One of the reasons knitting and colorwork master Melissa Leapman first
learned to knit was her wish to make one special project--a sweater
using Fair Isle technique. Now, for the first time, she brings her
passion for advanced color knitting to knitters who want to knit with
any and every color of yarn they can wrap around their needles.
Conquer classic stranded knitting, "draw" images in yarn using intarsia,
and make two projects in one with reversible double knitting. Leapman's
clear instruction proves that knitting with multiple colors may appear
more complex, but it doesn't have to be difficult. She includes the
quickest, easiest, and most intuitive methods for each technique, using
knowledge honed over years of color knitting workshops with knitters
from across the country.
Once you've learned the basics, practice your new skills by creating
projects for yourself, your friends, and everyone on your gift list.
Each chapter includes a handful of sample projects to get you started, a
Designer Workshop that teaches you important concepts in every
designer's toolbox, and a pattern treasury of unique patterns to apply
to projects of your own creation--more than 50 patterns and 12 projects
in all.
Throughout, Leapman's helpful collection of how-tos, diagrams, tips, and
hints (including a refresher course in color theory to help you choose
the perfect color combinations) makes Mastering Color Knitting the
book you'll turn to for information and inspiration time and time again.
