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!
I love to knit..especially baby items.would love new ideas with multi colors..
I tend to knit in solid colors because I love to knit cables and other intricate designs.
I mostly stick to solid colours so this book would be fun x
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!
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.
I have only knit with solid colors and variegated yarn but I am looking forward to trying to knit with colors.
I’ve only worked with self striping yarn, but would like to learn to add color where I want it instead.
It would be great to learn more about working with colors. I love colorful knitted items.
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.
I usually stick to solids, but I love the visual effect of stripes and ombres. I’d love to read your beautiful book!
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.
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.
I have mostly worked in solid colours, although I have begun to change colours a little bit recently.
I’ve done a lot of stranded colorwork, but only minimal intarsia and no entrelac. I’d love to master intarsia in particular.
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.
I’ve done a few striping and slipped stitch pieces but aspire to fair isle projects some day!!
I’ve used self-striping yarn and knitted stripes, but haven’t tried fair isle yet, thanks!
Kim R.
I am a novice knitter, so this book would be very helpful to me
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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