Knitting and Crocheting Blog Week Day 4~~ Color Review
What are your favourite colors for knitted or crocheted projects. Have a think about what colors you seem to favour when yarn shopping and crafting.
Only after writing this part of your post should you then actually look to see what colors you have used in your projects. Make a quick tally of what colours you have used in your projects over the past year and compare it to the colors you have written about. Compare this, in turn, to the colors that are most dominant in your yarn stash – do they correlate?
Now think back to your house animal - do the colors you have chosen relate to your animal in anyway - if you are in the house of peacock, for example, are your projects often multicolored and bright?
What's Your Favorite Color, Baby?
I often close blog posts with a video. It's about time to start with one.
Let's rock!
I don't think I have a favorite color, I tend to shift pallets.
Hello Colors!
There was a time that gravitated towards pinks, bright blues and berries. Here are some of my yarn purchases from some years ago.
First, some caveats...
- Yes, I should have made something with these yarns by now.
- No, you cannot have the Wollmeise! The yarn at approximately 1 o'clock.
- I do plan to make the Just Ribbing Socks with the Apple Pie Laine (blue) yarn and Broadripple socks with the Cascade Fixation (the pink yarn in the center)
- This is just a small sample of my yarn stash. I actually have enough start my own store. Please don't call Hoarders.
It got to the point that my knitsibs and the owner of the LYS would set aside yarn for me in a my Hello Kitty pallet.
Still Life: Brown Girl in a Brown Sweater
The Vera Sweater changed all that. I was enchanted by her from the moment I saw her, but was baffled as to a color for her. I felt a bright color would be garish, but I didn't want white or cream. The LYS owner suggested brown, but I was all like, "A brown girl in a brown sweater won't work." She mentioned that my skin tone has a red (or perhaps yellow, I'm unsure) cast, and the color would compliment.
I trusted her, and knitted one of my favorite sweaters brown.
Here she is blocking.
...And here I am modeling. How now brown...Okay, you get the point.
I adore this sweater so. In fact, I wore her to work yesterday, but what the it did was give me permission to wear neutrals. I still like loud colors for socks and hats, but I'm into earth colors now.
Witness some recent yarn purchase.
Seriously, don't call Hoarders.
Now, I'm all, "Earth mama--no drama."
By the way, I kind of dislike yellow and black together--with apologies to the House of Bee.
Still buzzing, though.
Love your sense of humour! We think similar, I also move through palettes and am currently hanging out with grey/green/neutral spectrum. Your sweater is gorgeous and the colour suits you to a T. Hmmm black/yellow and black/red is garish, I dislike it intensely.
Posted by: Pigtails | April 25, 2013 at 12:38 AM
See, a brown girl does work in brown! The colours are rich and looks lovely, but now a beige girl in beige... :-(
Love the new greens you bought, and the variegated one to the left as weel!
Posted by: Stel | April 25, 2013 at 03:03 AM
If these yarns are all that you keep in stash, that is really not hoarding. You should see what I have... all those yarn my family kept for ages (and that hasn't grown better in that time...) ;-)
Posted by: Kathatravelling.wordpress.com | April 25, 2013 at 05:31 AM
Your sweater is lovely and looks fantastic on you! I can see why you love it.
Posted by: Karen | April 25, 2013 at 06:58 AM
YOur sweater is really pretty!
Posted by: Dahle | April 25, 2013 at 09:09 AM
Lovely cardi, really suits you. Sometimes we all need a push to try a new colour...
Posted by: pisky cove | April 25, 2013 at 09:52 AM
You look gorgeous in brown! Smart yarn lady.
Posted by: Chris | April 25, 2013 at 10:47 AM
That is a gorgeous sweater and looks fantastic on you! I love those 3 earthy skeins next to the 2 blue yarn cakes in that last pic.
Still have yet to knit a pair of socks. I have a funny feeling that will create a whole new monster. :p
Posted by: JQ | April 25, 2013 at 01:11 PM
Your brown sweater is gorgeous.
Posted by: Liz Washburn | April 25, 2013 at 04:59 PM
Lovely sweater! And I won't call Hoarders if you don't...
Posted by: Joanna | April 25, 2013 at 07:49 PM