Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn

Handpainted 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 handpainted 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 handpainted 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 handpaints 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 handpainted yarn and showing how to avoid undesirable effects. Combining her handdyeing 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 handdyed yarns so that readers can get the same results, but readers will also learn to identify patterns for their unique yarns.

Reviews: "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

"Ever fallen in love with a skein of handpainted yarn, only to be disappointed with the way the sock turned out in the end? This book explains [their] special features."-Knitty.com

Carol Sulcoski is the owner of Black Bunny Fibers, an independent company creating hand-dyed 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 (Potter Craft). She is a staff member Rosie's Yarn Cellar in Philadelphia and regularly designs for the RosieKnits pattern line. She is the author of the knitting blog GoKnitInYourHat and is a co-author of Knit So Fine (Spring 2008).