Today we're excited to dive into color and bring you new patterns from Louise Zass-Bangham of Inspiration Knits. Louise has written a new book, Knit Play Colour, that takes a collection of patterns and shows you how you can take an idea and push and pull it into different directions for different effects.
We are always playing with color and mixing up new color combinations, so we love the spirit of Louise's new book.
Featured on the cover is Affinity, which stripes two skeins of fingering weight yarn. Depending on what you choose, the effect can be wild or subtle. Of course we had to have something a little wild - Shiruku, a merino-silk blend, in one of our wildest colorways, Perfectly Wreckless. Louise has paired it with a lovely semi-solid purple from SweetGeorgia but we can also suggest Shiruku in Dusk.
Her "Play" suggestion includes experimenting with multiple textures instead of multiple colors for a totally different effect.
All non-yarn photos copyright Jesse Wild.
Here's Shiruku in Perfectly Wreckless and Dusk together:
Flight of Colour is a shallow triangle scarf, striped in three colors in the original pattern. We love to put three colors together - we do it all the time - and Louise gives great tips for choosing a winning combination. By beginning with a favorite color and adding a dark and a light neutral, you're sure to have both good contrast and a harmonious overall effect.
Louise's "Play" suggestion is for adding lots more colors - incidentally perfect for lots of leftovers or a Polydactyl Set, which is what she created her second sample in. For more ideas on selecting colors, check out Louise's blog post.
And here's the Polydactyl Set in Soul Food:
The book is now available via Louise's site or on Ravelry. If you want to find out a little more about Knit Play Colour, you can join us for the rest of the blog tour. The next stop is Knitted Bliss.
We're also running a little giveaway. To be entered to win a digital download of the book, comment here by the end of the day Friday, October 9th (be sure to leave your email address so we can contact you). What unexpected color combinations do you love? Are you willing to take a chance on color, or would you rather play with textures?
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I would rather have the color and let the yarn do the work for me. Texture has some interest but I find that after I master the stitch I am bored and won’t finish the project. However with color I am excited to see if the end result matches what was in my head!
I adore your yarn. Will be wearing a sweater to Rhinebeck that still makes me smile every time I see the interplay of the colors!
I love working with lots of colors. I always have trouble picking out what looks the best so I just buy your color set. However I would love a mystery set option.
I love color; but I find myself constantly drawn to the same palette when choosing for myself. I need to be pushed/shoved to be more daring!!
I love color! I really am not fond of orange, but am finding it is a great pop of color with otherwise neutral palettes. I have an abundance of purples and blues and am using chocolate and pink to spice them up.
I LOVE playing with color! I’m sort of notorious for picking color combinations that most people think are ugly but that I think somehow miraculously work. This book sounds right up my alley.