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<\/a><\/p>\nThe first one I made was designed to highlight outliers<\/a> to show that outliers are what makes the world beautiful.<\/p>\n For this one, I only wanted to show the Normal Distribution. I decided to knit it the long way so this time I wouldn’t have to sew any ends in.<\/p>\n I took colors from light to dark, in shades of pink. Colors B and C were a little closer than I wanted them to be, but it still gave the idea.<\/p>\n I generated numbers from a normal distribution and made a big list. For positive values, I purled the row, and for negative values, I knitted — so those values should be about even, making random ridges.<\/p>\n For the color, I used the absolute value, from light to dark. Since the normal distribution is a bell curve, there should be many more values in the lighter colors.<\/p>\n For 0 to 0.5, I used White. Naturally, I used a lot more of the lighter colors. So for my next project after my current one, I think I’m going to do another normal distribution scarf, but this time reversing the values. So the new scarf would be mainly dark colors with light highlights.<\/p>\n In fact, if I weren’t using pink (maybe purple or blue), it would be fun to make scarves for a couple this way. Use dark, staid, sedate colors for the man, with light highlights. Use pastel shades for the woman — with dark highlights. [Hmmm. If I knit a scarf for a boyfriend before he exists, would the boyfriend jinx not apply?]<\/p>\n In this version, the lighter colors were more prominent.<\/p>\n Here’s a view of the scarf draped over my couch, showing both sides.<\/p>\n The different look has to do with where the knits and purls were placed and which side has a ridge and which is smooth.<\/p>\n Here’s a closer look:<\/p>\n I like the way the color combinations turned out so pleasing.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n0.5 to 1.0 was Victorian Pink.
\n1.0 to 1.5 was Blooming Fuchsia (only a little darker than Victorian Pink).
\n1.5 to 2.0 was Lotus Pink — a bright, hot pink.
\nAbove 2.0 was Fuchsia — a dark burgundy.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n