Thursday 25 April 2013

Colour Review - 4KCBWDAY4




Today's prompt...

What are your favourite colours for knitted or crocheted projects. Have a think about what colours 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 colours you have used in your projects. 


Ah, colour. I love colour. My favourite colour is orange (in case you couldn't already tell that from the colour scheme of the blog *laughs*)

I have some gorgeous orange yarn waiting for the right pattern - probably a cardigan, I also love cardigans ;)

However orange probably isn't my go-to colour for yarn purchases. Whenever I buy yarn, I tend to be drawn to greys - I love the colour in general (or lack of colour) and I love wearing it, so I find it jumps out at me for garments...



One thing I know I don't often buy is anything pastel - but I have knit one pastel thing and I love it, so perhaps I should be more open to softer colours in future. In this case, I was drawn to the delicate prettiness of the yarn



Before looking closely at my stash and my finished objects, I think it will be fair to say that for socks, I like a lot of colour. The brighter the better. For garments and other accessories, well, there's the grey thing, but I have a feeling I tend to buy/knit colours in phases....

For example, my Green Phase:





And to illustrate - Socks of Obnoxious Colour








Yep, fair to say I like colour* laughs* Also, there seems to be a fair amount of orange appearing in my sock drawer ;)

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15 comments:

  1. I love all those socks. The dominant color in my stash is brown, closely followed by grey. I guess it just goes with everything.

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  2. Interesting that you feel your colour preferences go through phases, I think I'm the opposite, if I knit a project with one colour then I'll pick something the complete opposite for the next one.

    I do love your socks :-)

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  3. Your socks are great...and I like grey too...in high school...I wore grey for almost an entire year....now I wear it more as accent....

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  4. I love grey - from silver to charcoal, it literally goes with any colour combo!

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  5. I do think we go through color phases. I love all your bright socks! Bright socks are the best:)

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  6. loving the socks! orange looks very fresh.

    www.piskycoveblog.com

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  7. I am with you bright on my feet and neutrals for my sweaters

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  8. I like your thinking on neutral for sweaters!! It just seems to work! And bright socks are always the best way to brighten a day!

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  9. Socks should be obnoxious colors.

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  10. That orange silk yarn looks so divine. Your green phase was lovely and the crazy sock yarn total wild fun.

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  11. I agree with Renee Anne above - socks are supposed to be obnoxious colours!

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  12. I don't think I mentioned it in my colour review, but I too have a thing for orange. I never wear it though.

    Socks are more awesome in obnoxious colours!

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  13. I think that you and I are in the minority with our love of orange. Most people find it a difficult color to love for its own sake. But isn't it such a happy color? Awesome projects, especially your bright collection of socks!

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  14. I have a similar habit of making bright socks. That orange yarn is beautiful, I am looking forward to seeing what you make from it

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