This is a very simple post today.
We’re taking a peek at our Caravan, Crave Yarn’s buttery yarn—how it looks like all knitted up in some of the sequences that appear in Cecelia Campochiaro’s Corrugated Shawl from Modern Daily Knitting Field Guide No. 5: Sequences.
Remember the fundamental thing going on in Cecelia’s world of sequence knitting: knits and purls will make beautifully complex fabrics with remarkably little effort.
The Corrugated Shawl features 16 different sequences. Texture is the name of the game.
Nuance? So Much Nuance!
Here we have Nuance. Is it bluegreen? Greenblue? Sage? NO IT IS NOT SAGE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF WOOL DO NOT MISTAKE THIS FOR SAGE. Is it a color that is almost impossible to photograph? Yes!
This is Sequence No. 13 from the Corrugated Shawl. It’s a mistake rib/accordion pattern. I’d tell you the sequence but then I’d have to shoot you. Let’s just say it involves knits and purls.
In the Realm of Teal
This shade, Realm, may appear to your eye somewhat similar to its cousin above, Nuance. Your eye would be correct, though Nuance has nuances that take it closer to the realm of sage than the realm of the teal in Realm. While not being sage. GOT IT?
This is Sequence No. 10 from the Corrugated Shawl, a lovely broken rib pattern. With knits. And purls. In clever combinations.
Franklin, Frankly
This is Franklin, a gray that we declare medium gray. Bluegray? Grayblue? It has a certain warmth to it. Not a coolth. This is Sequence No. 5, a broken welting pattern. How do you make it? Knits, purls, then some more of that.
Tillicious
This is Tilly. The most delicious, rich brown we’ve ever offered. If subtle, deep color is your jam, then Tilly is pretty much the ultimate. This is Sequence No. 16 from the Corrugated Shawl, an all-over pattern. It is mind blowing to see the sequence that results in this subtle texture.
Yes, it’s knits and purls! How did you guess?
The only place you can discover the secret recipes for these sequences is in our Cecelia Campochiaro Luv Fest, aka Field Guide No. 5: Sequences. And the closest, easiest, cheerfulest place you can get this Caravan yarn is right here in the MDK Shop.
I bought Nuance several months ago to make Knitangle by Andrea Halasi , it is a beautiful yarn.
Sandra! You don’t mention that Knitangle is basically different on every single row–what a challenge. Can’t believe you made this, wow. Way to go!
Here’s the pattern for everybody who wants to see an unusual, complex shawl:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitangle
Great post to start my day, and inspire my needles. There’s been snow overnight, so I need to knit fast…..
Oh, I’d love a little snow here in Nashville. Enjoy it!
Coolth?
I claim the reciprocal right to make up one word.
I don’t have the word teased out yet but it’s the yarn equivalent of umami. It’s what that lovely plummy, dark brown yarn in the post has. That sense of connection with the part of my brain that lights up whenever I see something not just beautiful but beautifully made.
I think coolth has been around for a while.
Tilly. All. day. long. Knitting the Corrugated Shawl with Tilly (and then wrapping up in it) would be the equivalent of climbing into a cozy hollow tree. Slumbering the winter away afterward would be at the discretion of the maker!
Nuance is definitely not sage. I’ve got 4 skeins here. Some knits and purls are in my immediate future.