KNITOVATION IS HERE!
It’s here! I’m so very excited for the brand new release of my talented friend Andrea Rangel’s newest book - Knitovation Stitch Dictionary!!!! The Knitovation Stitch Dictionary ”includes more than 150 brand new colorwork motifs to expand knitters' creative possibilities and draw them further into the world of stranded knitting with clever, quirky, and beautiful motifs including botanicals, animals, and geometric patterns.” But that’s not all it is. Andrea includes that and so much more!
Andrea has written an invaluable and trustworthy resource that both sparks a knitters imagination and demystifies knitting modern colorwork motifs. Knitovation guides you through choosing the right yarn for colorwork as well as how to incorporate the motifs into patterns “you” create. It brings a fresh joy to any knitters library and really - who can say no to feeling inspired by such a wonderful book filled with motifs to satisfy any whim!
Knitovation also includes three projects in the book that “provide lessons in combing and shaping colorwork motifs to create finished projects with dimension”. You’ll find patterns for a garment, fingerless mitts and a hat. Andrea has provided these patterns to knit as is or you can use your imagination and modify her ideas to use different motifs and more!
My favourite section of the book is Chapter 1 - Knitting in Color. In this chapter you’ll find tons of information all about choosing yarn for colorwork. The yarn gallery is a wonderful resource and so very helpful for those of us who love visuals to show a motif worked on many different types of fibres and how it changes. Brilliant!
In the “extras” section of the book you’ll find abbreviations, and a very helpful techniques glossary with written and visual illustrations for topics such as color dominance, catching floats, short rows and more!
I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR:
Knitters who love colorwork or who are interested in learning a new technique/skill and having fun while doing it.
YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK IF:
You knit....lol. It's that good.
MY FAVOURITE THINGS ABOUT THE BOOK ARE:
Andrea provides a fabulous section in Knitovation called “yarn yallery”. She shows a plethora of fibres all with the same motif. It’s a great learning resource for colorwork and how to choose which fibres for which types of colorwork projects. Andrea has a knack at making what can be an intimidating skill to knitters seem approachable and doable. As with Alterknit, I adore the motif selection provided!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN A COPY OF KNITOVATION?
Visit our Instagram page here at @soveryshannon to enter to win a copy! Giveaway is open to Canadian and US residents only. Giveaway closes October 25th, 2023, midnight PST.
Looking for more of Andrea’s work?
You can find more patterns and books by Andrea Rangel on her website here - www.andrearangel.com and on Instagram @AndreaRangelKnits.
Knitovation is available now at your local LYS & bookstores as well as online retailers.
Two images shown above are © Andrea Rangel. Rest of images in post © Shannon Cook.