Let's discuss color! Bring your knitting and relax and knit while listening to an interesting and informative lecture about color in stranded colorwork. How is color important in Fair Isle knitting? How does color affect the final design?

Most Fair Isle knitting designs include light-colored wool and dark-colored wool, to create contrast. This contrast between light and dark is an important feature of authentic Fair Isle knitting. To benefit most from color contrast, it is important to understand color theory, color selection, and color dominance. In stranded colorwork, “color dominance” refers to a particular knitting method that affects the final appearance of the colored knit stitches. Understanding the fundamentals of color dominance will enable achievement of a knitted project with more consistent, uniform stitch definition.

During this lecture, you will:
• Learn the basics of color theory and how to apply the principles to guide your color choices.
• Learn about color in traditional Fair Isle knitting, and how it contrasts with new modern colorways.
• Learn about natural plant-based dyes in traditional colorwork, and how/when/why modern chemical dyes drastically changed knitting designs.
• Learn how to choose a color palette and look at yarns with an eye to creating successful stranded colorwork projects.
• Learn to analyze how different color combinations can completely alter the pattern’s appearance.
• Learn the color differences between Fair Isle colorwork and other regional variations of stranded colorwork