Afghan Shades - Color Selection

[crochetfanatic]

You only need 5 colors of Waverly yarn to make either blanket.

If you make the KNIT blanket, you will need the following quantities.
Contrast A: 4 balls
Contrast B: 3 balls
Contrast C: 3 balls
Contrast D: 3 balls
Contrast E: 2 balls
According to the PDF documentthat shows recommended color selections, you will use the following colors from "Beautiful Things" for the knit blanket: A Porcelain Red, B Bitter Rose, C Sundrift, D Pink Suede, and E Irish Moss.

If you make the CROCHET blanket, you will need the following quantities.
Main Color (MC): 5 balls
Contrast A: 2 balls
Contrast B: 2 balls
Contrast C: 2 balls
Contrast D: 2 balls
According to the PDF document that shows recommended color selections, you will use the following colors from the "Beautiful Things" palette for the crochet blanket: MC Willow, A Porcelain Red, B Bitter Rose, C Pink Suede, and D Sundrift.

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Hi, I'm new and I was very lost. I was wondering where everyone was getting the "past perfect" etc comments. Now I get it. I'll be a week behind, but I hope I'll catch up quickly. Thanks for posting this!

[Shandeh]

Hi, I'm new and I was very lost. I was wondering where everyone was getting the "past perfect" etc comments. Now I get it. I'll be a week behind, but I hope I'll catch up quickly. Thanks for posting this!

Welcome to the Mystery Blanket-Along!
If you're still choosing colors, you might like reading the Color Tutorial Bernat has provided. You can also try out different color combinations with the My Palette tool.

You can read about it all here in the One Stop Reference:
Crochet: viewtopic.php?f=121&t=541
Knit: viewtopic.php?f=181&t=551

[delgram]

I chose the Beautiful Things design for my afghan, with the Willow greena s my main color. Is that going to be ok? I also bought more colors than I need so now I have to choose which ones are the right ones. I love them all. Delgram1

[Shandeh]

I chose the Beautiful Things design for my afghan, with the Willow greena s my main color. Is that going to be ok? I also bought more colors than I need so now I have to choose which ones are the right ones. I love them all. Delgram1

My friend, it's YOUR blanket. Make it any color you want.

[zhanie]

My KAL colours are so ugly! But then again, I don't know what the overall look will be so I may be pleasantly surprised at the end

[Shandeh]

My KAL colours are so ugly! But then again, I don't know what the overall look will be so I may be pleasantly surprised at the end

The last I heard, these were your colors. I think they look good!

[zhanie]

awe, you remembered! Those are my CAL colours and I am very happy with them.

My KAL colours are: birch white, aqua frost, (a light grey from a different brand....not nearly as soft but it works), classic navy (main colour), and... get this! my accent colour is porcelain red. There wasn't much selection at the store and my daughter helped me, I trusted her because she picked the CAL colours. But I'm not sure about the red and blue. Although it could be absolutely different and beautiful. Do you see what I mean??

[Greylady]

Shandeh,

I saw your post for a you tube video showing how to use a center pull skein. But the link you posted doesn't work. Can you repost and give me another way to search you tube please? Maybe your posting name or the video title?

Thanks!

Kathy W

[Shandeh]

Shandeh,
I saw your post for a you tube video showing how to use a center pull skein. But the link you posted doesn't work. Can you repost and give me another way to search you tube please? Maybe your posting name or the video title?
Thanks! Kathy W

Hi Kathy!

Here's my video about finding the center of a skein of yarn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC3uESjGB8Y

My name in YouTube is "unkoine".

[zhanie]

One day I will check out that video too. I think about it every time I shove my hand into the ball, pull out a handful of yarn and hope to find an end