Tips for Choosing the Perfect Project for Variegated Yarns

We all have that hand dyed skein in our collection that we bought because the colors made our heart sing. But sometimes it languishes in our stash because we can't figure out what to do with it.
In this video, I show you how to pick a project that will transform that beautiful yarn into an equally beautiful shawl, cowl or scarf.
These are the samples that I show (all patterns available on Ravelry.com):
Usonian Shawl by Dee O'Keefe
Shaking the Tree Cowl by Janet Avila
Maximizer Shawl by Ann Weaver
Spell Cowl by Shannon Squire

[@ArDeeMee]

‚Pick a colour that‘s not in the skein‘, she said - followed by her staring at the rainbow skein. That was hilarious. ;D
Very good tips for this type of yarn. I haven‘t bought this kind yet, but I haven been curious… thank you!

[@lindawallace2036]

Great explanation on how colors play differently depending on the chosen pattern! I’m not a fan of pooling and now I know how to avoid it. I will be stash diving this week 👍

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

Thanks, Linda. I've found people either love pooling or hate it.

[@laurelgirard8475]

@@stringtheoryyarnco473 I love to let the yarn do what it may!! I’m along for the ride, and the yarn is in control!! (Except those rare times when I actually want more pooling and have to mix & match the yarn in use). Very interesting video. So much color that we see everyday but don’t think about!’

[@noelleparris9451]

i never realized before the striping issue, the point you made about choosing a color that was not in the variegated yarn to get stripes. That was very helpful, thank you!

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

So glad it helped.

[@JennyFleming]

What a fabulous video. I am a new knitter and need all the help you can offer with combining colors and really looking at how a skein is dyed up.

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

I'm so glad this was helpful!

[@Christine-in3oo]

Thanks Janet. What a great little tutorial. It was all helpful and explains some of the mystery of how these variegated beauties knit up in different patterns AND combine with other solids and speckles. Nice!

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@barbarascott-q3f]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

So glad!

[@jennysmith80]

I love your idea on choosing a color that isn't in the variegated yarn to use as the stripe. 💕

[@lindagregory6501]

Thank you. I love seeing the samples and your tips on knitting.

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

I'm so glad. There are more to come.

[@mollygallagher4619]

Thanks for including the names of the examples of what you showed . Only wish more of them were free.

[@latitude1904]

TY for the overview. Your Maximize Shawl is very pretty and a good example of a non-pooling strategy. Would you kindly update your Revelry project page to include some photos of that shawl, please?

[@fairlyfoxymoxy]

This was really helpful & straightforward advice. So glad you pointed out common mistakes and I will definitely keep these ideas in mind for my next project ☺️ thanks for sharing!

[@teslah2997]

This was SOOO helpful….thank you so much

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

I'm so glad! Thanks for letting me know.

[@agnesadyana7344]

Thank you for sharing your tips for variegated yarn. I have looking for this information. 🙏

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

I'm so glad that you found this helpful!

[@badgeman50]

Great tips! Thanks! 😁😁

[@SandraS1397]

Wish I had found this video before I started knitting my shawl 😂
I'm about 1/4 the way through of this VERY variegated yarn. It's got earthy green, gold, amber, teal, blue, cream, purple and pink 😂. I didn't know the golds and greens were in there cause the outer ball was just the purples and blues and I was like "Ummm wow okay that's weird" 😂. Now I feel like I have to finish since I got 2 skeins of this weird coloring yarn. I should've doubled it with a solid yard to blend it I think. Or striped it with a solid. Wish I could add photos to this comment so you can see these colors lol.

[@marciamcguire6501]

WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you SO much !!!!!! marcia

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

You are so welcome!

[@nancygoldberg376]

Thank you for this. I never know what to do with the yarn I bought in a whom that is variegated

[@judyscreationsincrochet2710]

This was great info. I am a crocheter though so would love some information on how to handle variegated in crochet patterns.

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

Good idea! We will work on that.

[@throughthebackloop]

Such great suggestions! Thank you!!

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

I hope I inspired you.

[@mandystrawn5731]

Thanks for the tips! Great points!

[@stringtheoryyarnco473]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@Arianna1308]

Will you please share jyour patterns? They all look beautiful!!!!

[@rubiprabhu3877]

Nice

[@donnared5202]

Very helpful. Thank you.