Making the Gradient: A Selection of Gradient Knitting Designs

In today’s “Knitting and Damage” section, we’ll look at knitting options. When I wrote my comments on crochet design, I found that I was always interested in the success of the gradient effect. The effect of color development is very pleasant, which combines beautifully. It seems to depend a lot on the palette, because to achieve a gradient effect, you can use striped patterns or blocks of any color, if the threads work well at this level. If you decide to try a point-to-point gradient, be prepared for a challenge, as getting a color flow on a thread can be more difficult than you think. It’s a vision that reminds me of an exercise I did when I was in the early 2000s taking a course in color theory as part of a visual arts certification program at George Brown College in Toronto. We needed to draw the pattern smoothly. a gradual gradient from white to black, or faint to dark, and each disproportionate “jump” between the two colors was perceived as a sore finger and poorly marked. by the educator. But then you’ll have to mix and match the threads at your local commercial store, instead of worrying that a small drop of white or black dye might come out too much and they won’t thank you for your effort. so go ahead and have fun choosing a gradient color line. And there are knitting design techniques to help you insert your chosen palette of threads, which I will show you when choosing gradient design elements.

The top design is a Humphrey scarf, which is a mile from Tri'Coterie Designs. I like the psychedelic rainbow effect that the stylist created by choosing the same set of bright colors and using black to balance them.





Changing the light , Jennifer Weissman. In this multi-layered crochet stylist used alternating stripes to blend adjacent tones. Solid color blocks without a smooth transition can be a little grainy, although a good color scheme is chosen.





Dip Gradient Suvi Simola. Again we have an alternation of colored lines, and the stylist has limited the sleeves to a gradient effect to make them look really stand out.





Pixelated Xweater , Jennifer Beaumont. Another way to switch from one color to another is the "pixel" effect of a randomly placed dot of another color.





Metamorphic , Lisa K. Ross. This design uses alternating dots to “transition” from one color to another. I have been looking at this model of sweater for a long time and plan to do it in 2019 for my nephew Bug’s sixth birthday.





Color change from Karina Spencer. In this canvas the designer made a jumper between two threads a point with two threads. This is a great method of converting two colors of threads into a gradient color palette because you create a connecting color.





All About Green , Natalie W. In this design a subtle list of repetitive colors is used to combine a four-green palette.





Title , Josh Ricks-Rabinski. In this model, the stylist used a classic Afghan wave pattern (traditionally used to incorporate many different colors) and added alternating lines to easily change color.





The lines of Suvi Simola are displayed. I wouldn’t think of a combination of these three colors, but they look great.





Umbra & Penumbra Sweater , Jennifer Thompson, Knit Picks Publishing Burnished Autumn Collection: 2014 . The color palette is impressive, but it would be an expensive knitted pattern because it will take a lot of yarn and so much left.





Polar Cardigan Prism , Jennifer Beaumont. In this sweater the stylist combined the colors using a neutral background color.





Color slide Nicole Nerig. This model uses alternating colored dots for transitions. These individual colors are beautiful, but in this palette I will work a little more. The top three colors are warm tones and the bottom two are cool tones, which shortens the middle part a bit.





Three Gray Turtles by Bertha Karapetyan. I am very confident that my color theory teacher will accept this gray range.





Shadow Sweater Debbie Bliss. This ombre effect is created by combining threads of different colors and using mohair silk threads that have halos that promote a blending effect. The resulting effect is smooth, silent and beautiful. (I’ve reviewed this design before since it appeared in Debbie Bliss’s 2014 issue of Knitting Fall / Winter Magazine , and I think I really liked it even then.)





Gorgeous petals from Rose Beck. The tricolor gradient, mixed with dark stripes, give this traditional veil a gorgeous, modern look.





Coercion , Don Pryket. Here we have modern scarves in both color and style. The designer was able to propose this model of interest and movement using three models and one line of regulation.





Curio Cowl , Kelly McClure. Sewing lingerie mixes colors perfectly, and I like the colors used here.