@tcn33 Not for knitting yarn. There are definitely tools for doing it with stranded cotton and tapestry wool, which are used for embroidery. It’s because those are standardised, but knitting yarn colours tend to change more frequently with fashion.

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@tcn33 It’s also difficult to eyeball knitting yarn on computer. Your best bet is to take a printed colour sample into a yarn store and manually look. You can also ask to go through any sample books, which often have little knitted swatches in them.

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Time for some glorious fairisle knitting! https://t.co/SGy8OKVXiF https://t.co/ve37jbM7ct

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@randomknits JESUS. I just opened Tweetdeck and it looked like you’d been flayed.

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@tcn33 Well, even if they could, a given yarn range might have, what, 3-4 different reds (or blues or greens, etc) at most? Even with the embroidery threads, it’s never an *exact* match. Only way to get it exact is to dye it yourself. 🙂

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@tcn33 That would be an interesting service for some dyer to offer, actually…. Maybe you could commission one of them to do it?

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@tcn33 Now that you’ve got me curious… the most used wool on Ravelry is Cascade 2020, which comes in around 190 colours: https://t.co/AGLLzPokEv. That’s the biggest range I’ve seen, and certainly more than any Aussie producer.

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@tcn33 I can’t find anyone who’s mapped them to hex or Pantone colours though….

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There’s nothing like telling the livestream over and over for an hour to pay attention and check each row for errors (TDD!) only to discover that you got distracted and made an error on the previous row and have to spend 30 minutes tinking and reknitting. 😐

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RT @JANUSZCZAK: The first new blue pigment to be discovered for 200 years has finally gone on sale for artists. You’ll need to take out a b…

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@goldfishgeorge It’s very pretty though!!

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Watching Independence Day auf Deutsch, for the first time in forever, and just realised that one of the crashed alien spaceships lands right on Sydney’s Eastern suburbs. “And nothing of value was lost,” snarks the Snook. 😂 https://t.co/2ioX0iRvqu

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I saw the 2005 BBC “Bleak House” adaptation on a list of “If you liked Bridgerton we recommend this…” but I’m halfway through and there’s been no nudity and no doing it. It’s just Wedge Antilles pining, Tywin Lannister being evil, and Johnny Vegas spontaneously combusting. 🤨

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@Baba_Lilith Well, I actually am enjoying it, but it really doesn’t have anything in common with Bridgerton other than being a period costume piece.

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After all that endless 4ply in Lanatus, it’s nice to be back to DK for Orkney! ❤️ https://t.co/MDVYyxcVlf

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RT @LittlerLabel: anyone else spend December saying “I’m just tired, I just need a couple of weeks off then I’ll be fine” and then come bac…

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One of my favourite Aussie artists. I saw an exhibition of her work at the QAGOMA a few years back and ended up carrying a large print of “The Sock Knitter” home to Sydney on the airplane. ❤️ https://t.co/DNr9WdhNEs https://t.co/MNfb8raqdY

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TIL there is an album on @Spotify called “Now That’s What I Call Sea Shanties Vol. 1”. 😳⚓️🎵 https://t.co/zqCAb22BzQ https://t.co/aL2pfA9zH4

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RT @johnallsopp: Get along to these and we’ve got CFPs open for 5 online conferences in 2021 and we can’t wait to hear from you!

https://t…

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@bazscott I can’t decide if I’m proud that I knew immediately what you were talking about. 😂

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@minxdragon @seriouseats Yep, just search that title on the seriouseats site!

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RT @abc_everyday: What the heck is a sea shanty and why are they going viral https://t.co/9umQpprGPB

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Me: “What’s that sound? Oh. Tiny balls of ice are falling from the sky.”
Him: “It does not look pleasant out there.”
Me: “It does not.” @ Munich, Germany https://t.co/dCyANHDj1J

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@charis Yep, seen lots of finished “Tempestries” this year! Very cool. Nicely done, @susie_hailey! ❤️

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@darthted We haven’t finished it yet. There’s your review. 😂

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RT @adhorn: Great to see the work done by AWS for internet security using Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to prevent BGP hijackin…

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@hannahcancode Interesting Google search there, HANNAH. 😉

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@friendlyunit @MelissaKaulfuss I always found it weird that Aussies often give “average” a negative connotation. “How was it? Pretty average” = bad. But to my American ears, average is actually pretty good!

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@TheresaNeate I always, always recommend @LookaheadSearch for tech and tech leadership roles in Australia. They’re the best. ❤️

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Oh no. We visited it in May 2019 but didn’t climb. Very sad. 🙁 https://t.co/fzdy3BN5aS

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I need this shirt, but with “Stricken” instead of “Häkeln”. 😉 https://t.co/h0YBsXaPR7

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А ты говоришь по-русски? I’m looking for a Europe-based Russian-speaking Developer Advocate to join my team at @awscloud. If you love inspiring others to build in the Cloud, please get in touch! (DMs open.) https://t.co/yhysUgc6Gd

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@yaghmoer I don’t crochet.

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@CatSwetel Yep. And it also makes me feel just a little prouder to actually be a female tech leader and manager. I knew I was a unicorn, but didn’t realise so many of my peers had never had one.

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@jennapederson YES, death to Todo apps! Here’s a left-field one – I’d love to see a demo building the “Dress Me” app from Clueless. 😂👗 I saw a conf talk that @hannahcancode did that used it a few years back and thought it was GENIUS!

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Cool! I was hoping for some cables or textural interpretations rather than just pixel charts, but these are still pretty neat. https://t.co/6I2PsM9r82

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Relatedly, I once knitted the Wow! Signal into a scarf. 📡👽🧣 https://t.co/nugWDSUr0o https://t.co/RPUBRQYCeP

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One 45 minutes to go! Now the real question is, can I drink wine, knit, and play #devopspartygames all at the same time? 🤔🍷🧶💻 https://t.co/fFYVKazsix

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@mattstratton LET’S DO THIS. #devopspartygames https://t.co/rtfJ7MdyxU

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@KaiPMDH How can I be living in Germany and not have any beer in the house? 😭

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@KaiPMDH I like it, but I’m not sophisticated about it. This lovely little drop cost me a whole €4. 😂

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@abertrotzdem IT’S GORGEOUS! 😍

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Honestly, the high point of #devopspartygames for me was when someone complimented my hand-drawn pretzel avatar. 🥨❤️ #tinyvictories https://t.co/zIQ4ELEGSh

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I made a little video about corrugated ribbing, and various methods for knitting it! 🧶 https://t.co/WD4cfUNRX8

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