For Varigated Yarn

[catsncrochet]

Does anyone have suggestions for an afghan using just varigated yarn?

[Amethyst Mist]

My very first crochetted item was an afghan using a variegated yarn. All I did was a DC throughout. Personally, I feel that with a pretty variegated yarn, a simple stitch really brings out the colors.

[Craw]

My very first afghan was also done in all variegated yarn. Just SC back and forth. Boring to do but I still have that afghan so I guess I did a good enough job.

[Hook & Yarn]

I make verigated 8 inch granny squares and trim them in white or black and they turn out beautiful.My favorite is the one trimmed in white the colors really stand out:hook

[PBLKNP]

I've found that the seed stitch works well with varigated yarn. You end up with little squares of color...

[fthrem]

The brain dead afghan is great with verigated yarn. Its also ridiculously quick and easy to stitch. You can find it on crochetpatterncentral.com

[KER828]

I just made one using moss stitich throughout and then trimmed it with one of the colors pulled from the varigated yarn. It turned out really warm and cozy and I thought it went pretty fast.

[Schmetterling]

I'm working on a king-sized afghan that is simply RHSS in Aspen Print. I'm doing it triple-strand, sc in blo. It's plain, simple, exactly how my DH wants it. Yes it's rather boring but it's turning out well.

[hhensler]

I prefer to do motifs when using a verigated yarn so that the colors don't end up in little patches that change pattern every time you switch skeins...

[tweed]

The dishcloth afghan is a nice pattern for varigated yarns. It's worked on the diagonal.

[limebrarian]

I made a scarf using the solid shell stitch: http://crochet.about.com/library/nsolidshell.htm and it looked rather neat with variegated yarn . . . different shells came out as different colors.

[ZoeZoesmom]

I am making a RR altrenating varigated and solid yarn.

[adagio]

To me, varigated looks better when paired with a complementary solid.
Also, whenever possible, I try to match up the color sequences when changing skeins to minimize the pattern disruption. I may lose a little yarn, but makes it harder to figure out where I changed the skein!