Horizontal Beats

Horizontal Beats is a super-simple pattern with big visual impact. It has a strong horizontal texture and colored stripes that are created with yarns that change colors slowly. The knitting is as easy as it gets—this is travel knitting or knitting to do while distracted. The yarns are from three North American dyers: Freia Fine Handpaints, Gauge Dye Works, and Spincycle Yarns. Each company uses different approaches to creating long-repeat yarns: Freia Fine Handpaints make long, smooth transitions from one solid color to another. Gauge Dye Works is famous for their precision color changes to create remarkable stripes. Spincycle Yarns create moving plys: each ply changes independently so the yarns are moving marls. Don't feel limited by the exact colorways used in the samples—choose your own yarns and colorways. Anything goes!