Yesterday Berroco released a new free pattern, Mira, a color work hat designed in Berroco Abode by Amy Christoffers, our fabulous design director. Mira is a beautiful hat that I was so excited to swatch for because knitting with Abode is simply scrumptious. It is a 100% merino wool, loosely spun, single ply yarn that goes from thick to thin. The colors are painted on the white wool yarn so when knitted, the color work looks a bit like a water color painting.
To get excited about swatching, I went through some old sketchbooks. I was drawn to some sketches and tear sheets that I had pulled for an Abode color story almost 2 years ago.
I decided to give colors 8842 Old Velvet, 8806 Inkwell, 8804 Glade, and 8838 Burlap a try.
I like it … but it’s not quite right. Searching through the other colors, I loved what I saw when I held up color 8840 Apricot over the pink in my swatch. So I gave it another go, swapping the raspberry Old Velvet color for Apricot.
I like it so much better! The swatch above was made with colors 8840 Apricot, 8806 Inkwell, 8804 Glade, and 8838 Burlap. I love these colors for myself but there are many more to choose from.
What colors will you knit your Mira with?
Happy Making!
Emily
Received my yarn yesterday for this project. I can’t wait to get started. The colors are beautiful!