White is the hardest colour to knit in, and the finest one to get right.
In dark colours a lot disappears. A slightly loose stitch, a transition that didn't come out quite even, a join lying the wrong way — it all hides in the shadow.
In white it shows.
That sounds like a warning, and it is really a recommendation. Knit a sweater in white and you see straight away what you are doing. It makes you a better knitter, and it makes you one faster.
White Dreams has an eyelet pattern and puff sleeves, and the eyelet pattern is exactly what makes white worth the trouble: the light goes through, and the sweater gets shadow of its own.
Beginner plus · needle 7 · eyelet pattern and puff sleeves
See the pattern → · Care and washing
Did you know …
The V&A in London has a long, white lace-knitted shawl, made by Amy Johnston in Baltasound on Shetland in 1935. It is hand-knitted in one-ply Shetland wool. The wool was plucked from the neck of the Shetland sheep.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum: Shawl, Amy Johnston, 1935
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum: Shawl, Amy Johnston, 1935.
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