Box of Swatches

If you’ve ever stood in a yarn shop holding six different shades of wool and wondering whether they actually go together, The Box of Swatches might just be the knitting tool for you.

Inside The Box of Swatches you’ll find 72 colour swatches alongside a poster and handy guide to colour theory, all designed to help spark some inspiration for your next colourwork knitting project. We especially love it for planning colourwork with lots of colours (like the Shetland Wool Week hats) and bigger colourwork knits where choosing the right yarn colours can feel slightly overwhelming.

The fact you can physically move the colours around, swapping shades in and out until you land on a colour palette you love is fantastic. It’s such a useful way to visualise how your yarn colours might look together when planning your colourwork knit before committing to buying your yarn.

Inspired by the historic Chevreul Chromatic Circle, each colour card also includes HEX, RGB and CMYK values which is brilliant for using outside of knitting, too. Whether you’re into crochet, sewing, interiors, graphic design or you just really love colour, it’s a cool thing to play around with.

And if you’d like some more help choosing your yarn colours for colourwork projects, we’ve shared some knitting advice over on the Baa! blog: 5 Top Tips For Choosing Your Yarn Colours In Colourwork Knitting.