Swatching
April 26th, 2004 at 5:00 am (ingeborg)
I have actually made quite a bit of progress in the past few days on all my projects (with the exception of the Critter blanket); but have been remiss in posting about it here. I won’t spoil it all by posting about everything in one day.
I have been playing with colors for the Borg. Originally I was going to do a bright red with a grey pattern, and deep red for the bands. Well, now I’m not so sure. Here’s my swatch (done in the round, so I can practice my steeking):
It looks a bit "fat" at the center.. that’s only because it’s propped up funny for the picture. (ha - that’s what I say about _my_ pictures too!). The bottom two colors are Cinnabar & Arrowhead. The contrast just isn’t what I envisioned it to be. The next color combo is Claret & Arrowhead. Better contrast, but doesn’t quite speak to me. Next I tried Claret as the Main Color with Cinnabar as the patterning color. (No idea what color the button band should be). I also have Ecru, Snow & Natural to try as the pattern color with both different reds. Since this sweater isn’t for me - I’ll need to get a final vote from the recipient on what she likes. So far the tone on tone isn’t bad - but I think I might like the bright red with the snow white pattern color. That’s next on the list to try.
New Yarn
This weekend I went to an LYS I hadn’t been to before. It was about the size of my master bedroom closet (no, my closet isn’t really that big) and it had lots of fancy yarns in it. I was looking for something to make a bonbon with; and found a few different options. I chose the Timo because the color was better than the other thing I was looking at, and it’s already in ball form. (The other was more variegated in colors I didn’t really like, and in a very floopy skein) The price was about the same (exhorbitantly high). I got two balls which should be enough to make one bonbon plus a little. I need to test the color fastness and softness of the yarn when it’s wet though.
Isn’t the blue purty? I have no idea what I’ll make if the bonbon thing doesn’t work out.
jill said,
April 26th, 2004 at 11:31 am
I like the middle color combination best. Now, maybe that is simply because its the middle one. Of course, as you say the sweater isn’t for me (darn it! =)) but I’m not the one knitting it either. You may not be the end recipient but are you going to finish it if you don’t like the color combo? =)
p.s. I too need to avoid proping myself up in the middle when having pictures taken!
Mandella said,
April 26th, 2004 at 11:47 am
Hmmm. I think the tone-on-tone claret/cinnabar combo is my favourite so far. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the swatch. How’s the gauge?
Ingrid said,
April 26th, 2004 at 10:08 pm
I vote for the two reds, but it’s not my sweater, either. :) Hope your mom likes one before you knit a sweater’s worth of swatches!
Ingrid