HOW TO KNIT:

Selecting Colors For Colorwork

The success of your colorwork projects starts before you even begin knitting. Use these fundamental color theory concepts to set yourself up for more eye-catching results in your finished fabric.

Featured Colorways

First Colorwork Cowl

  • Shelter Snowbound, Flannel, and Embers
  • Shelter Old World, Hayloft, and Fossil

Otte Hat

  • Arbor Tincture, Butte, Cobbler, and Seaglass
  • Arbor Sashiko, Heron, Treehouse, and Lovat
  • Arbor Nightfall, Loam, Cobbler, Firebrush, Rainier, Tincture, and Heron
  • Arbor Humpback, Fleet, Sashiko, Rainier, Thaw, Heron, and Driftwood

Otte

  • Shelter Cast Iron, Hayloft, Snowbound, and Plume
  • Shelter Bale, Snowbound, Yellowstone, Fossil, Sweatshirt, Almanac, and Snowbound

Galloway Hat

  • Peerie Fleet, Seaglass, Aurora, and Treehouse
  • Peerie Seaglass, Firebrush, Hammock, and Rainier

Lucerne

  • Peerie Nori and Hammock
  • Peerie Cassis and Calluna
  • Peerie Seaglass and Hammock

Seeds Hat

  • Loft Nest, Camper, and Woodsmoke
  • Loft Old World, Hayloft, and Fossil

Spearheads

  • Quarry Hematite and Geode
  • Quarry Lazulite and Gypsum

Loose skeins shown:

  • Shelter Bale, Fossil, Yellowstone, Sweatshirt, and Flannel
  • Loft Yellowstone, Bale, Nest, Hayloft, Fossil, Cast Iron, Iceberg, and Snowbound

Featured Pattern

FIRST COLORWORK COWL

BT by Brooklyn Tweed

The First Colorwork Cowl's motifs incorporate easy combinations of both one-color and simple two-color stranded rounds. Colors alternate frequently, meaning catching floats is not necessary! A digital companion pattern provides written instructions alongside 4- and 5-color variations. Worked in worsted-weight yarn, this pattern makes for great colorwork practice and swift gift knitting.

Practice this Technique

Otte Hat

Otte

Galloway Hat

Seeds

Brooklyn Tweed Yarn

LOFT

Loft Yarn in color Soot | Brooklyn Tweed

fingering

SHELTER

Shelter Yarn in color Hayloft | Brooklyn Tweed

worsted

ARBOR

Arbor Yarn in color Arabesque | Brooklyn Tweed

DK-weight

PEERIE

Peerie Yarn in color Treehouse | Brooklyn Tweed

fingering

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