This is a pattern for a knitted bauble to explore colour combinations with yarn and resulting in a fun decoration. Swatch Baubles are worked in the round, from the bottom up, and with a set of 5 DPNs.

If you would like to share your findings and your Swatch Baubles, visit our bunnymuff group on Ravelry and #swatchbaubles on your favourite me-media sites!
Included is a General Chart as a guideline with a grey-scale gradient of 5 colours. In addition, there is a Chart with the motif for you to colour in yourself.
Perhaps you will be inspired by fields and moors or cities and interiors. Or maybe you will just grab some yarn and colour as you go!

yarn:
2 Ply Jumper Weight by, Jamieson & Smith
Fingering; 100% Shetland; 125yds (115m)/25g
approximate yarn amounts:
small amounts of a variety of colours
1 or 2 grams of each colour (5 or 6 yds/m)
needles:
2.25mm (us no 1) DPNs 4in/10cm, set of 5
gauge:
This is not particularly important, however you want to keep gauge even throughout - either by working with similar weights (or combination to achieve similar weights) or through tension adjustments whilst you knit.
If you work 2 colours more tightly (or loosely) than single-colour knitting, you may need to hold your yarn more loosely (or tightly) as you work.
approximate finished size:
2.5in/6.5cm diameter ball (laying flat before being stuffed) with suggested yarn and needles
additional tools:
needle to weave in ends, stuffing, crochet hook for making chained hanger (optional)

This pattern could work for any weight of yarn, just adjust your needles sizes to keep a rather tight gauge and play with colour!