Perhaps — just perhaps — I
am learning.
I have previously
observed, on more
than one occasion, that I really should swatch for colours and
pattern realities before I embark on a project.
I’m now playing with some ideas for a multicolour, textured sweater in
Rowan Cocoon (chunky merino/kid mohair). I bought the yarn with
an eye to colours that played nicely together, but realized I should
get some sense of what the best combinations are (for hue as well as
value) before I
get too far along in the design process.
This was just playing around — I haven’t really thought about what
motifs I want to use (for colour or texture), but it’s quite clear that
the maroon and dark brown are pretty “subtle” together. “Subtle”
would be a code word for “bad idea” :-) But, the maroon would go
well with the base colour, and might even play off the teal
nicely. We’ll see what happens…
