After all that navy blue I feel the need to work with colour. These are some fairisle and intatsia samples from my collection. Some of you may recognise the patterns from the work of Kaffe Fassett, the grand master of colour and one of my heros.
The diamond sample was an early piece which I made back in 1982, after attending one of Kaffe's wonderful weekend workshops, which really did open up a whole new world of knitting for me. The colour changes are quite abrupt in places but as you can see from some of the other samples, blending improved with practice.
You may also be able to see that I have used 2 or 3 strands of different coloured fine yarns knitted together to create a more interesting colour texture that can be achieved with a single double knitting or chunky yarn. It's fascinating to see how one colour can change simply by putting it with a complementary colour. I spend quite a lot of time choosing colour pallets. It inspires me to knit it up and see what happens. Sometime the unexpected results prove very interesting!
I never throw scraps of yarn away. I try to keep them in boxes, sorted by colour. Odd balls of lovely yarns will always get used, eventually.
If you'd like to find out more and learn how to turn all those left over bits of yarn into gorgeous colourful samples I shall be running a half day workshop on Saturday October 1st from 10 am to 12.45 pm. You can click the link below for more information and book online
Texere Tribe
You really don't need to be an expert knitter for this. As long as you can do knit and purl stitches you'll be fine. Smooth and even tension comes with practice, this workshop is about opening our eyes to colour, having fun and sharing.
You really don't need to be an expert knitter for this. As long as you can do knit and purl stitches you'll be fine. Smooth and even tension comes with practice, this workshop is about opening our eyes to colour, having fun and sharing.
