31 Fun Designs inspired by Knitting and Wool printed one side of the page

Creative Haven Knitting Notions Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)

By: Jessica Mazurkiewicz

Rating: 5 of 5

I like working with yarn, whether it be knitting or crocheting. I also like to color and have been looking for a great coloring book which combines two of my hobbies. This coloring book is the one. The designs are fun and some are humorous (I especially like the ones with male inferences as I taught my husband to knit and crochet as well as my daughters the designs are perfect for him.) They range from fairly simple to detailed but not overly intricate.

My only nit with the book is that the designs go right to edge of the paper (even crossing over the perforations on the bound side.) It makes it a little more difficult to color as I have to deal with coloring off the edge of the page. I’ve found that using my blotter page as an extension of the page (underneath) helps with this issue.
Other than that, I really like this book and plan to spend many hours coloring the cute designs.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.
31 designs inspired by knitting and wool
The designs are printed one side of the page
Paper is the usual Creative Haven quality: white, medium weight, slightly rough and has perforated pages.
Glue Binding but with perforated pages so removing a page is fairly simple.
The designs cross over the perforations but nothing essential to the design will be lost if you remove a page from the book.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper
Water-based markers bleed through in spots and show colorful shadows on the back of the page
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink pens can bleed through when I apply more than one layer of ink.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper and even better than many of the more recent Creative Haven coloring books I have bought. I was able to get good pigment (color) lay down, layer the same color and multiple colors and to blend easily using a pencil style blender. I tested both oil and wax-based pencils with similar results. Hard lead pencils, like Verithins, leave dents on the back of the page.
I suggest either removing pages from the book to color or using a blotter page under your working page. I like card stock as it keeps ink from seeping through and damaging the pages below.