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 Whether you decide to design your own scarf or use Tahki's free knit or crochet patterns for their COLORPLAY Challenge, you're going to love Cotton Classic & Cotton Classic Lite.
It's no wonder it's our best selling 100% mercerized cotton yarn; soft and delicate to the hand, yet strong and durable for a lifetime! Available in a kalediscope of 135 sportweight colors and a lighter weight version in a growing bouquet of colors.
Save 10% on all Cotton Classic yarns now through April 1, 2011. Click here for discount code.
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Our mission is to be much more than an on-line catalog supplying you with quality natural fiber yarns at prices you can afford.
We're dedicated to natural fibers, cotton especially, as the best choice for comfort, health and good looks. We keep exploring new ways of working with them, new combinations, new yarns, new patterns, new tools, books, videos. And, as always, we love sharing our experience with you!
Read more about Cotton Clouds' early beginning when I first learned to spin cotton Harry & Olive LInder, the gurus of cotton hand spinning.
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Tahki's COLORPLAY Reader Challenge
Love color? Then you'll love designing a scarf using Tahki's Cotton Classic yarns. Win a rainbow of yarn valued at $250 for the best knit or crochet design. Tahki challenges you to use at least four colors in a 6" x 52" scarf by either using one of their pattern designs (see sidebar) or your own.
Click here for complete details about the Tahki COLORPLAY Reader Challenge that was recently announced in the knitting daily newsletter.
View this video of Kristin Omdahl choosing her colors for her Cotton Classic inspirational scarf. Choose from over 135 Cotton Classic and 41 Cotton Classic Lite colors. Let your creative juices go wild to express your love of color!
Cotton Clouds will offer you a 10% discount on all Cotton Classic yarns through April 1, 2011 (entry deadline). Click here to get discount code.
Get started now! Once you post your COLORPLAY entry on knitting daily gallery, readers will vote on their favorite. The sooner you show off your design the more possibility of votes you'll get! Entry deadline is April 1, 2011. |
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Using a Color Wheel By Emily Chauviere
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Once you understand the basics of color theory, you can use it to plan the colors used (the palette) in a knitting project. Intarsia, Fair Isle, mosaic, stripes, and even a solid color with a contrasting border all require the knitter to choose colors that not only look good but that go together well. Here are some tips for how to choose and use good colors in a knitting project. A color wheel illustrates how colors relate to each other and helps the knitter make good color combinations in a project. The basic colors (hues) of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet can be mixed, and their value can be changed by lightening or darkening them (changing their value) to create infinite color possibilities.
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Our Facebook fans have grown by 50% since the last e-newsletter. That's great! Thanks.
Let's keep the momentum going. Please forward this email to all your fiber friends and remind them of our continuing "Open-to-Win" $25 Gift Certificate give-away announced every Monday on our Facebook page.
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