Providing technical guidance as well as fun, creative patterns, this resource tackles handpainted yarns, identifying the many challenges--and many opportunities--they provide for knitting socks. Focusing on how to make the most of these much-loved yarns, it explains how to design projects with hand-dyed material versus other types of yarns, how to avoid the pitfalls of pooling and splotching, and how to combine multicolored hand paints with other types of yarns. Fresh, modern sock patterns from a variety of contributors illustrate their successful techniques, showing that with creativity and a little technical know-how, knitters can fully take advantage of these beautiful, yet sometimes tricky, yarns.
✦ Table of Contents
CONTENTS......Page 5
The Road to Handpainted Happiness......Page 7
About Multicolored Yarns......Page 8
Class by Color......Page 13
Two More Color Tips......Page 15
Color Me Confident......Page 17
Repeats......Page 18
Pooling Be Gone!......Page 22
PATTERNS......Page 26
Longbourn Socks......Page 28
Zigzag Anklets......Page 32
Punctuated Rib Socks......Page 36
Staccato Socks......Page 42
Copper Penny Socks......Page 46
Color Collision Socks......Page 50
Split-Toe Sweethearts......Page 54
Whirlpool Socks......Page 60
Herringbone Rib Socks......Page 64
Schooner Socks......Page 68
Corrugated Stripe Socks......Page 72
Flame Thrower Socks......Page 76
Chevvy......Page 80
Spot-Check Sock......Page 86
Potpourri Sock......Page 90
Spread Spectrum......Page 94
Braided Gem Sock......Page 98
Escher Socks......Page 102
Goldengrove Socks......Page 106
Rib Fantastic......Page 110
Switcheroo Socks......Page 114
Glossary......Page 118
Sources......Page 125
Bibliography......Page 126
Contributors......Page 127
Index......Page 128