Probably a stupid question.

[iamshadow]

What's 'colorway'?

I've seen the term bandied about on knitting comms, and on Ravelry, but I can't find anything that says exactly what it is, specific to knitting/yarn. I did try Googling, but none of the top hits were clear.

Can anyone give me an explanation?

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[tephra]

The purple seems stronger to me, but yes, blue or blue-purple. Especially if you knit another one with the same pattern but in a different set of colors. :) Colorway as a term started for things that were identical except for their colors. A good example is Knit Picks "Little Bubbles" baby sweater kits, there are pink, blue, and neutral colorways.

[iamshadow]

Ah, that's just the photograph. If I showed you a close-up of the yarn, you'd see that it's made of two strands, both of which morph, but 95% of the time, one of them is sort of a dark denim blue.

Thank you!