tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post115876491282412795..comments2024-02-24T00:42:35.951-08:00Comments on Stash Amassed Beyond Life Expectancy: The New Fair Isle SwatchElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278529449974055377noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158883960348855502006-09-21T17:12:00.000-07:002006-09-21T17:12:00.000-07:00I have a Plan C worked out in my mind. Tomorrow I'...I have a Plan C worked out in my mind. Tomorrow I'm going to Lakeside for coffee with a friend and while I'm there I'll look for a suitable very-dark-but-not-black yarn. Then I'll post a swatch with my newly muddied pink and take out the palest grey and sub in a warmer oatmeal color. <BR/><BR/>Stay tuned.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278529449974055377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158864761730893472006-09-21T11:52:00.000-07:002006-09-21T11:52:00.000-07:00I like the bottom one better because I think the l...I like the bottom one better because I think the light blue blends in more. I don't really like the pink, it's not subtle enough for my eye, and I'm usually a pink person. I do like the idea of subbing the oatmeal for the pink.<BR/><BR/>Great design though, good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158857989021550942006-09-21T09:59:00.001-07:002006-09-21T09:59:00.001-07:00crap, I just left a long and involved comment and ...crap, I just left a long and involved comment and blogger ate it. I'll have to write it later.Marjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695305834402487163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158857943267842302006-09-21T09:59:00.000-07:002006-09-21T09:59:00.000-07:00It's funny, I didn't know whether to post first, t...It's funny, I didn't know whether to post first, then read the others comments, or read first. I read first - and everyone seems to be talking about the one with more or less pink - whereas I'm seeing the Placement of the pink as the thing. <BR/>The diamond with the bar of pink across it is somehow jarring to me. It looks like the television set back in the days when you would get these horizontal lines running across the picture, they didn't belong there.<BR/>Whereas the diamond with the pink in the rings looks like a pool that you dropped the pebble in, where everything is harmonious and the colors radiate outward. Even though the lightest grey/oatmeal, whatever that color is, is also horizontal, it spreads out on the edges via the posts at the sides, and then the values deepen from there. <BR/>I like the pink in the combination, and I like your analogy of the late day light. You need that something in there to pick it up. But I like it best when it fits as a part of the whole, and not looking as if it is sitting on top.Marjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695305834402487163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158832660545804802006-09-21T02:57:00.000-07:002006-09-21T02:57:00.000-07:00The first thing I noticed was the pink. I really ...The first thing I noticed was the pink. I really thought that made the pattern stand out. So I will have to say the first one.<BR/><BR/>You are so talented with design and color!<BR/><BR/>Ruinwen<BR/>:)Ruinwen Dagoriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838849121945131543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158809539966696772006-09-20T20:32:00.000-07:002006-09-20T20:32:00.000-07:00Wow, the opinions are all over the board on this o...Wow, the opinions are all over the board on this one! Thanks everyone.<BR/><BR/>Just to further complicate matters, today at the thrift shop I bought an oatmeal colored shetland wool sweater to frog. I have the skein from one sleeve drying on the line in the basement right now. So maybe oatmeal will work?<BR/><BR/>In general with complex colorwork, I find I like the results better when one of the colors fights the others a bit. Not an outright clash, but not quite textbook "this color goes with that" either. That's why sometimes I find it hard to tell by looking at skeins what will or won't work.<BR/><BR/>I've had some yarns that looked terrific together in balls or skeins and boring as can be when knitted together in a complex stranded pattern. Nothing like trying it all out.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278529449974055377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158795408160183532006-09-20T16:36:00.000-07:002006-09-20T16:36:00.000-07:00I'm liking the one with more pink in it. The secon...I'm liking the one with more pink in it. The second one does kind of look like it is stained. The pink looks very jarring. In the first swatch is more flowing and smooth. I have to admit though that when I went back and looked, it does look like the Packer's logo. heheheheBecky in Iowa :O)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05181562983809663263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158783375509938052006-09-20T13:16:00.000-07:002006-09-20T13:16:00.000-07:00i really like the first/more pink one. I don't kno...i really like the first/more pink one. I don't know...it just really pops at me, and i like the fair isle design. i do think switching out the black would tie it together better. frankly, both colour options work, but i'm somehow drawn to the more pink.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142389198186796200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158771957831507122006-09-20T10:05:00.000-07:002006-09-20T10:05:00.000-07:00Apparently Karen and I are the only ones digging t...Apparently Karen and I are the only ones digging the pink!<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I like it. It gives the pattern a nice unexpected contrast. And this is going to sound nuts, but I think you ought to keep BOTH swatch patterns thru out the whole vest. When you do only top swatch--you'll get a horizontal strip effect won't you? (I'm not a big fan of the horizonal striping!) But I really love the way it looks using *both* ways with the pink. (when I take my glasses off and look at it the colors are lovely!)<BR/><BR/>As for the purple and black--they seem to be very similar and not very discernable to my eye. I'd say go with a lighter purple.Bezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11359396377873745454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158771751520065882006-09-20T10:02:00.000-07:002006-09-20T10:02:00.000-07:00Those of you who don't like any pink, try thinking...Those of you who don't like any pink, try thinking about a late afternoon sunset in late November, through the bare trees in the NH woods. The sky is invariably grey and cold, looking like snow soon, but you get a diffuse glow at sunset through the trees.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the feedback so far. Not really a consensus, is there?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278529449974055377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158771152387735312006-09-20T09:52:00.000-07:002006-09-20T09:52:00.000-07:00I like the section with more pink better. But the...I like the section with more pink better. But then again, I like pink. Pink! :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347254430391520325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158770593385338972006-09-20T09:43:00.000-07:002006-09-20T09:43:00.000-07:00Well....since you asked...I'd ditch the pink altog...Well....since you asked...I'd ditch the pink altogether if it were mine. But keep in mind that my entire wardrobe consists of denim, brown, green and gray so I'm probably not the best person to ask:-)<BR/><BR/>Steeks yippee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158769879923777762006-09-20T09:31:00.000-07:002006-09-20T09:31:00.000-07:00Just looking at the one with more pink, I initiall...Just looking at the one with more pink, I initially think "Green Bay Packer Logo".....though I can't pinpoint why that is. And so, I like the version having less pink. I've never been very good at selecting colors myself..... I like the darkness of the black, though agree that a dark gray might work beter. And, I liked the suggestion to make the purple more of a lavender...but again, I want to stipulate that I am, indeed, quite color challenged!<BR/><BR/>In any case, it takes patience which I'm not sure I have right now in order to iterate through design ideas like this! I think it looks really nice so far!YarnThrowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261414607842071918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158768895142693612006-09-20T09:14:00.000-07:002006-09-20T09:14:00.000-07:00Honestly, I think I'd go with the variation with l...Honestly, I think I'd go with the variation with less pink, then take the pink and switch it out to a lavendar. <BR/><BR/>But, that said, I still really like the variation with less pink as is! I think I'd just prefer a lavender to go with the dark purple....or a sage green....Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495123447176751636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158768333057331532006-09-20T09:05:00.000-07:002006-09-20T09:05:00.000-07:00I think there is a problem with the pink. With few...I think there is a problem with the pink. With fewer pink the effect is a bit like a stain to me. The pink is your only really warm organic color in there -- the rest are more mineral-earthy colors, you might consider moving to a more raspberry-kind of pruple to make the pink feel welcome in there and not stand out as much?<BR/><BR/>just my 2 cts, but then, I would never knit with those colors for myself-- as they don't complement my coloring. But I like fuddling around with colors for other people -- changes from my usual light blues, pinks, greys.Lara 900https://www.blogger.com/profile/13809968280001262981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679111.post-1158767224855780202006-09-20T08:47:00.000-07:002006-09-20T08:47:00.000-07:00Hmmm. Blogger just ate my first attempt at a comme...Hmmm. Blogger just ate my first attempt at a comment. I'll try again. I love the top swatch with more pink. I also like the black. If you go for grey...maybe a really charcol grey? It would really make the pink pop. I agree the pink needs to be a bit muddier, but not too much. It's the brightness brings out the depth in the pattern. Any way you do it, it's bound to be gorgeous!Molly Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11759768335962930168noreply@blogger.com