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Babette Blanket - colors selected

By Cheryl on June 22, 2007 5:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

[Updated June 23, 2007 - Changed my mind ... again.]

For about 3 weeks now, I've been working on a white full-size pineapple-style afghan as a wedding gift for my stepson and his fiance. But the Babette Blanket - with all her glorious colors - has still been on my mind! I wasn't satisfied with the colors I had, so I did more online hunting and purchased a bunch of different colors from Caron and JoAnn Fabrics.

These are the colors I've decided to use for Babette (for now at least). They are close to the colors used in the photos of the Babette Blanket in the Spring 2006 issue of Interweave Crochet. I discovered during my research into the Koigu yarn colors that images of those colors on various websites didn't match what is shown in the magazine photos. I decided to go with the vibrant colors shown in the magazine!

Complete color chart...

Caron Simply Soft yarn colors (version 2) for my Babette Blanket
Koigu color	(Dark / Medium / Light) Color description*	Caron Simply Soft color
Taupe	(D) medium brown	Copper Kettle (copper orange/red) or (I need 1 more Copper Kettle skein or I'll go with Bone (medium-light beige))
Sage Green	(M-L) medium sage green	Sage
Tomato Red	(D) dark orange-red (bright)	Red
French Blue	(D) medium-dark blue (not bright)	Country Blue
Vicious Green	(L) lime (bright)	Limelight
Purple-Grey	(D) dark purple	Violet
Golden Brown	(D) dark brown	Chocolate
Melon	(L) medium-light orange	Mango
Deep Blue-Green	(D) navy-ish (surprise!)	Dk. Country Blue
Citron (soft baby green)	(L) more yellow than green (bright)	Lemonade
Turquoise	(D) darkish blue with some green	Blue Mint
Bright Lilac	(M) medium purple (bright)	Grape
Baby Blue	(L) light blue	Soft Blue
Robin's Egg	(M) medium blue (brightish)	Berry Blue
Rose	(M) medium pink	Watermelon
Bright Pink	(D) darkish pink (bright)	Rubine Red
Dusty Lavender	(D) medium-dark purple	Iris

* My interpretation of the colors in the magazine photos of the Babette Blanket.

For color choices of others making this blanket, check out the Babette Blanket photo pool on Flickr.

Categories: Babette Blanket (crochet), Blankets (crochet)

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Enjoys crocheting, gardening, cats (I am Cleo's human), NASCAR (especially Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch!), photography, Diet Dr. Pepper, snorkeling in Kailua-Kona with sea turtles, cheeseburgers, iced coffee, Mocha Fraps, playing around with web technologies - not necessarily in that order! Still very much a beginner with knitting, sewing, and quilting. Donates crocheted lap blankets.

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Mid 40s. Married to Bill. Son Greg lives in Oregon. Stepson Billy is in Maui, Hawaii. Stepson Bryan lives in the Bay Area.

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