Using colour...and a little bit of texture

This post focuses on using colour rather than texture to create effects...although I couldn't resist including some texture with slip-stitch patterns.

Here is a fluffy chunky yarn, worked from wrist-to-wrist.  Ideal as a stash-buster!

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This is another one of my own designs, using a slip stitch pattern with a V-shape on the front and the back, echoed by diamonds on the sleeves.  As it is a slip-stitch design, only one colour is worked at a time.

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This is another of my own designs, worked in Robin "Feelings" yarn, which is slightly fluffy with a reflective quality.  As you can see, the pattern continues across the sleeves so that it matches when the garment is assembled. The black and cream borders between the bronze and gold are worked in garter stitch to create some texture, whereas the rest of the garment is in stocking stitch with a ribbed neckband, cuffs and welt.

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This jumper creates a little texture with the cotton slub-effect yearn, and using garter stitch to separate the colours.  This is another jumper worked sideways, from wrist to wrist.

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More texture!  This jumper is another example of a slip-stitch design.  The original pattern was a two-colour design from Sandra (a German knitting magazine), but I thought it would create an interesting effect to use three colours.

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This is a party jumper made in four-ply.  The ribbing at the waist, wrists and on the yoke is plain black, whereas the main bodice and sleeves are in a sparkly yarn.  The bodice is full, so I have arranged it in "columns" to lie flat.

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This is a Shetland chunky jumper, with a stripe across the bodice continued on to the sleeve (the same pattern across the back).  It creates the effect of a Sam Browne belt.

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The next jumper is another slip-stitch design; rather than triangles, as in the brown-beige-cream jumper above, this design uses a diamond effect.

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Another blue jumper, this time in a fluffy 3 Suisses yarn, combined with Wendy Dolce.  The jumper is worked starting at the lower front, then up over the shoulders and down, all in one piece.

The sleeves are folder here to show how the pattern contines across the back.

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Another stash-buster.  This jumper is knitted in mohair, Wendy Monet, and chunky yarn.  As there were limited amounts of each yarn, this meant choosing where each colour was used was important, while maintaing balance in the overall design.

A close-up of the pattern:

 

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Another jumper worked all in one piece (over the head), with colour stripes creating a diamond formation.

 

 The jumper is folder to show how the colour pattern continues over the  shoulders and down the back.

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One more design worked "over the head", this time worked in a shaded yarn in combination with an insert in Robin "Feelings" - which catches the light.

Folded to show the continuation of the pattern over the back and shoulders:

Textures and cables...

The knitting pig hasn't posted for a while, so this time it will be a bumper session!

The first jumper is long sleeved in pink double-knitting, with cable, a touch of lace and double moss stitch.  The pattern is repeated on the back and the sleeves:

Here is a close up, showing details of the stitch:

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Here is a sleeveless top in a rust wool misture, with cables and a knit & purl pattern on the top.

I think it would have been a better idea (and probably quicker) to have ironed the sheet that the jumper was on first, rather than edit out the creases later!

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  Here is on of my favourites, a sage green long-sleeved jumper in a cable and rib pattern.

...and a couple of close up shots of the stitch pattern:

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Here is one of my own designs - double knitting, light green, with a cable trellis on the body and cables ending in lace flowers above.  The cable trellis is echoed on the sleeves, which are shaped to be full at the top.

Here are some detailed shots of the cable with lace flowers:

 

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The next jumper is an amber-coloured cable and double moss stitch, which gives a three-dimensional effect, and is also very warm:

 

Here is a close-up showing the stitch detail:

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The final jumper in this section is another of my own designs in dark green double knitting with moss stitch and cable:

Here is a detail of the stitch (with the tip of my finger also starring in the top left of the photo - oops!)