Made to Match: Choosing Colors for Your Next Project

About this experience

Class Schedule: Sunday, September 13, 3:00 - 5:30 pm

Instructor: Becky LiVigni

This class is one session long. Please ensure you are available for the session before booking your spot. See cancellation policy below. 

Picking colors for a striped, colorwork, or gradient project is one of the most exciting — and most paralyzing — parts of multicolor knitting. Why do some combinations sing and others disappear? What makes a great contrast color? How do you build a palette that works in yarn, not just on your phone screen? 

In this workshop, we'll cover the fundamentals of color theory as they apply specifically to fiber projects: hue, value, and saturation; contrast and readability in colorwork; how to use a value scale to test combinations; and strategies for building palettes from a statement skein. You'll get hands-on time with yarn from YarnCom's shelves to practice building combinations, and leave with a color selection framework you can apply to any multicolor project.

Topics covered:

• Color basics: hue, value, saturation
• Contrast
• The value scale test
• Warm vs. cool, saturated vs. muted - how fiber renders differently than on the screen
• Building a palette from a statement skein or color you love
• Stripe sequencing and color order
• Common pitfalls

Materials for class:

• Notebook and pen
• Smartphone or tablet
• Optional: bring any yarn you've been struggling to pair

Homework

• Find one image - a painting, photo, or pattern - that uses colors you love; bring it printed or on your phone
• Bring a skein and/or project idea you'd like to build a palette for

Minimum Number of Students: 3

If class minimum is not met by 48 hours before class start, class will be cancelled. Registrants will be contacted via phone and/or email, and refunded the full class fee to their original form of payment.

Class Policies

The schedule presented is the available time for the instructor. If you are unable to attend a class session, a 1:1 lesson can be scheduled at an additional cost.

Yarncom must be notified a minimum of 48 hours before the first session begins if you will not be attending. Refunds will not be available for cancellations within 48 hours of the first session.

Credit card refunds for cancellations are available with a $15 administration fee.

Store credit refunds for cancellations are available at no additional fee. The credit will be added to your customer profile.

You may reschedule your class up to 48 hours before the first session if the class is offered at another time.

Exceptions at management discretion.