Knitters love to muse over yarn. We like to compare and contrast lace versus bulky and everything in-between. We like to advocate for our favorite yarn dyers and spinners and when we knit with a new yarn, we like to share that with our knitterly friends.
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| Macaroon |
On Sunday, I posted about how knitters also seem to love cooking (or at least food!) and when I came across this image, I thought "how perfect." After thinking about how much we contemplate yarn choice, I also noticed that we love to muse over colorways. I have read about how you are partial to blues, how you never go near yellow, and how grey has become the new black. I'm a very visual person and color (and light) is a huge influence on me. Color can make me happy or melancholy, excited or calm.
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| Lumbered Tones |
I recently discovered this amazing blog which exists mainly to inspire its readers with swatches of color combinations. I love stopping over at Design Seeds every now and then to spark ideas about how to combine tones and hues for my knitting projects.
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| Provence |
Which palette inspires you?
I've actually been looking for a website like this! It reminds me of a better curated version of Kuler. What a great find, thank you!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I love the colors in the middle swatch :)
ReplyDeleteStimulating reading, as always. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI have to shamefully say that I don't love any of the palettes, though I can see the elegance of them all. Give me a seaside palette, or a riot of pinks and oranges and I'll be happy all day long.
Ah, so goodpurlgonebad - you are partial to blues and pinks! Yes, go to Design Seeds and you will see so many lovely blue and pink palettes -- enough to make you smile for the whole week! xo
ReplyDeleteI am most definitely a foody, I'm afraid I think about it a lot and I can't understand people who say they don't mind what they eat or they have the same thing everyday.......I have a ridiculously poor memory, but if someone refers to the food I ate at a certain place I will remember it. I was instantly drawn to the macaroons (my attempt tasted good looked poor!)
ReplyDeleteWhen I paint, I work with acrylics and I ca mix colours easily, I can tell how a colour is made.....but put things together and I find it so hard.......I often take a painting to the framers and let them get on with it, as it is definitely not my strong point.
Excellent post Evelyn! I am always in awe of knitters who's color combos seem to be spot on every time! what a wonderful site. Thank you for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, the macaroon palette. So pretty!
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly, of the three color palettes to chose from, I like the Lumbered Tones best. There is a blog I found on Bloglovin called Lovely Clusters at http://lovelyclusters.blogspot.com/ She does a similar layout of fashion or nature shots with the four unifying colors swatched below.
ReplyDeleteIt may be because I haven't eaten dinner yet that I pick the macaroons :).
ReplyDeleteGreat post as usual! You have great taste in reading. Thanks for pointing out Design Seeds. My daughter will love this.
ReplyDeleteI get my inspiration from nature. From examining the beautiful palates present in the bud of a flower, the graded tones in an autumn leaf, the greens of a forest, the granular roughness of bark. Very similar to Design Seeds I guess, except it goes on in my head!
Hello! I came over from Andi's blog - what a lovely place to come visit! Thanks for sharing the website - it looks very useful indeed! :)
ReplyDeleteI found us another challenge, I will send more info later, but a hint... it is about international crafters!
ReplyDeleteAhhhhh, I love love love this!!!!
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