The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques: Multicolor Yarns, Plain and Textured Stripes, Entrelac and Double Knitting, Stranding and Intarsia, Mosaic and Shadow Knitting, 150 Color Patterns

Now in paperback Imagine a softly striped crib blanket knit in the comforting colors of the nursery Or a sophisticated cashmere wrap featuring rich jewel tones that set off a favorite black dress Knitting teacher and author Margaret Radcliffe presents a world of color techniques in a single comprehensive reference that yoursquoll consult every time two or more yarn colors are in play Stitchers of every ability level will love the color-combining methods and professional secrets revealed in The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques Multicolor knitting techniques are explained with step-by-step illustrations and photographs accompanied by instructive text Complete chapters on stripes stitch effects succeeding with multicolor yarns stranded knitting and intarsia cover the theory and how-to behind each method and offer creative solutions for handling tangled yarn estimating yarn quantities of each color holding on to all those ends and employing stunning finishing techniques A final chapter describes more unusual techniques such as helix shadow mosaic and modular knitting.