Playing with Color

Laura

One of the things I like best about visiting my LYS is getting ideas on yarn and color combinations. That's why we like to add recommendations to our web site whenever we can.

Now that I have the store web site under control, I've been able to get to a few things I've been meaning to do. The top item on that list was adding Pima Tencel color combinations for our very popular non-garter Log Cabin blanket. With summer babies on the way it seemed like the perfect time to get this done and what fun we had  with balls of yarn spread all over the table shuffling colors this way and that.

The blankets use four colors, so we combined a little of this with a little of that, loving this one, rolling our eyes at that one. Trying the unexpected just to see how it worked. In the end, after some voting we picked ten options in three palettes; Bold, Pastel and Natural.

I fell in love with some of the pretty spring pastels, now all I need is a baby to knit for! With a bit of new nifty I was able to add a page showing all the related Flickr photos. Fun.

You may not be building a Log Cabin blanket right now but I bet you might just have a bit of stash around. You might be surprised at what works together - so take a peek.

Comments

[Carol]

But what if I LIKE "endless rows of garter stitch"?

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

Love the color combinations!

[Debra]

Forget waiting for a baby to knit those pastels! Babies do not see nor respond well to pastels. Give them bright colors and lots of contrast.

So take your beautiful pastel knits and knit them up for some grownup who might appreciate them. (or maybe a mom??)