Kristin Knits - 27 Inspired Designs for Playing with Color by Kristin Nicholas - Hardcover
Add some colorful fun to your crafting! Kristin Nicholas applies her magical way with color to stunning new designs that bring knitting alive. Concentrating on 27 patterns for hats, mittens, scarves, socks, and sweaters, Nicholas uses her distinctive palette to create knitted art. Believing that everyone can have fun with color, Nicholas encourages you to develop your own unique designs. Get inspired and experiment with different yarns and color combinations as you knit cozy creations that showcase your personal style.
From the Inside Flap
If you're confident with the needles, but still feel a little unsure about improvising with color, now you can learn to develop your personal fiber palette with Kristin Nicholas. She enthusiastically guides you through the process of harmonizing colors and textures to create knitted garments that are personal, contemporary, and stunningly beautiful.
Nicholas encourages every knitter to look all around--in a flower-filled park, at an art museum, in a child's picture book--for colors that please and inspire. Work those colors into your knitting with wide or narrow stripes, surprising bobbles and fingers, or basic embroidery stitches that lend playfulness to even the simplest patterns. Experiment with your wildest ideas. You can always unravel what doesn't work!
Play with your new color freedom with 27 Kristin Nicholas patterns. Make your knitting sing with the warm, vibrant colors for which Nicholas is famous, or take inspiration from her to find your own color language. Either way, the results will shine!
From the Back Cover
If you're confident with the needles, but still feel a little unsure about improvising with color, now you can learn to develop your personal fiber palette with Kristin Nicholas. She enthusiastically guides you through the process of harmonizing colors and textures to create knitted garments that are personal, contemporary, and stunningly beautiful.
Nicholas encourages every knitter to look all around—in a flower-filled park, at an art museum, in a child's picture book—for colors that please and inspire. Work those colors into your knitting with wide or narrow stripes, surprising bobbles and fingers, or basic embroidery stitches that lend playfulness to even the simplest patterns. Experiment with your wildest ideas. You can always unravel what doesn't work!
Play with your new color freedom with 27 Kristin Nicholas patterns. Make your knitting sing with the warm, vibrant colors for which Nicholas is famous, or take inspiration from her to find your own color language. Either way, the results will shine!
About the Author
Kristin Nicholas was named one of Vogue Knitting's Master Knitters of the '90s and has designed knitwear for Vogue Knitting, Family Circle Knitting, and other major magazines. She is the author of Colorful Stitchery and three other books on knitting. Kristin lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and assorted farm animals.
- Product details
- Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC; First Edition (October 31, 2007)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 158017678X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1580176781
- Item Weight : 2.25 pounds
