{"id":116,"date":"2020-11-16T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T08:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/?p=116"},"modified":"2020-11-16T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T08:02:16","slug":"swatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Swatches!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you love swatching? I do! I love playing with colour combinations, trying out new techniques and seeing what happens to a yarn when you knit it. When knitting swatches I also enjoy and admire their different textures. The possibilities are endless. While designing <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/gloed-knit-wall-art\" target=\"_blank\">Gloed, a knitted landscape<\/a>,  knitting different kinds of swatches helped me to determine its contrasts and colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_plusMicroSky-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"121\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_plusMicroSky-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/?attachment_id=121\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_plusMicroSky-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_plusMicroSky-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_plusMicroSky-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_plusMicroSky-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_plusMicroSky-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Gloed different swatches<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_micro-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"120\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_micro-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/?attachment_id=120\" class=\"wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_micro-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_micro-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_micro-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_micro-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_micro-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Gloed micro swatches<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_withAbstract-scaled-e1605442149641-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_withAbstract-scaled-e1605442149641-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_withAbstract-scaled-e1605442149641-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_withAbstract-scaled-e1605442149641-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_withAbstract-scaled-e1605442149641-1536x956.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gloedswatches_Mini_withAbstract-scaled-e1605442149641-2048x1274.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Gloed mini swatch and abstract swatch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, I also knit swatches just for gauge, such as the dark blue garter stitch swatch, made before casting on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/paris-toujours\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Toujours<\/a>. The light blue swatch with flowers was made because I was curious to see and feel the technique of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/late-bloomer-mittens\" target=\"_blank\">Late Bloomer Mittens by Kirstin Ledgett<\/a>. I liked it so much that I decided to knit a cushion using this technique and I cast on a second swatch (the darker one with flowers) to try different marls. That <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/AmsterDaph\/late-bloomer-mittens\" target=\"_blank\">cushion <\/a>is my favourite project for now, I really love alternating knitting and embroidery, it is very satisfying.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Swatches_Blue2-1024x944.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"132\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Swatches_Blue2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/?attachment_id=132\" class=\"wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Swatches_Blue2-1024x944.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Swatches_Blue2-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Swatches_Blue2-768x708.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Swatches_Blue2-1536x1416.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Swatches_Blue2-2048x1888.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Blue swatches<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I&#8217;m pretty sure this is not my last post on knitting swatches! To be continued&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you love swatching? I do! I love playing with colour combinations, trying out new techniques and seeing what happens to a yarn when you knit it. When knitting swatches I also enjoy and admire their different textures. The possibilities are endless. While designing Gloed, a knitted landscape, knitting different kinds of swatches helped me &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/?p=116\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Swatches!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[17,10,13,8,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneruben.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}