OMG, this is GORGEOUS!!

A package just arrived from Amazon, and DH popped it open to bestow upon me yet another wonderful knitting book! Honest, I *told* him not to buy me stuff for Christmas. I really did, but he doesn't pay attention to me a lot of the time.

This one is hot off the presses, knitters, with an official release date that's next week. Knits from a Painter's Palette, from the legendary Maie Landra is a visual feast. Wonderful patterns using Maie's fabulous Koigu yarn, especially the Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino (KPPPM) Lots of patterns for this type of modular knitting are around now, from Iris Schreier in particular, and of course Kaffe Fassett has done beautiful and intricate color combinations in all sorts of fiber media.

The book has a lot of information about Maie and her family, about the dyeing process (there are only 3 dyers??) and with instructions about modular knitting. Here are some of my already-favorite pictures.

This jacket is so gorgeous, though it is in subtle colors and doesn't show its beauty in this picture. Big project, though, some 19 skeins of Koigu.

This one is the Carousel Tunic, one of the more brightly-colored designs that I find pleasing.







Here's another jacket, more formal with the stand-up collar and herringbone design.

This kids' vest is just wonderful, and it isn't just the fact that it features a lot of purples (my very most favorite color). There's an adult version, too.



This cloak is sort of the pièce de résistance, IMO. I love the colors and the black border of each motif makes the colors jump. The odds of me ever making this are non-existent; it would be a long, long project, since it calls for 47 skeins of Koigu. That's 8,225 yards of yarn, weighing over 2300g or more than 5 pounds.