 at 8:49 am

    I mostly stick to solid colours so this book would be fun x

  4. Liz Lumsden says

    February 23, 2016 at 9:54 am

    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. Bradi says

    February 23, 2016 at 10:08 am

    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. Helen King says

    February 23, 2016 at 11:20 am

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

  7. Cindy S says

    February 23, 2016 at 11:58 am

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

  8. Deanna says

    February 23, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    It would be great to learn more about working with colors. I love colorful knitted items.

  9. Anne says

    February 24, 2016 at 1:44 am

    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. Sarah says

    February 24, 2016 at 7:47 am

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

  11. Angel says

    February 24, 2016 at 11:50 am

    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. Laura Petrie says

    February 25, 2016 at 2:44 pm

    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. Arianna M. says

    February 26, 2016 at 5:34 pm

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

  14. Sheila says

    February 26, 2016 at 9:06 pm

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

  15. Carmen N says

    February 26, 2016 at 10:59 pm

    I can do stripes and have done some fair isle (still need to work on tension); I really want to learn more – esp with slipped stitches.

  16. Amy says

    February 27, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    I’ve done a few striping and slipped stitch pieces but aspire to fair isle projects some day!!

  17. yarnaddicted says

    February 27, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    I’ve used self-striping yarn and knitted stripes, but haven’t tried fair isle yet, thanks!
    Kim R.

  18. Mona Morehouse says

    December 13, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    I am a novice knitter, so this book would be very helpful to me
    .

  19. Jane says

    February 20, 2017 at 4:20 pm

    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

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Have you read?

A Sweet Skater Dress to Knit

I know knitting a dress sounds like a major time commitment. And that’s before I even tell you that this particular dress, the Sixth Ave Skater Dress by Briana Luppino, is worked in light fingering weight yarn. 

But would you just take a moment to look at it and tell me if it doesn’t look like it would be worth all the time you would spend knitting it? And it’s miles of stockinette stitch so it’s actually beginner friendly and a great semi-mindless knit you can take with you on your travels this summer and wear when it is done. 

The dress is worked from the top down with tank straps, a scoop neck, waist shaping and a flowy skirt for a fun and comfortable fit. 

The pattern has 10 sizes, with finished bust measurements ranging from 28 to 64 inches, or 71.5 to 163 cm. The sample shown was worked with 4 inches/10 cm of negative ease at the bust, and the designer says most people like between 2 and 6 inches/5 to 15 cm of negative ease in the bust and around 10 inches/25.4 cm positive ease in the hips. 

(To refresh your memory, negative ease means the measurement of the garment is smaller than your actual body measurement, while positive ease is bigger than your body.)

To pick a size you’d work from the bust measurement because you can always add more or fewer decreases as you need to get your desired fit at the waist and hips. And because it’s worked from the top down you can try it on as often as you like to make sure it’s the perfect fit. 

The I-cord edgings give the dress a super casual feel, and I think this would be a great one to add to your summer rotation. (Yes, even with a wool blend yarn.)

You can see lots of cute finished versions and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Briana Luppino]

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