Most of my patterns start with three somewhat dark base colors and a fourth color which is used to lighten and brighten the other three. This fourth color is usually White, but I sometimes also use Tan, Yellow or Gray for other interesting effects. The finished product is called a "cane" and can be compared to a roll of slice-and-bake cookie dough where the pattern is visible in any cross-section.

The PINSTRIPE cane begins as a Skinner blend between two lightened base colors, rolled up, squished, and flattened into a plug about earlobe thickness. A thin sheet of the other base color (also lightened but not as much) is added and the whole thing is run through the pasta machine on a thick setting. The resulting strip is halved and stacked, halved and stacked again until there are a number of stripes.

I learned this cane from Donna Kato who uses it on her squiggle beads.

This pattern was first developed in 2005

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