Happy Monday and Happy first day of Knitting and Crochet
Blog Week! Today’s topic is color and if you’d like to check out other blogs
that are participating just type 3KCBWDAY1 into your search. I’m really excited
to see what everyone comes up with.
One of my sisters asked “Does your knitting always match your outfit?”
Why yes it often does.I both wear and knit- burgundy, plum and grey in the fall
and winter months...
blues and greens in the spring and summer…
I quickly realized that I was going to have to broaden my
color choices if I was going to think about offering my handspun yarn to
others.
I stumbled upon an excellent site that helps me to break out
of color ruts and explore some color combos I would never experience in my
daily rounds. I subscribe to Design Seeds - where Jessica shares her love
for color through imaginatively created palettes. Every day fresh color inspiration shows up on
my reading list. Her blog also includes
a clever device for searching palettes by themes and related colors.
Now I’ve started collecting the palettes I’m most inspired by
on a board on Pinterest.Then I dream about ways of translating the feel or mood of
the palette into a handspun yarn.
Inspired by this ...
I made this...
I know- I know- still lots of blue and green……
Well I ran across this...
I’m really
attracted to a sort of tomato red and chartreuse right now. So I played with some merino/silk blend this past weekend and dyed this….
"Design Seeds" have definitely helped me grow my color repertoire. Can't wait to start spinning this!
1 comment:
That's some great inspiration for new colour combos.
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