introduction

1. Color matching
Choosing the right yarn for your color scheme
Real Gallery
Color matching knitting tips
2 Motifs & Swatches
3 patterns
Project design with color motif
Dome shaped beanie
Parrot-patterned half-gloves
Midnight Garden Pullover
4 Other things to know
Key Knitting Techniques and English Abbreviations
Technique Description
5 Find out
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Acknowledgements

A pattern drawn clearly with a background color and an accent color
150+ Infinitely Useable Knitting Motifs

If you're a knitter who can follow the pattern instructions from start to finish, there will come a point where you'll want to get creative with your own designs.
This book, "Knit Ovation," contains over 150 motifs that can be freely applied to any knitting, based on horizontal color knitting.
Whether you incorporate this motif into a simple, flat shawl or scarf, a more complex garment, or something as delicate as gloves or socks, the choice is yours.
You are free to repeat the same motif from beginning to end, or to insert it in just one point.

The introduction of this book provides important yarn selection tips for color-block knitting, a yarn gallery where you can see at a glance the results of knitting the same motif with various yarns, and tips for effective color-block knitting.
The Motifs & Swatches chapter, which takes up most of the book, contains chart designs of repeating patterns and samples of actual knitted swatches.
The second half of the book includes patterns and knitting instructions for three items—a beanie, mittens, and a pullover—along with explanations of how various motifs were used in actual designs, concluding with an explanation of key techniques and an index.


Designs and patterns utilizing color motifs
?Design secrets to combine and transform to suit the purpose of the project
Patterns in various sizes that can be copied as is

Some readers may vaguely think that color matching is difficult.
But if you can knit a solid color, you can also knit a patterned color.
If you think of it as simply filling in a blank chart with motifs you like, it's surprisingly not that difficult to color-code.
Depending on the knitting style you want to do, draw a chart of the area where you want to add the pattern, and then select an appropriate motif from this stitch dictionary based on the required number of stitches and stitches.
If you wish, you can modify some of the motifs and even combine several motifs.


This book contains three example projects that demonstrate the process of designing hand-knitted pieces using color motifs.
A beanie made by repeating one motif and finishing it with a dome-shaped nose, half gloves with different motifs on the back of the hand, palm, edges, and thumb gusset, and a top-down sweater with a modern pattern combining two large motifs on the yoke show how to modify or combine the motifs included in this book.
Of course, if you are a beginner, you can just follow the instructions and knit it.
By trying these projects, you will naturally get a feel for color matching.


From elegant and sophisticated motifs to humorous and kitschy ones.
A versatile stitch dictionary that can be used on any item.

As befitting an artist known for his vivid patterns that he freely draws like graphic design, the motifs in this book are modern and sensuous.
It creates an intuitively recognizable pattern using only two colors: a background color and an accent color.
Although it is designed by one artist, it contains a variety of motifs, from small and delicate patterns to cool and bold patterns, so you can choose and create the look you want.
The sizes of the repeating motifs also vary. There are small motifs such as the 'Little Puppy' that repeat in 5-count, 5-column units, or the 'Artemis' motif that repeats in 6-count, 5-column units, the 'Phases of the Moon' that repeat in 37-count units, the 'Chess' motif that repeats in 48-count units, and large flower patterns such as the 'Sunflower' or 'Marigold' that repeat in 42-46 count units.


In addition to plant motifs such as flowers, leaves, and trees, which are often used as knitting motifs, the use of unique materials such as familiar animals, fairy tale characters, and abstract images also attracts attention.
"Pigs Fly", where a pig floats through the clouds, and "Fat Cat Manager", which depicts a cat in a company uniform, are humorous, while "Bohr's Atomic Model" and "Multiverse" are interesting choices of unusual subjects.
It's fun to just think about how to use these motifs.
How about incorporating a sock-shaped "foot buddy" motif into your knitted socks, or a Halloween sweater with a "pumpkin in the front porch" or "ghost" motif? Wouldn't a large cushion or blanket be a perfect match for a chess piece that requires a lot of stitching? Flipping through the pages will surely spark a flood of ideas.