Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn Author:Carol Sulcoski Providing technical guidance as well as fun, creative patterns, this resource tackles handpainted yarns, identifying the many challenges?and many opportunities?they provide�for knitting socks. Focusing on how to make the most of these much-loved yarns, it explains how to�design projects with hand-dyed material versus other types of yarns, how to... more » avoid the pitfalls of pooling and splotching, and how�to combine multicolored hand paints with other types of yarns. Fresh, modern sock patterns from a variety of contributors illustrate their successful techniques, showing that with creativity and a little technical know-how, knitters can fully take advantage of these beautiful, yet sometimes tricky, yarns.« less