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)
I would knit Heart Deco – love the distinctive hearts.
I haven’t done much with different colors so I would make Flights of Colour.
Oh I just love Shadowlines but I know I would never get through that. I would go first for Affinity or Flights of Colour (I love that it is spelled with a “u”)
Yarn Tamer
I would knit yarn tamer first, and I have lots of yarns that would look great in the pattern!! 🙂
Heart Deco is gorgeous and I also love colour trail. They are all wonderful patterns!
I like them all! But I would start with Heart Deco.
I love colour trail.
Heart Deco. I like the simplicity of it and the way the hearts interlock.
Definitely Colour Trail.
If I had the time, I think I’d knit Shadowlines, but in reality, I’d probably start with Colour Trail, since the texture looks interesting.
Shadowlines.
It’s hard to pick just one, but I think I’d knit “Shadowlines” first. With the colder temps now, I’m anxious to knit a shawl for Winter. This would be yummy in a Miss Crosby yarn!
I like ve Shadowlines!!
Flights of Colour for me!
So lovely! I really like Shadowlines
I would definitely start with Heart Deco. That is such a beautiful pattern and I have a dear friend who loves hearts!
All of these faves are just beautiful. I’m going to have to get this book, one way or another!
Oh, I love all of the patterns but Shadowlines is so beautiful. You are right, would love to wrap myself in that pretty wrap – love those cables too!
Wow. Great designs! I really like Color Trail, but she does some nice stuff with the hearts!!!
I like the design for the resonate cowl.
Sitting here waiting for our first freeze of the season, I’d really love to do Colour Trail. It looks cozy!
I can’t decide between Affinity or Colour Trail! It’ll have to depend on my mood the day I start … or which yarn I have at the moment — Fingering or DK!! At any rate, they are both beautiful designs.
Definitely shadowlines. I love cables!
Yarn Tamer I think……or Flights of Colour…..
I have a new winter cost. So that means I need someone scarves, right? I’d do Shadowiness first.
Heart Deco, and I know WHO I would make that for,…or Color Trail, and that would be for me!
I’d make Yarntamer! I need a little of that going on…
Heart Deco!!!
I’d start with color trail, but they all look fabulous!
I love the Shadowlines pattern, and would like to make all the patterns in this book!
Ohhhh easy! Flights of Colour! Because if course- colors!!! Can you hear the wollmeise calling out for this pattern?
Oh wow! It’s so hard to choose. I really liked everything I’ve seen so far. But I’m on a cowl kick, so I’d like to cast that on right now. So…having to choose just one, I’ll say “Heart Deco”.
I would knit Affinity- love shawls!
I think I’d pick the Trailblazer to make first.
They all look great.
Trailblazer, because I have been fascinated with garter stitch lately.
I’d probably pick Color Trail because I am enjoying knitting with colors right now and second the Heart Deco Cowl sounds interesting for one of my grand nieces. Thanks for the drawing Sheri.
Love the Heart Decorated cowl.very pretty
It would have to be Yarn Tamer! I fell in love with it the day it appeared on Ravelry.
Love crescent shape shawls so Colour Trail would be my first choice.
Definitely Flights of Color
I’m in love with cowls, so I’d make Heart Deco first!
There are many nice ones, but I’ll pick “Colour Trail”. Or maybe “Flights of Colour”. Or . . . Hard to choose.
I would do yarn tamer…..a fantastic Christmas present!
I love Shadowlines. That would be the first pattern I would knit!
I’ll do colour trail first.
I love Flights of Color! The shape and stripes are just different enough to keep it interesting! Great e-book!
I would knit Colour Trail first. Then Flights of Colour. Third would be Heart Deco. Beautiful patterns!
I think I’d start with yarn tamer – I love wildly variegated yarns.
Colour Trail