--- product_id: 48723935 title: "Charts for Color Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)" price: "33408CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/48723935-charts-for-color-knitting-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # 4 global-inspired pattern sections Full-color photos of knitted swatches 400+ intricate charted designs Charts for Color Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) **Price:** 33408CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🧶 Chart your way to color mastery with timeless global patterns! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Charts for Color Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) - **How much does it cost?** 33408CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/48723935-charts-for-color-knitting-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Artist’s Palette in Print:** Nature-inspired color guidance encourages you to become the creative visionary behind your projects. - • **Versatile Crafting Resource:** Adapt charts beyond knitting—perfect for weaving, embroidery, and other fiber arts. - • **Trusted Authority’s Collection:** Curated by Alice Starmore, a world-renowned knitting expert, ensuring quality and authenticity. - • **Global Inspiration at Your Fingertips:** Dive into traditional and original motifs from Europe, Russia, South America, Japan, and Celtic art. - • **Master Color Knitting with Confidence:** Clear, practical instructions empower both beginners and advanced knitters to create unique designs. ## Overview Charts for Color Knitting by Alice Starmore is a definitive collection of over 400 charted designs inspired by global traditions and original creations. This Dover edition includes four thematic sections, practical instructions for incorporating color, and vibrant photos of knitted swatches. Ideal for knitters of all levels, it also serves as a versatile reference for other crafts like weaving and embroidery, making it an essential resource for creative professionals seeking to elevate their fiber artistry. ## Description In the course of her career as an internationally recognized authority on knitting design and instruction, Alice Starmore has acquired a remarkable collection of charted designs for color knitting. This treasury features a choice selection of her source material, arranged into four parts: (1) Traditional patterns from Europe, Russia, and South America (2) Adaptations from textiles and other art, including Japanese porcelain and Celtic metalwork (3) Alice Starmore's own geometric and nature-inspired originals (4) Practical instructions that explain how to incorporate these motifs into unique designs. Suitable for beginning as well as advanced color knitters, these charted designs can also be adapted to other crafts, including weaving and embroidery. The first U.S. publication of Charts for Color Knitting, this new and expanded version explains how to incorporate color into your work and features color photographs of knitted swatches created expressly for this Dover edition. Review: Great source of patterns - This is a lovely book, there are pages of instructions on how to centre the patterns, and stuff you need to think about in pattern placement, lots of information about how colours work together, what things to think about etc. Plus absolutely loads of pattern charts from many different parts of the world. Its a great source of inspiration, but it is not a knitting book, it does not give you pre-prepared patterns for you to knit, it is a reference book. What colours you choose, what thickness of wool, how to use the patterns is absolutely up to you. Prepare to be inspired and go for it. Review: Sensible, non-scary ways of knitting rainbows - I'm an unashamed Alice Starmore Groupie. I love the straightforward way she dives into things, the sensible advice and instructions, the clear charts and enthusiasm for colour and nature that threads through her work. This book didn't disappoint at all. Pages and pages of clear, helpful charts - some intricate and fussy, some tiny, simple and pleasing - in neat 'page packages' from around the World. There were no patterns as such for garments but some great instructions for designing your own that made me itch to crank up an Excel page and start something - or grab a pencil at the very least! If you're expecting colour wheels and detailed information of what colour goes with what, you won't find it. You're gently pointed in the direction of the sky and hills - Nature is the colour palette here and the Knitter is the artist. The whole book is filled with encouragement, colour and infectious enthusiasm. Well worth the money and I'm so glad it's part of my library. ## Features - Warning:Not suitable for children over 36 months - Dover Publications ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 277,778 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 830 in Knitting (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 672 Reviews | ## Images ![Charts for Color Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91AYBlDT3pL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great source of patterns *by V***N on 27 August 2018* This is a lovely book, there are pages of instructions on how to centre the patterns, and stuff you need to think about in pattern placement, lots of information about how colours work together, what things to think about etc. Plus absolutely loads of pattern charts from many different parts of the world. Its a great source of inspiration, but it is not a knitting book, it does not give you pre-prepared patterns for you to knit, it is a reference book. What colours you choose, what thickness of wool, how to use the patterns is absolutely up to you. Prepare to be inspired and go for it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sensible, non-scary ways of knitting rainbows *by M***G on 19 October 2011* I'm an unashamed Alice Starmore Groupie. I love the straightforward way she dives into things, the sensible advice and instructions, the clear charts and enthusiasm for colour and nature that threads through her work. This book didn't disappoint at all. Pages and pages of clear, helpful charts - some intricate and fussy, some tiny, simple and pleasing - in neat 'page packages' from around the World. There were no patterns as such for garments but some great instructions for designing your own that made me itch to crank up an Excel page and start something - or grab a pencil at the very least! If you're expecting colour wheels and detailed information of what colour goes with what, you won't find it. You're gently pointed in the direction of the sky and hills - Nature is the colour palette here and the Knitter is the artist. The whole book is filled with encouragement, colour and infectious enthusiasm. Well worth the money and I'm so glad it's part of my library. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ serious beginner designing *by C***E on 18 March 2012* Charts for Color Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) The book is actually called 'Alice Starmore's Charts for color knitting - New and Expanded Edition' - where 'Dover knitting, crochet, tatting Lace' comes from is anyone's guess. Alice Starmore was born in The Outer Hebredes and is a professional designer and knitter. And - the samples of finished items shown in colour photographs in the book show off her own brand of 2 and 3 ply strands of wool. BUT DO NOT LET THIS PUT YOU OFF! The book is a lifetimes shared knowledge and wisdom to us at home or in business. The book contains the methodology of how to design your own pattern, using single motif patterns to allover pattern sweater to horizontal border to vertical panel sweaters. Patterns as she says can been gleaned from any other objects as well as the traditional ones in the knitting world. i.e. carpets, textiles, ceramics. Colour is suggested that the knitter takes from Mother Nature (and of course there is plenty of suggestions on the internet). As she says it is best to explore themes. When I say 'design' the author starts off with your tension swatch (ie exampled by her own) using intarsia method or knitting the entire background and then using swiss darning on top or how about using the combination of both methods? The measurements of a sweater you wish to achieve are demonstrated and actually shows you how to get the number of stitches to start your project, and then suggests the consideration of how to then apply your own unique design or a pattern repeat from the book on to it, in a sensible way so that shoulders or sleeves when they meet look like a continuation or naturally meet - the tricky bit (where to change the pattern to suit your design). So she demonstrates by a drawn measurement plan and how to calculate the knitting instructions. It also means you can use your own wool 2 or 3 ply wool and not necessarilary her own branded wool. As she says quote 'my aim is to provide you with a clear guide to the process involved..... I invite you to 'look over my shoulder' as I design a small collection of sweaters which will serve as a guide for applying patterns to your designs'. The author uses a simple drop shoulder pullover shape that becomes the basis for understanding more complex shapes. Also included in the book are traditional patterns from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia and South America. Its disappointing that she has not included traditional fair Isle patterns from the UK. Do they exist? 'Adapted Patterns' are taken from traditional objects i.e. Celtic 'key' patterns from ancient manuscripts and stonework; Japanese sashiko stitching and carpet patterns. The patterns exampled are Celtic, Greek, the Caucasus, Middle East and Far East, the traditional patterns you would expect to see on or in buildings, tile patterns, archeology etc on holiday. Another chapter gives you sample patterns on themes ie birds and flowers; sea and shoreline; the inner landscape as single motifs or all over patterns. Over all this is a great reference revision book for us knitters at all expereince levels even if you feel you are an inexpereinced knitter this explains the patterns that you buy! Afterall knowledge is the power to understand and enrich our lives..... Happy designing... mine stays as part of my reference library! ## Frequently Bought Together - Alice Starmore's Charts for Color Knitting: New and Expanded Edition (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) - Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting (Dover Crafts: Knitting) - 200 Fair Isle Motifs: A Knitter's Directory --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/48723935-charts-for-color-knitting-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/48723935-charts-for-color-knitting-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-08-22*