patterns > KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook (ebook)
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Please note, this is an eBook and not a print book! The print edition of the KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook is now available to buy from the official KNITSONIK online shop. Every printed copy of the book contains a unique download code. Entering the unique download code at the Ravelry checkout will enable a complementary copy of the ebook to be downloaded to your Ravelry library.
If you wish to buy an electronic-only version of the KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook, you can do so here on Ravelry.
The book contains:
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full instructions for designing your own stranded colourwork and creating and finishing a useful, amazing swatch which you can keep and admire forever as a design resource
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a large collection of charts based on twelve everyday things: Huntley &
Palmers Biscuit Tin, The Wonders of Electricity (Book), Digital
Recorder, Socks, Art Deco
Factory, My Street, My Commute,
Brickwork, Hops, Walnut, Sloes and Fruitcake -
detailed notes on knitting from these twelve inspiration sources, including large photos of the swatches resulting from the process
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suggested yarn palettes for knitting
those everyday things -
patterns for fingerless mitts based on The Wonders of Electricity and My Street a pattern for legwarmers
based on Hops -
notes on adapting both of those patterns to include your own
original stranded colourwork designs
Design your own stranded colourwork with the KNITSONIK System. In this inspiring book, artist and designer, Felicity Ford shows you how to translate ordinary subjects into extraordinary stranded colourwork with her playful and inventive KNITSONIK system. Discover how to find inspiration in daily life, pick yarn shades based on things you love, and recreate the richness of the world around you through clever shading.
Containing twelve case studies and three accessory patterns, the KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook offers a wealth of tips, tricks and inspiration for you to take your stranded colourwork knitting to the next level. Beautifully photographed and clearly illustrated throughout, this book reveals how everything from factories to fruitcake can be used to inspire knitting projects based on the things, places and plants that you love.
Digital published in November 2014 by KNITSONIK