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Kaleidoscope

2020

To develop Kaleidoscope I started by compiling a blanket of textures where each feed in the face of the fabric was striped, so each line alternated colors . This meant a total of four colors constantly striping in the face that could be suppressed by allocating which yarns were coming up in the even and odd lines. This is illustrated in the close ups of both the fabrics and knit files.

By creating different textures, the fabric gives the illusion of many different colors and shades depending on the yarns used.

In this development I found it was best to use a scale of colors from light, medium-light, medium-dark and dark. This created the greatest range and variance in color options.

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Texture blanket, consisting of 30/1 light heather grey + 1/150 teal poly and 20/1 light heather blue + 20/1 dark heather blue. Each square is a unique texture that is a unique combination of these yarns.
Knit file of texture blanket.
A rendering demonstrating the design to a potential customer.
Textures from blanket were dropped into each part of the design.
Mattress Grove, a local brand purchased the design with some slight adjustments to coloration, toning down the vibrant teal and punching up the blues. Here is their fully fabricated bed.
The textures remain the same as original, but the bright teal yarn is substituted for a rich blue yarn.
This and the following are alternate color explorations of the Kaleidoscope technique as a result of further iteration on the texture blanket in more colorways.
A more delicate application of the Kaleidoscope technique on a Marimekko inspired knit design.
Close up of Kaleidoscope knit file.