Crochet Checkerboard Color Pooling

United States
October 24, 2018 8:18am CST
Creating the checkerboard effect also produced a diagonal striped design with this swatch.. A yarn with just two colors would be ideal for a checkered effect. Be sure each color repeat has the same number of stitches so that colors will evenly stack. Depending on color sequence of your yarn and length of colors a variety of checkered effects can be created.
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Robin
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
24 Oct 18
So neat! did you crochet that? All variegated yarns I've found have been uneven! like a little of this and a lot of that for colors!
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Pearl Rosa
@pearlrosa (139)
• United States
24 Oct 18
I did. Some variegated yarns have fairly even color lengths but others don't. Either way getting a stitch count for each color then maintaining that count is helpful in creating patterns. If stitch count is only a stitch or two difference, then adjust your tension to get the same number of stitches per color. This app also helps a whole lot.
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Robin
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
25 Oct 18
@pearlrosa Nice! I tend to just use variegated colors when I want a little something random. Its not to hard for me to crochet/ switch yarns to get patterns!