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Color by Kristin: How to Design Your Own Beautiful Knits Hardcover – November 3, 2009

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Don’t fear color—embrace it! That’s the message woven all through this illustrated guide to knitting with multiple colors. Aimed at advanced beginners through intermediate knitters, the 20+ projects provided here include clothing, blankets, bags, and lots of home décor items, each bursting with rich hues and textures. Lavish photographs showcase each of the required techniques, while designer Kristin Nicholas’s text explains the theory behind using colors to maximum effect. From the magnificent Fair Isle Pullover to the coordinated Mother-Daughter Mittens to the fun and fabulous Snowflake Pillow, these projects will bring color to every aspect of a knitter’s life.

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Kristin Nicholas is a renowned knitwear designer, decorative artist, and author who was named one of Vogue Knitting’s Master Knitters of the 1990s. Her designs have been featured in Vogue Knitting, Family Circle, and other publications.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sixth&Spring Books (November 3, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1933027835
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1933027838
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.84 x 0.63 x 10.16 inches
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Kristin Nicholas is an artist, author, potter, and designer who lives on a working sheep farm with her husband and daughter in western Massachusetts. Kristin is known for her innovative use of bright colors and textures. Her artwork spans many disciplines - fabrics, needlework, pottery, interior decoration, and more. Kristin is the author of 12 books on crafting, knitting, embroidery, and interior decoration. She has also illustrated many of her own books.

Crafting a Patterned Home is Kristin's newest book - to be published by Roost Books in April 2018. In this new book, Kristin shares her love of pattern, color and interior decoration. She breaks down pattern design into easy building blocks so the reader can design their very own patterns too. There are over 25 projects included which will inspire the reader to add pattern to their home, their walls, their furniture, textiles and even the outdoors including She Sheds.

Kristin's home has been featured in Country Home, Yankee Magazine, Romantic Homes, Cottages and Bungalows, the Boston Globe, and on the Houzz.com website where it was the "Most Popular Colorful House of the Year" in 2012. Check out a video of Kristin and her family and their colorful farmhouse on Houzz.com:

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/4018714/video/my-houzz-an-antique-cape-cod-house-explodes-with-color

Each summer, Kristin hosts retreats on her farm a few times a year where knitters, stitchers, and crafters come to learn about colorwork, design, and living on a working sheep farm. Kristin also teaches on-line knitting and stitching classes on the websites Craftsy, Creativebug, and is the Knitting Expert on PBS' Knit and Crochet Now.

She learned to knit, crochet, embroider and sew as a young girl. For 16 years she was the Creative Director of Classic Elite Yarns in Lowell, MA. She writes the popular farming, knitting and lifestyle blog http://getting-stitched-on-the-farm.blogspot.com/

Kristin and her family own Leyden Glen Farm with a flock of 200 breeding ewes. The sheep are raised for meat with they sell at local Farmers' Markets in western Massachusetts. Their Border Collie Kate, helps herd the sheep and keep everyone in line. Guard dogs Beau and Sadie and guard llama Jeremy try to keep the critters at bay.

Check out her website at www.kristinnicholas.com

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HappyHouseCreates
5.0 out of 5 stars so inspiring!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2010
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I love bold colors and am just learning how to incorporate them into knitting. This book gives color and patterns with additional opportunities to design your own work...from simple scarves and mittens to more elaborate wraps and sweaters...it's so intoxicating! Definitely worth the investment for your library! The steek is such a simple technique yet will undoubtedly change my way of looking at projects as I love to use circular needles and work in the round! Hooray for Kristen! Now I need to start working up swatches...the only trouble is to narrow down the playing field and pick the first 2 or 4 or 10 colors to play with!
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Moonflower1
5.0 out of 5 stars Color by kristen
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2012
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I love this book! It was what I expected and more. The title is perfect - COLOR. Is right - the book is just full of incredible color, beautiful projects, it's one of those books that I want to make almost everything in it. And yes it's a joy just to browse through and take in all the color possibilities, but it is also full of valuable information for making your own projects. I will refer to this book again and again. Love it and highly recommend it.
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C. Antonak
5.0 out of 5 stars Kristin Nicholas does it again!
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2010
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Once again the talented Kristin Nicholas has smacked the world of colorful knitting squarely on the head with her vibrant and exciting book! Browsing through the pictures makes me lust for my needles, a quiet afternoon and a pile of yarn in "eye candy" colors! Not only does Kristin provide detailed, easy-to-follow patterns to recreate her own yarnful items, she empowers the reader by explaining the process of knit construction so you can be the creator of your own colorful masterpieces! This lovely book looks great on the coffee table, in your bookcase, and, better yet, next to your knitting station! Thanks, Kristin, for putting this yummy book in our hands!
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Bonnie Brody
4.0 out of 5 stars COLOR, COLOR, COLOR!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2009
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I love books on color theory, especially if they also include some patterns that illustrate and support the theory. This book is just my cup of tea. Chapter 1 is called 'The Joy of Color'. The color wheel is illustrated with yarn samples which makes it more accessible to the knitter. There are instructions for how to use the color wheel as well. The second chapter is on Fair Isle Knitting with instructions on how to do two-color knitting and working in the round. It also includes a section on the steek, that magical and scary knitting technique. The author, Kristin Nicholas, does a good job in the section called 'Designing Fair Isle Knits'. She also includes a whole section of different Fair Isle patterns in the back of the book.

The patterns in this book are lovely. Think COLOR, COLOR, COLOR. My favorites are the child's zip-up cardigan, the Best Friends Pullover for girls, and the Marrakesh Market Pillows. The layout and photography in the book are beautiful.

Whenever I purchase a knitting book I ask myself these three questions:

1) Do I want to knit any of these projects?

2) Are the instructions clear?

3) Is the book a good resource?

The answer is 'yes'. However, this is a book primarily for experienced knitters. The patterns will be overwhelming for any beginner or even some intermediate knitters. The book is a good resource for anyone and it is great eye candy for all knitters.
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J. KANDA
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2010
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I enjoy having this book and read it a lot. I am making a blanket in the spirit of the 'hearts' blanket, for Project Linus. It is so much fun playing with color using Kristin's wisdom as my guide. I want to make everything in this book. It is such a lovely item to have in my home. When I read it, I feel like I'm taking a private class on color with Kristin at my house. Worth every penny.
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ZenCatPottery
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fair-Isle/Intarsia book
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2010
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I LOVE this book! There are a lot of wonderful designs in it for everything from sweaters (adult and child) to cup warmers, to a tea cozy, to bags/totes to a gorgeous womens' jacket/coat. The colors used by the author are terrific, but the book also features photos of alternate color choices. It gives extensive directions on how to design your own intarsia patterns using graph paper and also on how to embellish those designs with embroidery, etc.
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Karin K
5.0 out of 5 stars Color by Kristin
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2013
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This was a gift to my daughter Kristin. I almost didn't give it to her as I enjoyed it so much myself. The author has such a fine feeling for the art of knitting. She has a lot to do with manufacturing the yarn described in the book. I have made several of the mittens in the book and they are smashing! Yes, I'd recommend this book to a knitter or anyone who studies color. It is a winner !
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Carolina
5.0 out of 5 stars Hermoso libro
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2020
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Es un libro hermoso! Y la autora explica todo con detalle lo ame!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Très beau livre- Excellent vendeur
Reviewed in France on February 23, 2024
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Vendeur de toute confiance et en plus très beau livre. Parfait. Merci.
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5.0 out of 5 stars De segunda mano. Satisfecha
Reviewed in Spain on January 28, 2020
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Lo compré de segunda mano. En buen estado. Siempre es interesante tener libros de referencia.
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ute s.
5.0 out of 5 stars Mein Lieblingsbuch!!!
Reviewed in Germany on February 18, 2015
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Dieses Strickbuch ist mein absolutes Lieblingsbuch! Wunderschöne Strickanregeungen, das Buch hat sehr schöne , ansprechende Bilder : da will man sofort loslegen! Es gibt dieses Buch ( wie die meisten anderen wirklich guten Strickbücher ) nur auf Englisch. Man kommt aber gut in die englisch geschriebenen Anleitungen im Laufe der Zeit rein, es gibt im Internet auch gute Seiten die spezielle Begriffe ins Deutsche übersetzen. Ich habe da mit meinem Schulenglisch eigentlich keine Probleme. Ich finde dieses Buch so toll, weil wirklich aussergewöhnlich schöne Strickteile darin sind. Für jeden etwas : Dekosachen für die Wohnung, für Kinder Schals und Pullis und für Frauen Pullis und Handschuhe , Socken für die ganze Familie...Das Besondere an diesen Strickteilen ist wirklich die Farbe : unglaublich wie bunt und fröhlich alles aussieht und fotografisch wunderbar in Szene gesetzt! Das Buch bietet zusätzlich zu den Strickvorschlägen noch eine Fülle von Charts in sämtlichen Größen ( von Charts über 4 Maschen bis 30 Maschen ) die man in sämtliche eigene Strickideen einbauen kann. Auch besondere Maschenanschläge die ich bisher noch in keinem Buch gesehen habe werden erklärt.
Für absolute Strickanfänger ist dieses Buch sicher weniger geeignet, aber für erfahrene Strickerinnen ist dieses Buch ein wirklicher Schatz an Ideen!
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Anne L. Macmullen
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy colour, Happy Knitting
Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2010
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I not only enjoy the color in Kristin's book, but I like the way she writes and knits on a very personal level. As I knit the colorful socks and practice all the great patterns in her book, I feel as if I know her and that she is knitting along with me.

As well, this is a great book of instruction for stranded knitting. Although I have not knit with color before, I have no trouble following her charts and patterns. This book is fun, informative and inspirational. If you like to work with color, you will like this book.
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Z. Armstrong
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous colours and pictures
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2010
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I bought this as a present for my mum and she loves it. The book is full of amazing colours and the patterns are stunning. If your not fond of fiddly knitting or changing colourways, then this probably isn't the book for you, but if you are, I would definitely recommend it. Kristin clearly understands colours and how they work, so her patterns are taseful and work well. This could easily be a good coffee table book too, as it's just so nice to browse through! Good for using up left over bits of yarn as well! Color by Kristin
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