Swatch #1 Clotheshorse Magazine is hosting a cardigan knit-a-long. I thought I might participate because I've been admiring Chatsworth and Silvana and Valois. I just had to choose one and buy yarn. I don't have a real stash to dive through---just lots of odds and ends which I thought might be good for the Chatsworth stripes. In fact, I had several combinations of colors which might have looked good. The problem was, when I got to Knits by Nana, only two stripe colors coordinated with any of the main color choices. I need four. Swatch #2 So against my better judgment I bought another two colors in my chosen yarn (Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Wool). When I tried the color combination in Swatch #1, I was dissatisfied with the vertical stripes. They look okay in the photo above, but in real life the orange stripe was way too bright next to the green. So I duplicate stitched the orange over the top of the blue stripe, pulled the blue out, and slip stitched it next to the green. Swatch #3 The orange fits in better sandwiched between two slices of tomato. I like the variegated yarn when it runs horizontally, but I'm not so sure about the vertical stripes. The individual colors jump out at me more when lined up vertically. Maybe a companion stripe would be a good idea. (Sorry for the blurry photos.) Swatch #4 But now the left stripe was too strong---same problem as in Swatch #1. Then I saw the solution. Designer Amy Gunderson used 5 colors of tweedy yarn for the original Chatsworth. The colors were well chosen and the plaid chart worked. For her. But my plaid is missing that over-and-underness common in tartan patterns. I can provide that! Swatch #5 Still, I found myself wishing for a little more strength in the green stripe. I went back to the odds-and-ends bag I had taken to Knits by Nana. And I found a dark brown Shepherd's Wool that I had discounted previously. What a difference that makes! Swatch #5 is my pick. What's your preference?
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