[Nfb-krafters-korner] another question about yarn colors

[Annette Carr]

Both variegated and painterly yarns are made up of sections of different
colors.  The difference is in how long the sections are.  A variegated yarn
has short sections of each color, so if you have a lot of stitches across
your row, you might get multiple color changes along each row.  A painterly
yarn will have very long sections of each color that can each cover multiple
rows.  The end result of an item made with a  painterly yarn will be the
appearance of wide stripes of color.  The item made with the variegated yarn
will give you a lot of color changes in a small area.

HTh,
Annette
 

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Cathy
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 6:49 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] another question about yarn colors

Hello Cindy or anyone else who can look and tell us,

 

I was looking at the Hometown USA yarns with Terry this afternoon. would you
believe they have 50 colors to choose from? Anyhow, we were wondering what
the difference between a variegated, a twist and a painterly colored yarn
was? We already have learned about tweed and heather, now we want to learn
more!

 

Thanks.

 

BTW, Also someone was asking about football colors, perhaps these are good
colors for some teams? Noticed a gold that someone was looking for. There
were some colors for both pro, as well as college teams named after them.
the Cleveland Browns and the Syracuse Orangemen for example. Why mention
those two? Well, I've lived in Cleveland for most of my adult life and was
raised in New York

!

 

 

 

Here is the link to the yarn descriptions. 

The more I learn, the more I want to learn!

 

Cathy

http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/hometownUSA.html?categoryKey=1694622&start=0&
pageLength=25 

 

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