#swatching — Public Fediverse posts

Yesterday's stream was full of color theory and exploration of limited palettes... with a teeny tiny landscape painting you see in the middle.

Although the colors are bright, they can be used to create beautiful muted mixes too. And painting lots of nature, it's what I enjoy.

It's my palette I currently take on the go too!

#WaterColor #colortheory #art #MastoArt #artist #swatching #pigmentnerd #painting

I am knitting Earthly in Patons Linen (cotton, linen, viscose) and it’s my first time working with linen.
I was told, and everything I’m reading, and watching on YouTube emphasizes the importance of blocking my linen swatches. I hand washed in warm water with agitation, and am tumble drying now. After it’s dry, I’ll machine wash and dry the swatches like my son will when he’s living with the finished sweater. The swatches have become very soft, have grown a bit in length, but so far the width seems stable. Will see how second blocking goes. It’s going to be a very nice sweater if I can get the sizing right. Using the EZ PZ Gauge Ruler to measure, and the stitches were better defined after the first blocking.
Planning to make an XL (size 46” chest) depending on what happens with the swatches, since according to Google, yarn can be machine washed and tumbled dry, it may shrink up to 10%, (which would make the XL a 43.2” fit) BUT I had a bamboo ribbon yarn top shrink to child size in my washer (still sad about that, the pre wash size was perfect!) so I’m gun shy. RIP Coachella tank in Tahki Yarns Bali ribbon. I’d use that yarn again, but definitely wet block, and handwash (it got accidentally thrown into the washing machine)

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/earthly

https://jimmybeanswool.com/products/crazy_cat_designs_ez_pz_gauge_ruler

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coachella

#knitting #earthly #ErikaKnight #swatching

I am knitting Earthly in Patons Linen (cotton, linen, viscose) and it’s my first time working with linen.
I was told, and everything I’m reading, and watching on YouTube emphasizes the importance of blocking my linen swatches. I hand washed in warm water with agitation, and am tumble drying now. After it’s dry, I’ll machine wash and dry the swatches like my son will when he’s living with the finished sweater. The swatches have become very soft, have grown a bit in length, but so far the width seems stable. Will see how second blocking goes. It’s going to be a very nice sweater if I can get the sizing right. Using the EZ PZ Gauge Ruler to measure, and the stitches were better defined after the first blocking.
Planning to make an XL (size 46” chest) depending on what happens with the swatches, since according to Google, yarn can be machine washed and tumbled dry, it may shrink up to 10%, (which would make the XL a 43.2” fit) BUT I had a bamboo ribbon yarn top shrink to child size in my washer (still sad about that, the pre wash size was perfect!) so I’m gun shy. RIP Coachella tank in Tahki Yarns Bali ribbon. I’d use that yarn again, but definitely wet block, and handwash (it got accidentally thrown into the washing machine)

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/earthly

https://jimmybeanswool.com/products/crazy_cat_designs_ez_pz_gauge_ruler

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coachella

#knitting #earthly #ErikaKnight #swatching

This will be the last swatch in this project in my actual planned yarn. I made this a little bigger aiming for around 4 inches wide. Looks like I need another couple ends per inch.

Now I just need to figure out how I want to arrange my stripes and I can start the big warping.

#sprang #swatching

Now there are more little swatches from random stash yarns confirming that 4 inch knitting gauge to an inch and a half is not really a hard and fast rule, but at least a reasonable starting place.

The new yarns here are the brown Berroco Remix the navy Berroco Vintage DK.

The blue and gold is some random linen weaving thread. It was useful in that it confirmed there is no way I want to work with thread that fine. Even though the resulting fabric feels really interesting.

#sprang #swatching

A few weeks ago I got this lovely palette I want to review and I really love the colours and how they swatch, the granulation etc. But I struggle so much actually using it in a way that I like. Never had that before happening but I guess it's normal?
Any suggestions?

#artproblems #art #swatching