Stranded Color Knitting (Book)

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Are you interested in learning more about Fair Isle knitting? Have you ever wanted to knit a Norwegian sweater but didn't want a tangled mess knitting with more than one color of yarn? Maybe you’ve tried to knit with more than one color and your work was puckered and uneven. Perhaps learning to use knitting charts or picking a color scheme intimidates you.

Stranded Color Knitting is a technique-packed 36 page booklet that helps knitters become skilled at two-color knitting or stranded color knitting, including Fair Isle knitting.

Two patterns are included: the Easy Colorwork Cap pattern shown on the cover was specifically written with extra details to help new color knitters. The Norwegian Star Hat is a traditional Nordic design using three colors.

Stranded Color Knitting discusses the difference between Fair Isle knitting and other forms of two-color knitting. Chapters include: Stranded Color Knitting vs. Intarsia, Choosing Colors and Yarn Substitutions, How to Hold the Yarns, Floats vs. Weaving, Knitting from Charts, Tension Problems, Color Jogs, Blocking Your Knitting, and Dealing with the Yarn Ends. This booklet includes everything from how to use a strickfingerhut or knitting thimble to how to deal with three and four color rows in a pattern.

Black & white photos are used to illustrate the techniques and six pattern graphs are included. Stranded Color Knitting also includes an annotated bibliography including pertinent books on Fair Isle and other types of stranded color knitting, magazine articles, and a list of recommended web sites that are helpful for stranded color and Fair Isle knitters.