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Hot !!! Was reviewed in
the Summer 2003 Issue of Spin Off magazine |
- "How to Select Color Palettes for Knitting
- and other Fiber Arts"
- by
Nancy Shroyer
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 This booklet thoroughly, yet easily
explains how to use the color wheel and apply it to your fiber project. If you
have always wanted to know how to use this great tool but were unable to, due to
the complexity of the topic, this is the
book that will allow you to finally understand how to select colors.
"Knitting with more
than one color can be like painting a picture. The colors you choose can be
soothing, exciting, dull, etc. They can blend or contrast or just look horrible
together! Of course, you have the freedom to choose any colors you wish.
You may find inspiration in the world around you, in another
 fabric,
or in a painting. But if you have problems choosing colors that end up
being pleasing to the eyes or a fabric that is balanced, then this booklet
might help you."
It includes a 5" Color Wheel made by
EK Success (K1C2's wheel)
and has 24 pages. 5.5" x 8.5" (with a
plastic comb binding so you can keep the book open) in black & white text with a
laminated color cover.
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The second book includes a Fair Isle vest pattern
and is entitled:
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- "From Swatch to Blocking
- -An Adventure in Fair Isle Knitting - "
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by Nancy Shroyer
A manual on techniques and color planning.
It includes a vest pattern in 8 finished sizes 37" to 51".
"This manual and pattern developed from a class on
Fair Isle knitting that I teach. If you are a beginner in color
work, this is a good pattern to start with. The long text may at first seem
daunting, but it breaks down all of the steps into detailed instructions. This
booklet contains more explanations and descriptions of techniques and methods
than a standard pattern.
I designed this particular vest pattern because I could
incorporate a number of techniques in a project that could be completed in a
relatively short time. I purposely made it a cardigan so you would have to learn
button bands and button holes. With front bands and armhole bands you will learn
a special technique I have developed for covering the cut steek stitches. And
with 4 steeks, you will have plenty of opportunities to get over any fear you
may have for cutting your knitting. When you have completed this lesson/pattern
you will have the skills to knit any two-color knitting pattern.
The vest on the cover of the manual was the original
blue/violet one that I made. This pattern does not have specific colors in the
design. That way you can pick from the many color ways that have been developed
or pick your own. You can make the vest a few times, and it will never look the
same way. Please look at our sample swatches from this pattern. We sell the all
of the yarn to make vests based on the swatches in kits. When you purchase a
kit, this book is included.
Click here to see the sample
swatches.
Fair Isle knitting is a great adventure. Watching the
pattern build with each row of subsequent colors is addictive – you will always
want to finish “just one more row.” It is my favorite type of knitting and I
hope it will become yours, too."
Nancy Shroyer
This book is 8-1/2" x 11" and contains 20
pages of text and 3 pages of graphs. Plastic comb binding.
Retail Price - $12.99
Visit our Fair Isle Vest Kit
page which includes this book!
Go to our Vest Patterns page for more details
