Omtale fra Nielsen Bookdata
Hand painted sock yarns have captured the hearts of countless knitters. Colorful sock yarns are little gems of the knitting universe, providing hours of knitting bliss that result in a luxurious hand-crafted item. Author Carol Sulcoski, owner of Black Bunny Fibers, a popular indie fiber sock yarn source, delves into the mystery of the hand painted sock yarn and divulges its secrets, explains how to make the best of these much-loved yarns, and shows how to knit with success with 20 new patterns designed just with these yarns in mind. Knitters struggle with hand painted yarns.How do you design projects with them versus other types of yarns? How do you avoid the pitfalls of pooling and splotching? How do you combine multicolored hand paints with other types of yarns? "Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn" is designed to provide sock knitters with technical guidance so these wonderful yarns can be used to their best advantage, explaining the differences between various kinds of hand painted yarn and showing how to avoid undesirable effects. Combining her hand dyeing and knitwear designing knowledge, Carol shares techniques and tips to help every sock knitter turn out fabulous footwear.Fun, original sock patterns from a variety of contributors illustrate these techniques. The patterns will be written for widely-available hand dyed yarns so that readers can get the same results, but readers will also learn to identify patterns for their unique yarns.

Review - Nielsen Bookdata
"Some really nice sock patterns, but it's the chapters at the beginning about how to use handpainted yarn that I really love." --KnittingScholar.com Finding the perfect pattern for a skein of hand-dyed yarn can be tricky, but this collection makes it easy with 21 patterns designed to make the most of handpainted yarns. With patterns from new faces alongside top designers like Ann Budd, Veronik Avery and Nancy Bush there is plenty to choose from. The designs use a broad range of techniques to create stunning effects that make the most of the carefully chosen colours in a hand-dyed yarn. From the chevron pattern shown on the cover to a colourwork pattern inspired by a motorcycle shop, there's a great mix of funky and classic patterns. Hand dyed yarns come in a wide rante of styles and colour patterns, so the information at the front of the book is invaluable for anyone who hasn't spent time with a dye-pot themselves. The variegation and pooling which is characteristic of hand-dyed yarns can put some knitters off, so we love that this book not only supplies you with 21 patterns to knit, but in doing so shows you a number of interesting techniques for working with the colour changes in a strongly variegated yarn to create a stunning knit. Even if you prefer to knit your socks in solid colours, the collection is well worth a look as it includes a number of patterns with fascinating and unusual constructions, such as wrapping stitches and invisible horizontal seams, which are useful for all knitters.-Simply Knitting

Forfatterbiografi
Carol Sulcoski is the owner of Black Bunny Fibers, an independent company creating handdyed yarns and spinning fiber. As a knitting designer, she has had designs published by Knitty.com, KnitNet.com, MenKnit.com, MagKnits.com, and in Big Girl Knits. She is a staff member of Rosie's Yarn Cellar in Philadelphia and regularly designs for the RosieKnits pattern live. She is the author of the knitting blog GoKnitInYourHat and is a co-author of Knit so Fine. Carol lives in Villanova, Pennsylvania.