A couple weeks ago, I started working on the Stilwell sweater by Jerod Flood (Brooklyn Tweed), because it’s cute and it seemed like a nice, gentle introduction to colorwork sweaters. I decided to use the Knit Picks City Tweed HW I had brought with me from the US, since I’d lugged it all this way. Unfortunately, the two colors I brought made for horrible colorwork – there just isn’t much contrast between the two, even though one is quite a bit darker than the other.
Seems like there should be plenty of contrast, right?
And yet, not so much. The Lesson: make a colorwork swatch before you launch into a project to make sure your colors are compatible!
I ripped out the colorwork portion and substituted the dark green for navy blue Malabrigo worsted I also had in my stash. It’s a bit lighter weight than the beige yarn, but not too dissimilar.
Much better! I’m very happy with how this color combo has turned out. The City Tweed has quite a bit of merino in it, so the Malabrigo (100% merino) continues the feel of the beige yarn.
The project is Raveled here. Lesson learned, now back to knitting!
I like the second color combo better too. Congratulations on your research project. It sounds like a fantastic opportunity on many levels.
Thanks, Bonnie! I’m very excited about both the sweater and my research project
Great Rosemary! This is a very nice pattern. Yes. The blue color is better. It works very well.
Thank you, Diana