#color progression

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Create Color Gradients with Ashland Bay Multi Colored Merinos

Really, who doesn’t love a good color gradient? In 2016 you can’t set foot in a yarn shop or fiber festival without visually experiencing the full spectrum of ascending shades and hues. Having a flair for the eccentric, I decided to create my own spin on gradient yarns using Ashland Bay’s Multi Colored Merino line. A few years ago I posted to our blog about plying 2 different multi-colored yarns together. While I was spinning these yarns, I came up with the idea to create a color palette that followed a gradient from one color to the next.

After pairing every combination I could possibly think of, I decided that Amethyst & Borealis was the winning combination that eventually will be knit into a pair of fingerless gloves.

To create my gradient, I spun 4 different skeins, each yarn being 3 plies.

Skein 1: 3 plies of Amethyst

Skein 2: 2 plies Amethyst and 1 ply Borealis

Skein 3: 1 ply Amethyst and 2 plies Borealis

Skein 4: 3 plies of Borealis

Above you can see my gradient in action! Stay tuned for pictures of the knitting progress!

In just a few steps you can create your very own color gradient using Ashland Bay’s Multi Colored Merinos. Do you love spinning and/or knitting with color gradients? What are your favorite colors to work with?