Ask Madelyn: Changing Color in the Weft
What is the proper way to deal with changing weft color? Does one break and restart or carry the yarn up the edges?
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What is the proper way to deal with changing weft color? Does one break and restart or carry the yarn up the edges?
There is a whole other world of color theory I wish more people would talk about, and that is color preference. I believe there must be interesting cultural differences in our color preferences depending on who we are, what we do, the language we speak, a
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