I became fascinated with colours when I first came across pictures of Kaffe Fassett's work and have knitted and crocheted throws in the past but when I saw pictures of Persian Dream knitting on Pinterest I just had to try it . I of course came to Loveknitting to search for the pattern and yarn. I decided to change the main colour to my favourite turquoise and picked the other colours to contrast with that, so when it came to knitting, although I followed the charted pattern, I chose how to use the colours myself.
Then, instead of making the very big throw in the pattern, I decided to stop when it was big enough for my needs and ordered more wool so that I could try it with a very dark main colour - some of the new ones can be seen in the second photo. I hadn't done much knitting on circular needles before this so I was learning as I went, and by going to YouTube I also learnt how to graft with the Kitchener stitch. I actually really enjoyed doing that - which was just as well!
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Dark to light in the same shades and sometimes I used a complete contrast. Therefore every hexagon is unique. What makes it fun to do is that nothing is wrong. To paraphrase Kaffe Fassett - when in doubt add another colour :). Just have fun with it. Hope this helps. Xx
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I wanted to ask you about the colors you used. It seems as if the colors are quiet different than the original pattern not just the main color (white) ?
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• Eldwick, Bingley
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