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A Practical Approach to Color for Knitters

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Overview

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Whether it’s yarn from your stash or the store, choose your hues with confidence and savvy! Join designer Franklin Habit and learn basic color concepts to bring out the full potential of your beautiful projects. During class, you’ll learn a speedy, efficient method of swatching, so you can try out yarn color combinations on the fly. Wondering which color families look good together? Franklin will demonstrate the bonds between colors and help you choose the combinations that really speak to you. Then, you’ll find out how to create new variations with yarns that are already in your stash and discover ground rules you can rely on when working with similar colors. Plus, you’ll receive two colorful patterns, a color wheel and a value scale to help you hone your skills!

Syllabus

  • Color Confidence
  • Color Tools & Color Harmonies
  • Temperature & Chroma
  • Value & Dominance
  • Avoiding Inbred Color Schemes
  • Beyond The Color Wheel
  • Applying Color Theory to Projects

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