A heavily cabled thing looks best in all one color, and unless one is aiming for a specific effect, it's best to use all one sort of yarn for a project. So, if I were going all cablecrazy, and were not going to use the author's suggestion of Rowan's Calmer (which is in almost wholly pastels, and neither you nor I are pastel people), it'd be Vineyard Green all the way.
However, from what I've seen so far, the world of Knordic Knitting (Knitheim?) revolves around either:
Keeping you warm through the winter through stranded knitting: two strands of yarn all around means you stay warm.
Gorgeously frothy lace that might keep one warm if it's only chilly, and otherwise is sold to silly people in warmer climates.
Leaving aside frothy lace for the moment, because at that point silk and Sea Silk (70% wormspit, 29.5% recycled trees, 0.5% seaweed) are where I would go with you, all those fun patterns kinda want two colors. And, Knowing Our Patty as we do, purple comes to mind, but I'm also passing fond of cream (which they call snow...silly Southwest people who know not snow!) and gold.
So, here's the Vineyard snuggling up with, in order, Snow, Marigold, and Rapture:
And the rest--I don't think "Sweet Lavender" can stand up well to the green, that Vivid Viola is too red to play nice, but Wistful would work if you couldn't deal with Rapture:
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Pleasant Yarns for Peaceable Pattys...
Date: 2007-08-10 10:11 pm (UTC)However, from what I've seen so far, the world of Knordic Knitting (Knitheim?) revolves around either:
Leaving aside frothy lace for the moment, because at that point silk and Sea Silk (70% wormspit, 29.5% recycled trees, 0.5% seaweed) are where I would go with you, all those fun patterns kinda want two colors. And, Knowing Our Patty as we do, purple comes to mind, but I'm also passing fond of cream (which they call snow...silly Southwest people who know not snow!) and gold.
So, here's the Vineyard snuggling up with, in order, Snow, Marigold, and Rapture:
And the rest--I don't think "Sweet Lavender" can stand up well to the green, that Vivid Viola is too red to play nice, but Wistful would work if you couldn't deal with Rapture: