Planning Out Colorwork Improv Sweaters to Knit from My Stash

I love knitting colorwork sweaters on a wing and a prayer! I have a lot of thrifted yarn, gifted yarn, and yarn seconds to use as my palette. Let's see what brilliant ideas we can come up with! #knitting #authorswhoknit #knittingsweaters #yarn #worstedweightyarn #patonsyarn #henknitting #brownsheep #improv #creativeprocess #creativity #colorwork #wool

[@kathrinschweiger9735]

Color is joy! You make me happy with this Video and with your Yarn Kollektion! Thank U, Virginia!

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@kathrinschweiger9735 Absolutely, color is king! 😀

[@christinaheesakacowden-wut3809]

What a beautiful and colourful stash of yarn/wool. Like a rainbow 🙂 You know, I "find" my wool exactly like you do: I look for bargains, I get them at thrift stores or the red cross, I often get them gifted from the ladies of my knitting circle or other nice people. 🙂I love neutral colours just as much as bright and colourful ones. It depends on my mood, what colours I want to wear each day. But practicality also plays a role and the event I am wearing things for. 🙂 I can`t wait to see, what you come up with next. Love your cats. I am a great cat lover and my youngest son is too. Because the other two brothers have allergies, we cannot have any cats in the house, but we have plenty of stuffed animals and lots of Garfield movies to watch, lol. We often visit our local cat shelter to pet cats and to participate in the twice yearly Cat-Cafè, with yummy food and coffee, as well as shopping at their own little flea market, where one can always get cool things for little money. And all of the sales go directly to the cats. 🙂 Happy Tuesday from a very frosty Schurwald Forest, Germany. Right now it is -6° Celsius. 🐻‍❄🐻‍❄🐻‍❄

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@christinaheesakacowden-wut3809 That really is frosty! I've always been a cat lover and have enjoyed having several rescue cats over the years. My children all enjoy cats, but my twins now have partners who are allergic. I'm really glad you liked the video! 😀

[@zupa8757]

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[@katjawoell]

The colours !!! And the cats ♥♥♥ I think I have to try fair isle knitting , looks so beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration. Katja

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@katjawoell Absolutely!

[@KYERRN]

I'm really looking forward to seeing what you create! So fun!

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@KYERRN Me too! 😉

[@KYERRN]

A great way to check the level of contrast is to take a picture of your colors, then change the picture to black and white. Sometimes it surprises you that two colors look the same in B&W, meaning the contrast is low.

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@KYERRN A great tip - very helpful!

[@silke3719]

You are a very creative woman. I really like your knitting projects. Your work is knitted very evenly. How do you manage all of this alongside your job with knitting, spinning, music, house and animals? I'm looking forward to the results of your Colorworks Greetings from Germany

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@silke3719 That's a good question! I do enjoy knitting most every evening, so that consistency is a help 😀

[@mariaesmeralda2452]

I have a question: What does worsted weight yarn mean? What does it mean in German?

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@mariaesmeralda2452 Das ergibt eine Maschenweite von 16-20 Maschen pro 10 cm glatt rechts gestrickt. :-)

[@mariaesmeralda2452]

@@VirginiaLLewisAuthor Ach so, das bezieht sich auf die Garnstärke. Also so eine mittlere Garnstärke, kein dünnes, kein dickes Garn.

[@VirginiaLLewisAuthor]

@@mariaesmeralda2452 Ja, genau! 🙂