A plain brown envelope...

... arrived at the post office last week and it was for me!

Inside I found a copy of this....

Color Style is the latest collaboration from the dynamic design/editing duo of Pam Allen and Ann Budd. As expected, the selection of designs created by a tasty collection of A-List designers is causing me to dig about my stash. A few that really caught my eye are...

Peace and Love Gloves by Veronik Avery

Honeycomb Turtleneck by Deborah Newton

Faux-Embroidery Yoke Sweater by Robin Melanson

My contribution to the book was the Fun Flower Mittens...

Lately, small projects have been making me the happiest and I know I am not alone. With small knittings more focus can be paid to new techniques and/or special finishing without being overwhelmed and giving up. I would suggest this as a good first Intarsia project for an otherwise semi-experienced knitter. There is just enough colour changing going on that it will be a challenge. However, the small scale makes it very manageable.

The beads are easily applied after all the knittin' and stichin' have been completed. I like the way they create interest and "shine" to the otherwise flat, lusterless wool. A little bit of bead yin to yarn yang...

I'll repeat here what I shared on Ravelry about this project...

I have always loved Intarsia knitting! I know many will look at this as a daunting project, but I say pshaw! A main key to enjoying Intarsia is to do away with those stupid plastic thingies that are sold for the process— I personally think that they were developed in vengeance by a man who felt he was second to his wife’s knitting! For larger areas of colour, simply make yarn butterflies— doesn't that sound lovely?

Here is a web site that does a great job explaining…