OK so I've gone totally crazy with trying to sort out in my head what I need to do to get the look of Dedri's (Look at what I made) but using the aran weight cotton from Drops and where I'm supposed to start / what colours / how much etc!
Anyway I decided to be methodical and I went through all the colours listed here:
http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/crafts/y ... -cal-2014/I ignored the actual lengths as at this stage I don't intend to do the whole huge blanket but a smaller version, I just wanted to get an idea of percentages so I can then order based on proportions of each colour! I'm also keeping in mind that if I need to reorder she makes the point that on a project like this tiny differences betwen dye lots won't really show / matter. I took on board her suggestions for pooling some of the very similar colours as well. I thought I'd put all the infor here as a comparison tool between the colours of the Stylecraft Special DK and Drops Love You #5 / Paris (I had to use colours from both collections). For any fuss pots who add it up
- yes it equals 102%
but that is due to rounding up
So here goes! The percentage is how much of that colour for the total squares for the blanket (not including edging or joining as that will be personal choice and just wanted to keep it simple) first name is the Stylecraft colour(s) then , the the Drops colour (and number) I felt was the best match and a photo of the colour, all photos from the Garnstudios website.
Drops #5
http://www.garnstudio.com/dropslovesyou ... n=d&cid=19Drops Paris
http://www.garnstudio.com/yarn.php?id=21&cid=1920% Sherbert and Cloud -> Drops #5 - Light Blue - 118
The following one was really hard to match, there just wasn't the same purple, if anyone wants to have a look and see if you think there is a better colour let me know!
15% Magenta -> Drops #5 - Heather - 127
14% Turquoise -> Drops #5 - Turquoise - 119
10% Meadow -> Drops Paris - Moss Green - 25
9% Saffron -> Drops #5 - Yellow - 121
9% Pomegranite -> Drops #5 - Cerise - 123
6% Fondant -> Drops Paris - Medium Pink - 33
5% Lavender and Wisteria -> Drops #5 - Lavender - 116
5% Aster and Aspen -> Drops Paris - Light Turquoise - 02
OR Aster -> Drops Paris - Dark Turquoise 010
AND Aspen -> Drops Paris - Opal Green11
3% Lipstick -> Drops #5 - Red 115 -
2% Plum -> Drops #5 Purple - 117
2% Shrimp -> Drops Paris - Apricot - 01
2% Clematis -> Drops #5 - Pink - 114
1% Spring Green -> Drops #5 Mint - 125
Not 100% this one is the right one - I'm wondering if the lime
would be better - neither are an exactish match!
Phew that was hard work but I feel better about what I'm doing now! Although need to see if there are enough colours in the Stylecraft Aran to be able to work with that as wonder if it will wash better / be more cosy. Does anyone know if it is the same softness as the SC Special DK?