stranding

Cables of color …

[Translate] I have been a little quiet these past few months, so it’s time to start talking again, so to speak. It has been very busy and it always surprises me when I look up and realize that another day has gone by, which turns into another week, then month, and before you know it, we’re all celebrating Christmas and the New Year! Well, I have a few posts to get in before then, so I’ll start by continuing where I left off and give a little preview at the same time … Color can be a wonderful thing […]

Color Contest – Part II

[Translate] If you haven’t started in on the contest yet, don’t fret, there’s still time. You can get all the contest rules and part 1 from yesterday’s post. Here is the second part of the contest – a quiz! Most of the answers can be found in the posts about color work from the last 3 weeks. If you’ve been reading (or know all there is to know about color) then you have a leg up. As before, you must submit your answers to me by email at mrhugzzz@gmail.com. Correct answers will be given a number by the order […]

Color forever …woven fair isle

[Translate] This is the last bit of color work we are going to look at (this time around) and it is another method of doing stranding or fair isle as it is commonly called. Since I mentioned fair isle, yes, you can assume that we will be working with two colors. The concept of weaving your fair isle is actually quite simple, it is the practice that is not that easily learned. Once learned however, you will produce the most stunning fair isle projects that are almost reversible! In regular fair isle, you carry the yarn not being used […]

Stranded and loving it …

[Translate] Yes, today being Tuesday should be Tuesday’s tips, but unfortunately I have a cold and was unable to post this yesterday, so I’m doing it today. This is the last week of the color escapade we’ve been doing, and there are a few surprises in store. I should let you know that there will be a contest at the end of his, and one of the prizes will be the book The Essential Guide to Color Techniques by Margaret Radcliffe. If you missed the review of it, search back a couple of weeks when we started all this […]

Color me a rainbow …

[Translate] Well, if you’ve read the posts on here over the last couple of days, you’ll have picked up on a common theme – COLOR. This is definitely the time of year to start looking to nature for inspiration in terms of color as the leaves change. Actually, an easy way to create a new color palette is simply to collect a bunch of leaves (raked up from your lawn or elsewhere), take a handful, and toss them in the air. Have an area pre-selected and marked out and go with the ones that land in that area. I […]