Making the Gradient: A Selection of Gradient Knitting Designs

Today in the Knitting Needles և Damage section, we will look at gradient knitwear options. While writing my reviews on weaving patterns, I realized that I am especially impressed by the well-designed gradient effect. There is a lot of fun in the effect of beautiful color combinations. This is a very confident look to its palette, because when the ropes blend well at this level, any striped or colored block design can be used to achieve a gradient effect. If you decide to spend less money and risk lower bandwidth, you are simply fooling yourself. It reminds me of the exercises I had to do in the early 2000s when I took a certification course in color theory and visual arts at George Brown College in Toronto. We had to draw color cards with a single progressive gradient from the whitest or lightest color tones to the darkest shades; course teacher. But then you mix the yarn in your local yarn shop, try it, don't worry about an infinitely small drop of white or dye can be added, your efforts will not be noticeable, so go ahead and go. Enjoy the choice of gradient colors. There are weaving patterns that can help complete the yarn palette you choose, which I will mention in the selected gradient patterns in this article.

The design above is a " Humphrey Shawl" by Maylin Tri'Coterie Designs. I love the mental rainbow effect that forces the designer to choose many of the same bright shades and replace them with shadows.





Variable light , Jennifer Weissman. In this gradient knit, the designer used different layers to mix adjacent shades. Monochrome blocks without softened transitions can look a bit rough, even if a good color scheme is chosen.





Deep Gradient , Suvi Simola. Here we re-weave the color lines, և the designer has limited the gradient effect to the lines to make the look really different.





Pixel sweater from Jennifer Beaumont. Another technique for switching between shadows is the "pixelated" effect of artificially placed random seams of the second color.





Metamorphic , Lisa K. Ross. This design uses variable stitches to "switch" from one shade to another. I have been thinking about the design of this sweater for a long time և I will make it in 2019 on the occasion of my grandfather Beetle's sixth birthday.





Colorshift , Karina Spencer. The designer weaved two hats with this hat and built a bridge between them. This is an excellent technique for converting a two-color yarn into a gradient color when creating mixed colors.





Everything about greens Natalie V. This design uses delicate colored ribbons to bring together a palette of four shades of green.





Degreenify , Josh Ricks-Robinski. In this design, the designer used a classic Afghan wavy pattern (traditionally used to combine many different colors) and added iridescent lines to facilitate color change.





Mirrored lines , Suvi Simola. I couldn't imagine combining these three colors, but they look amazing.





Umbra & Penumbra sweater by Jennifer Thompson, published by Knit Picks Burnished . Fall 2014 collection. The variety of colors is impressive, but it will be expensive to knit with such a pattern, because you will need a lot of yarn socks, the same amount will remain.





Continental prism cardigan by Jennifer Beaumont. In this sweater, the designer combined colors using a neutral background color.





Colorslide , Nicole Nerig. This pattern uses colorful stitching. These individual colors are beautiful, but I prefer to work with this palette. The first three colors are warm colors, and the last two colors are cool colors, which creates a certain contrast in the center.





Necklace of three gray Aurora turtles , Berta Karapetyan. I am sure that my color theory teacher will like these shades of gray.





Debbie Bliss ombre sweater . This ombre effect is created by combining strands of different shades with a halo silk yarn, which helps to mix the effect. The resulting effect is soft, delicate and pleasant. (I reviewed this design as seen in the 2014 Fall / Winter issue of Debbie Bliss Knitting Magazine , և I think I liked it a lot at the time).





Beautiful petals , Ward Beck. Three gradient color lines intersecting with dark lines give this traditional hat a bold and modern look.





Primus , Don Priket. Here is a modern shawl in color and style. The designer was able to arouse so much interest in the pattern that he moved only in three shades and lines.





Curio Cole , Kelly McClure. Linen stitching is especially good with colors, I like the colors used here.