Gradient Style: Color-Shifting Techniques & Knitting Patterns - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1632506505 ISBN 13: 9781632506504

Verlag: Interweave, 2018

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Gradient yarns and colorful color-shifting patterns are everywhere in knitting today! Knowing what and how to knit with color-shifting yarns, and how to combine colors for successful color-fade projects, can be a challenge. Let the Editors at Interweave be your guide to the colorful world of knitting gradients with Gradient Style. Inside this comprehensive guide to putting gradients yarns to work you'll find:

   • Detailed information on selecting, combining, and knitting colored yarns into unique gradient effects.
   • Tips to help avoid common color-shifting mistakes such as color pooling and uneven striping when working with gradient skeins.
   • 20 beautiful gradient knitted patterns to explore gradient techniques in inspiring, wearable designs including both garments and accessories!
 Shift your knitting to another colorful level with Gradient Style!

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Kerry Bogert, Ft. Collins, CO - Fiber lover and craft enthusiast, Kerry is the Editorial Director of Craft Books for Interweave and The Quilting Company. She's worked on a variety of best-selling titles, including Alterknit Stitch Dictionary, Highland Knits, and Garter Stitch Revival, all available at Interweave.com.

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Gradient Style

Color-Shifting Techniques & Knitting Patterns

By Kerry Bogert, Maya Elson

F+W Media, Inc.

Copyright © 2018 Interweave
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-63250-650-4

Contents

INTRODUCTION, 
GETTING STARTED WITH GRADIENTS by Emma Welford, 
Making Your Own Gradient Palette, 
Gradient Techniques, 
Colorwork & Color Placement, 
THE PROJECTS, 
Ombré Eyelet Stole by Susanna IC, 
Spring Colors Tee by Alyssa Cabrera, 
Mixed-Media Socks by Mara Catherine Bryner, 
Snow Melt Cowl by Stella Egidi, 
Color-block Mittens by Meghan Babin, 
Lacy Stripes Shawl by Sara Maternini, 
Seed-Stitch Pullover by Toby Roxane Barna, 
Flame Lace Shawl by Mone Dräger, 
Colorwork Roses Socks by Aud Bergo, 
Ocean Waves Cowl by Toby Roxane Barna, 
Denim Stripes Cardigan by Kathryn Folkerth, 
Cabled Hat by Karen Bourquin, 
Chevron Cowl by Tian Connaughton, 
Shape-Shifter Scarf by Natalie Servant, 
Gray-scale Cardigan by Emma Welford, 
Slip-stitch Cowl by Caroline Dick, 
Reversible Brioche Infinity Scarf by Carolyn Bloom, 
Spectrum Hat by Kyle Kunnecke, 
Dye-agonal Stripes Cardigan by Megan Dial, 
ABBREVIATIONS, 
GLOSSARY, 
YARN RESOURCES, 
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS, 

CHAPTER 1

GETTING STARTED WITH GRADIENTS

by Emma Welford

THE DESIGNERS WHO created the gorgeous garments and accessories showcased in this collection have taken a wide variety of gradient, variegated, solid, and semisolid yarns and combined them in myriad ways to create innovative knitted designs. They have done the work for you in figuring out how to feature gradient color schemes in the most effective (and fun to knit!) ways. But not everyone has the same taste in yarn and colors. You might love a project knit in colors on the warm end of the spectrum, but you prefer to wear cool colors.

How can you substitute yarns or colors in a pattern or create your own gradient designs? This section takes the mystery out of creating gradient color schemes. It first delves into the color wheel and ways to use it to create harmonious color schemes, including taking advantage of values, tints, and undertones.

You'll then learn a variety of techniques for knitting gradient patterns, including even striping, uneven striping, and double stranding. Finally, the exciting possibilities and challenges of combining gradient color schemes with stranded colorwork are explored. Let's get started!

Making Your Own Gradient Palette

COMMERCIALLY DYED yarns that knit up into colorful gradients are undeniably attractive and a wonderful option for creating a fade effect. But it can be even more satisfying to create your own by blending colors and yarns of your choosing.

If you've never played with color, the idea of creating your own gradient may feel daunting. But gradients are, in fact, a great starting point for experimenting with color — especially colors you are attracted to but don't necessarily wear very often. You can choose one such color as a focal point of your gradient or use it as an accent, working it into your palette with speckles and flashes of color.

HELPFUL TOOLS & APPROACHES

A color wheel is a great tool to have on hand as you get comfortable experimenting with color. It shows you how colors fall along the spectrum and their technical categories to help identify how colors will work together. There are also many websites and apps that will automatically create color palettes based on various selections you make.

Nothing compares to physically playing with yarn to develop your gradient, and I suggest making a trip to your local yarn store whenever possible to do just that. When using hand-dyed yarns in particular, it's helpful to observe the nuances from skein to skein in person, rather than through a computer screen. Unless the dyer's website showcases a full knitted swatch of the skein, you might be surprised at some of the colors that pop up when working with hand-dyed yarns.

CHOOSING COLORS

Your ultimate goal when choosing a color palette for a gradient is different from choosing a palette for a standard striped or stranded colorwork project. While most types of colorwork knitting rely on contrast to make the motifs pop, a gradient or faded look requires seamless color blending. There are several techniques for manipulating the transition between colors (see Gradient Techniques), but you'll have better success choosing a color palette with a general gradient in mind, rather than trying to shoehorn random colors into a gradient.

First, let's cover some basic color theory. Refer to the color wheel as you read through these definitions. We'll refer to these terms throughout this chapter.

• Primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. All other colors are created by combining two or more of these colors.

• Secondary colors (orange, green, and purple) are created by combining two primary colors.

• Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary and secondary color, such as combining yellow and green to create a yellow-green.

• Tints are created by adding white to a base color.

• Shades are created by adding black to a base color.

• Tones are created by adding gray to a base color.

• Complementary colors are colors opposite each other on the color wheel, such as green and red.

• Analogous colors are colors next to each other on the color wheel, such as green and yellow.

• Triadic colors are colors spaced equally apart on the color wheel, such as green, orange, and purple.

• Value refers to a color's lightness or darkness.

To begin, pick one or two colors to "ground" your gradient — i.e., the color or colors you want at either end of your gradient. If you want to base your gradient around a single color, you only need to pick the color you want at one end of your gradient.

MONOCHROMATIC GRADIENTS

By using tints and shades, you can create a monochromatic gradient (above), which blends from light to dark within one color. This style of gradient is the easiest option to make and wear, since all the colors will have the same undertones and look harmonious together.

A gradient running from light gray to black is a classic monochromatic gradient. You can add both tints and shades to your base color to create a dramatic monochromatic palette that spans from very light to very dark, or you can focus on either tints or shades to create a narrower color range. For example, a monochromatic palette based on a sky blue color with only white tints added would create a very light and airy pastel palette.

ANALOGOUS COLOR GRADIENTS

If you want to base your gradient around two or more colors, you will focus on creating a smooth hue shift rather than a light-to-dark fade of just one color. An easy place to start for this hue-shift style is by choosing two analogous colors, such as red and orange (shown on the opposite page), and blending them with as many intermediary shades as you like to complete the gradient.

Analogous colors create an appealing gradient, and in my opinion look very natural compared to more complicated gradients. The more colors you add between your end colors, the more gradual the gradient will appear. You can use speckles, flashes, and other brief spots of color to aid and soften the color shifts.

TIPTry combining the light-to-dark...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Interweave
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1632506505
• ISBN 13: 9781632506504
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Herausgeber: Bogert Kerry
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