Making colour choices for a project can be the most fun or the hardest part.
For some people this is where they get excited to either get new yarn or use up some of their stash. (But come on now, who uses stash when you have the perfect excuse to get more yarn, right?)
The Virgo in me makes me overthink sometimes, but the engineer part insists of a decent amount of perfectionism and when translating a story into a pattern, I truly believe that it is justified to honour that story by going deep.
Every stitch of the design has a meaning and so it is only fair to apply the same amount of thought to the colours.
Here is some background information about the squares to give you an idea of the story. You may or may not want to go as deep as I have, but maybe it sparks your imagination to hear my reasoning and then you can come up with your own.
If you have read the Outlander novels, you are familiar with the depth of description Diana Gabaldon puts into her work. So much so, that the description of the happenings of just one day spreads over several chapters. Hours of research go into minor details, like that of the birds Brianna shoots or chicken breeds Claire wants to trade for honey.
So, in honour of this depth, here are my five cents of colour reasoning for a blanket where each colour has been chosen in direct relation to the story each square tells.
The blanket I intend to make from these squares is a simple big square and will have the following layout: