There are so many great books about color knitting that it was hard to limit myself to just a handful to talk about in this post (I'm sure I'll share more as this exploration of color continues.)
For learning about the very basics of color knitting, I like Melissa Leapman's Color Knitting the Easy Way. This book covers all the ways you can add color to your work while using just one color in each row, such as stripes and slip-stitch knitting. Her Mastering Color Knitting goes into the more involved but still totally doable techniques of stranded knitting, intarsia and double knitting.
Kristin Nicholas is another master of color knitting with a couple great books to her credit. Kristen Knits and Color by Kristin are both fun books with a wide variety of patterns using a wide variety of techniques for infusing color (a lot of color!) into your knitting.
Specific to stranded colorwork and Fair Isle, there are several great options. Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting is, of course, a classic, and she's actually from that part of the world, so you know she knows what she's talking about. I also like Fearless Fair Isle Knitting, which uses basic, classic motifs to produce a variety of projects, and The New Stranded Colorwork for pure whimsy -- it has a project based on a Monty Python skit!
Do you have a favorite book about color knitting in general or stranded knitting in particular? I'd love to hear about it!
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