Picking colors that look good together is one of the biggest challenges of color in weaving. It can seem daunting: How do you select a palette that goes together, yet doesn’t mix into mud?

Here are some suggestions.

What do you do with a domineering color that threatens to take over your cloth? Sure, you can use less of it, but sometimes you want to use it up – like if it’s a huge cone of that Halloween orange yarn you picked up at an estate sale ten years ago.

Fortunately, you can reduce the shoutiness of that dominant color by choosing how you arrange it. Read on to find out how.

When we’re considering color for our handwoven cloth, we often just ask, “What colors should I use?” But there is so much more to designing with color than choosing a yarn palette. This post offers five key questions that will help you design gorgeous cloth, and suggests ways to answer those questions.