As knitters get older, they gradually quit knitting with black yarns, or yarns in darker colors. At some point dark yarns require full sunlight.
But trying to knit up some of my stash has led me to a different conclusion. Dark yarns are best worked on light colored needles, which provide a good contrast. If I didn't have enough of one color of yarn for a complete cap, I've combined two colors. Begin the brim with one color for about three inches, then start the second color and alternate rows until reaching the end of the first color. Continue with the second color continuously to finish the top of the cap. Of course by then I have to resort to the dreaded double points, but I'm gradually becoming more adept.
The current project is a combination of brown and an almost-black grey. Not making rapid progress. Several rows later I discovered a strange hole. Spent the entire afternoon unknitting, a tedious, unrewarding activity. Brown and subtle almost-black is making a very striking combination and the cap will be a stunning piece of headwear -- if I can ever finish the unknitting back to the problem, and begin making forward progress again.
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