When Helen asked me to test her last design for 2023/first design for 2024 I had been sorting through my Aran stash. I had 3x200g balls of Stylecraft Amor in “Meadow”; and loads of Stylecraft Special DK.
Helen’s test pattern was done in 7 colours so I also wanted to do a 7-colour tester for her using the Amor. I chose the following swaps – the first colour is Helen’s colour, the second is mine. 1-DuckEgg/Mushroom; 2-Petrol/Graphite; 3-Powder Pink/Duck Egg; 4-Fuschia Purple/Amor Meadow; 5-Mocha/Saffron; 6-Walnut/Khaki; 7-Parchment/Meadow
I started by following Helen’s selection of colours until I realised I had graphite and khaki next to each other and it was simply too dark. So from round 11 onwards I started swopping colours around.
I used Aran with a 5.5mm hook so obviously I used more yarn that Helen did with her DK/8ply original with a 4mm hook.

This is my colourway substitution for Helen’s original colourway:
R1/Khaki; R2+3+R4/Amor; R5/Duck Egg; R6+R7/Graphite; R8/Saffron; R9+R10/Amor; R11/Khaki; R12/Meadow; R13/Khaki; R14-18/Mushroom; R19+R20/Amor; R21/Graphite; R22/Saffron; R23/Khaki; R24/Duck Egg; R25+R26/Meadow; R27-R31/ Mushroom; R32/Amor; R33/Graphite; R34+35/Duck Egg; R36+R37/Mushroom; R38/Saffron; R39/Khaki; R40/Amor; R41/+R42/Mushroom; R43/Amor; R44+R45/Khaki; R46/Duck Egg; R47/Amor; R48/Graphite; R49/Meadow; R50+R51/Saffron; R52/Graphite; R53/Amor; R54/Graphite; R55-R58/Mushroom; R59/+R60/Khaki; R61+R62/Amor; R63/Graphite; R64+R65/Duck Egg; R66/Meadow; R67/Saffron; R68/Graphite; R69/Saffron; R70/Khaki; R71-R76/Mushroom; R77+R78/Graphite; R79/Duck Egg; R80/Graphite; R81/Amor; R82/Duck Egg; R83/Amor; R84/Mushroom.