Choosing the right wool colour is a deeply personal decision. It is also a decision that will be reviewed by your cat, who has opinions. Our colour panel, which met on a rainy afternoon, has prepared a guide to the five most popular shades and the reaction each is likely to cause.
Cream
Cream is soft, neutral and elegant. It matches everything, and everything matches it, including the fur on your sofa. Cats are fond of cream because it hides evidence. A cat who has been lying on cream wool will leave no trace, and will deny everything with a calm face.
Charcoal
Charcoal is dark, serious and slimming. Cats regard it as a rival, because it makes their own fur look grey. A grey cat lying on charcoal wool becomes invisible, which is the most luxurious feeling available to a cat. The panel rated this colour Excellent.
Scarlet
Scarlet is loud and brave. It calls to cats like a trumpet. A ball of scarlet wool will be found, within ten minutes, in a different room. It will be found within twenty minutes in a different house. Customers who choose scarlet should be ready to travel.
Forest Green
Forest green is calming and earthy. It reminds cats of a garden, specifically a garden where birds live. The panel noted a marked increase in chirping when green wool was displayed near a window. This is not to be confused with excitement. It is, in fact, a polite request for more green wool.
Pale Lemon
Pale lemon is cheerful and bright. Cats love it because it looks like sunlight, and sunlight is a trusted friend. A pale lemon blanket will attract more cats than any other shade, and will be treated as a sunbeam, even at night.
Panel results
- Most chewed: scarlet
- Most slept on: pale lemon
- Most ignored: charcoal, until knitted into a hat
- Most likely to start a feud: cream
- Best overall: forest green, for reasons the panel could not explain
How to use this guide
Choose a colour that you love. Then choose a second colour that your cat loves. Then accept that the second colour will be the one on the finished garment. The first colour will be used for the photograph, and it will be found a week later in the garden.