whats the difference between...

[RufusBeans]

Verigated and Ombre Somebody wants me to do a dye job for them in funky Christmas colors Ombre

I think I have seen the term ombre with cotton yarn...but I am not sure exactaly what the significance and differance is with a verigated colorway?


:help

[pamelamama]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ombre&r=67

:hmm

[RufusBeans]

yeah I had the same reaction when I looked it up...

I guess I will just ask her what she means and I'll look like a dumb donkey

[ravingcutie]

Funky little Christmas man????


:lol:

[BethyM99]

She may not know what she means, maybe she's just seen it at Walmart?

[mommomrebecca]

She may not know what she means, maybe she's just seen it at Walmart?

:lol:

[Jester]

Varigated Lilly Sugar-n-Creme yarn is called "ombre"...maybe that's what she's thinking of?

[BethyM99]

Mystery solved! Now maybe one of our dyeing Divas can explain it in kool-aid/knittin pants terms ;)

"Ombre" color yarns generally consist of three or four distinctive colors that are blended together, changing from one color to the next in the strand, in an obvious repeated order, such as red, to white, to blue, to white, to red, to white, to blue, to white, etc.

"Variegated" color yarns generally consist of a wide variety of colors which are blended together, (5 or more), changing from one color to the next in the strand. The important difference to keep in mind between "Ombre" and "Variegated" color yarns is that "Variegated" color yarns change color so frequently along the strand that no obvious color pattern develops as the stitches are worked.

http://pumamouse.com/crochetalldayallnight.html

[RufusBeans]

Bethy, I just gotta say





YOU RULE :cheer

[pamelamama]

:nod

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[abigailvr]

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