About this item
Now in paperback! Imagine a softly striped crib blanket knit in the comforting colors of the nursery. Or a sophisticated cashmere wrap featuring rich jewel tones that set off a favorite black dress. Knitting teacher and author Margaret Radcliffe presents a world of color techniques in a single comprehensive reference that you'll consult every time two or more yarn colors are in play. Stitchers of every ability level will love the color-combining methods and professional secrets revealed in The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques. Multicolor knitting techniques are explained with step-by-step illustrations and photographs accompanied by instructive text. Complete chapters on stripes, stitch effects, succeeding with multicolor yarns, stranded knitting, and intarsia cover the theory and how-to behind each method and offer creative solutions for handling tangled yarn, estimating yarn quantities of each color, holding on to all those ends, and employing stunning finishing techniques.
About the Author
A knitter for 50 years, a designer for 30, and a teacher for 25, Margaret Radcliffe is the author of the bestselling Knitting Answer Book (Storey Publishing, 2005) , The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques (Storey Publishing, 2008) , Circular Knitting Workshop (Storey Publishing, 2012) , and The Knowledgeable Knitter (Storey Publishing, 2014) . In 1997, Margaret founded Maggie's Rags and publishes a line of knitting patterns under that name.
Margaret's books explore knitting techniques in a depth well beyond what's usually presented and do so in a way that makes both the techniques and their appropriate uses clear to readers. As a designer, her specialty is rewarding garments that look complicated but rely on the simplest knitting techniques. As a publisher, she focuses on patterns that help knitters learn new techniques and improve their skills. As a teacher, Margaret enthusiastically teaches everything from beginning knitting to garment design, and is acclaimed for her ability to help all knitters to become independent and creative.
Margaret's many teaching venues include the John C. Campbell Folk School, The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA) , The National Needlearts Association (TNNA) , The Madrona Fiberarts Winter Retreat, Webs, cruise ships and windjammers, and shops and fiber guilds across the U.S. and occasionally in Canada.
For more information on events and knitting patterns visit www.maggiesrags.com
