All of our 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 we 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