Embracing Technology

There's a bit of the Luddite in me; I prefer to grade my patterns with pencil and paper charts, and I still prefer regular books to e-books. That said, I really love being able to audition fair isle colourways with Excel and Paint. Here's what I've been playing around with this morning.

Do you have any idea how much time (and wool) would be involved if I swatched these as knitted samples? Not sure yet whether the purple is the final version. Still some tweaking left to do.