Learn the Art of Mixing Yarns for Beautifully Blended Knits!
• Take the guesswork out of combining yarns, for knock-out results
• Explore fashion yarns with more than 300 garter and stockinette color pairings
• Learn to use the 9 basic yarns-from cotton to ribbon and mohair to wool
• Discover Color Harmony and learn how to coordinate colors for every season
Kathleen and Nick take the mystery out of color harmony by exploring easy-to-understand color and texture relationships, with lots of full-color photographs to inspire all your knitwear projects. The book includes 8 seasonal knitting patterns, each with 2 or more yarn combinations. Includes a chapter on how to substitute yarns.
Reviews
Review Yarn Marketing News - January 1, 2008
"There are so many ways fibers can be paired, it's sometimes overwhelming for knitters to figure out how to mingle variegateds with solids, slubs with smoothies, novelties with classics. The Grecos have taken the guesswork away in this 330-swatch-strong reference--categorized by seasonal spectrums--that highlights marriage material for myriand yarn types and hues. Substitution, the color wheel and a bit about basic fiber characteristics preface the samples. Display the book next to a compatible hodge-podge of slow- and hot-selling skeins and watch what happens."
Review By: Megan Lock, craftcritique.com - May 19, 2009
"... It explicitly describes the various yarn types and their properties, including characteristics, variations, seasonal
preferences, project ideas, average weight range, troubleshooting, compatible pairing yarns, and additional comments. There are photos of knitted samples that show the differences in pairing different types of yarns. It's very useful if you're looking to start a project and you want to add some depth to your project by mixing yarns together. There is a section devoted to pairing colors regarding the seasons. The different color pairings are explored for each season. Lastly, there are some patterns, if you'd like to try your hand at yarn pairings."
