Variegated and hand-dyed yarns are easy to fall in love with but hard to use. How do you weave up those beautiful colors without creating chaotic, messy clown barf? Are you limited to plain weave and twill, or is there a way to use them with more complex structures?
In Variegated Yarns, you’ll learn:
- Why variegated yarns designed for knitters can be problematic for weavers
- How to evaluate a skein of variegated yarn before you buy
- How to choose appropriate drafts for your variegated yarn
- How to predict and control whether you’ll wind up with bright colors or mud
- The art of “pooling” colors to create solid and semisolid patches of color
- Design tips for different types of variegated yarns
By the end, you’ll understand the hows and whys of variegated yarns, and how to use them to best effect.
Course Content
Chapter 1: Understanding Variegated Yarns
Chapter 2: Evaluating Variegated Yarns
Chapter 3: Making your pattern show
Chapter 4: Color Mixing
Chapter 5: Pooling
Chapter 6: Design Strategies
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Course Includes
- 18 Lessons
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