I plan to construct a blanket from various swatches such as those shown below. (The swatches use old, unravelled sweaters.)
I'm sticking to analogous color harmonies of blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet. While remaining in this range, contrast of values is essential -- each swatch features a different light/dark pattern.
It takes trial and error to assemble colors which are diverse, yet look agreeable together. Solutions emerge when four or five unlikely yarns are combined, as the eye will blend them into something new.
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| Five yarns yield the "right" color combination for a "ram's horn" motif |
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| Detail of "ram's horn"swatch |
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| One swatch used eleven different yarns |
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| Four yarns, so far -- but the border will require more |
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