#swatching

[heartnosekid]

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[squishsquishy]

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[carmenokart]

Swatching is something I never used to do. But as I've tried to be more thoughtful about color, I have learned the value of it. Many paints dry a slightly different shade, so its good to see what they all look like when dry. Plus, with some markers, the caps absolutely do not represent the ink color. This set I just swatched had a number of those.

[skeksis98]

probably the most perfect gauge swatch i’ve made (perfect square and perfect gauge for the intended sweater)

[lphaneuf]

Hate taking work off the needles but it's good to know my tension swatch was on target.

[tincta-aurum]

i've been exhausted the last couple days - but i have some (rather elaborate) gel pen swatching in portrait form :D

i'll definitely be incorporating the pens in other portraits/drawings and maybe getting some colored pencils along with the pens to supplement my marker drawings! (i really want some acrylic markers...) now my traditional style looks more colorful and more like my digital style :p

anyway yah. some messy low energy drawings for fun :))

[ub-sessed]

More swatching.

The woman for whom I'm making the Isobel Wrap is my boss. A few weeks ago the power went out at work, and so to kill the time somewhere warm until the power came back on, we spent a couple of hours at our favourite café at the corner, and I worked on one of my yellow moss stitch dishcloths. She admired the moss stitch pattern (which made me happy, since it's going to be part of the scarf I will eventually make for her), and asked me if I could knit her a couple rectangles of moss stitch for her to sew to a blanket she has that's too small. I adore her, so I said yes, as soon as I figure out how to knit it square, and asked which yarn she wanted me to use. She said the cotton. We only sell two cotton yarns in our store, and I'm pretty sure she meant the 24/7. I have a bit left over from a dishcloth, and I can't start the actual scarf until I've blocked my latest scarf swatch, so I figured I'd knit a blanket swatch for my boss so she can see what it's like (I personally think it would be nicer in the Patons Canadiana, but I haven't seen the blanket she's trying to match).

Anyway, with the Premier Anti-Pilling Everyday, I have to alternate Western and Eastern rows to get my moss stitch to come out square, but it would appear that that is not the case with this Lion Brand 24/7. I'm gonna frog it this and start over knitting the whole thing Eastern.

I haven't used these Prym Ergonomics in years: they were perfect for learning how to knit, but nowadays they're too grippy for acrylic, or not pointy enough for lace, or too large for dishcloths. But they are wonderful for knitting cotton Continental/Norwegian: they're not too slippery, they don't split the yarn, and they're so good at picking the working yarn. I'm using them because for this swatch I'm actually using the needle size recommended on the ball band (I always size down for dishcloths), and I like them so much that I might actually buy a smaller pair for future dishcloths?

I'm pretty sure my boss has figured out that the scarf I'm making is for her: she's seen the yarn (her favourite colour) and she knows I know she loves scarves, and she's heard my whole saga of how I originally wanted it to be a Christmas present but then I went to NY and then I couldn't get the damn moss stitch to come out straight. She suggested that I make it a birthday present instead. "Maybe your friend's birthday is in the fall." (Her birthday is in the fall.)

[itslarsyouguys]

The me who buys a yarn specifically for a project and the me who is later swatching that yarn are two entirely separate people