Friday, 3 March 2023

Design A447 - Pinks, Blues and Black

For my final shawl using the Aran weight cotton I have chosen to use a range of pinks, a range of blues and all tied together with black, which is why I didn't want very dark blues in this shawl, as I doubt navy blue motifs would show up very well against the black.


In terms of how many motifs of each colour I was able to make from the leftovers and how many I made from the slightly larger amounts are as follows, in order from top left to the bottom right: 

Light wash = 4 motifsCandyfloss pink = 4 motifs Light Ice Blue = 6 motifs

Medium pink = 12 motifsBlack = mainRose = 11 motifs 

Light Jeans = 6 motifsPetrol = 8 motifsPlum = 13 motifs

Where possible I tried to match a similar shade/tone of blue to that in the pink range.


Its starting to look really effective but with the additional of the central motifs it is even more striking.


It reminds me a little like stained glass windows.


So now that I have made this one, I have just very very small oddments leftover, not even enough of anything to make a flower and so my kids have had what is leftover so they can add stripes or something to whatever they knit.

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