Our designer friend Louise (who does Inspiration Knits patterns and has designed for our Giftables Club) has published her first book! Called Knit Play Colour, it is full of wonderful designs and ways to adapt them when you want to “play” with the pattern a bit and make it more your own. Lots of options and choices. For more about Louise, you can read the Designer Spotlight blog post that we did on her last year. One thing about Louise – she is always thinking up great new variations for her patterns, and this book showcases that.
I found several “must make that” patterns as I was going through the book. Here are just a few of my favorites:
Flights of Colour (I love patterns that use more than one color. It’s fun to come up with different combinations):
Colour Trail (This looks like a great pattern for multi-color yarn. And I always have a lot of that.):
Shadowlines (That just looks luscious to wrap up in, doesn’t it?):
Heart Deco (Pretty cowl and cool heart design in there.):
Louise has offered to give one of our blog readers a free e-book copy. Just leave a comment below and tell us which pattern you’d pick first out of the book (see the patterns here and/or buy yourself or a friend a copy at this link). We’ll draw a name next week to win the free copy.
Sheri whohasatoknitlistthatcontinuestogrowinleapsandbounds
(all photos copyrighted by Jesse Wild, used with permission)
Flights of Color or Heart Deco, can’t decide!
I would knit colortrail
This looks like a fun book! I really liked the Flights of Colour pattern. Wouldn’t that look great with a bunch of Loopy Hues gradient mini-skeins? 😉
Definitely Affinity.
I love the Heart Deco cowl. It’s lovely:)
Flights of Color has caught my fancy.
ooohh…would i ever love to win a copy of louise’s book!! how to pick just 1 to cast on first… resonate? heart deco? umbra? they’re all great!! 🙂
Hmm to pick one would be too difficult but if i had to I would go with the one called colour trail I know I have yarn this would be perfect for
Colour Trail for me!
Oh that Colour Trail. I need to make me one of those!
I love the Heart Deco pattern!
I would choose Flights of Color. I love how the colors work together.
Affinity is very pretty.
Love Shadowlines! It looks lush and perfect for winter.
I like Colour Trail!
I think the Flight of Colour would suit a dear friend of mine! Lovely.
I love the Shadowlines wrap! It looks so warm & cozy!
That’s hard. I love all that I see…so I think I will go with Heart Deco.
The Heart Deco cowl. Thank you for the giveaway.
So hard to choose, Color Trail with a skein of fall reds, orange and yellow.
Flights of Color
I like the Yarn Tamer pattern.
I’d probably go with Color Trail or Shadowlines. I have a TON of multi colored yarn, and I love working with cables.
I like the Colour Trail shawl. Beautiful
Definitely Shadowlines!
I would love to knit the Affinity….or Flight of Color…UGH! I cannot decide. Should probably make both.
Affinity looks like fun – I love playing with textures in a semi-solid pattern.
I think I’d have to pick Yarn Tamer first!
Colortrail. The pattern looks like it would look great in a lot of my stashed yarns. Thanks.
Definitely Colour Trail.
I would do the flights of color first
I love love love Heart Deco!!!!!
I love all of them, but Colour Trail jumps out at me! Thank you! Stephanie (indigodogmontana on Rav)
I would love to make flights of color. I too love using more than one color.
I would love to make flights of color. I too love using more than one color.
Heart Deco looks great.
Wow! Love all the patterns. I am having a hard time choosing between Affinity, Color Trail, and Yarn Tamer. They all look so lovely.
Beautiful patterns … Looking forward to exploring a new designer!
I would love to make Shadowlines…for everybody I know.
I would have to start with shadowlines – it looks so cozy!
Heart Deco so pretty!
Heart deco!
Heart deco
The texture of Shadowlines is so beautiful!
All the patterns look great!
flights of colour definitely
Very nice!
I think I would choose Flights is Colour.