3KCBW Day 1: Color Lovers

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OK, today kicks off Day 1 in the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week: you can find all the details over at Mimi's place - it's not too late to join in, and there's loads of luvverly prizes to be won, including soaps made by yours truly ....

I vacillated somewhat over whether to take part this year, as I find right now that the topics are quite challenging for me, and I'm kinda lazy. So let's start and see what happens, shall we, my lucky readers ?

Today's topic is:

Colour Lovers
Colour is one of our greatest expressions of ourselves when we choose to knit or crochet, so how do you choose what colours you buy and crochet or knit with. Have a look through your stash and see if there is a predominance of one colour. Do the same with your finished projects - do they match? Do you love a rainbow of bright hues, or more subdued tones. How much attention do you pay to the original colour that a garment is knit in when you see a pattern? Tell readers about your love or  confusion over colour.

 Looking through my 99 projects recorded at Ravelry, no, you can't tell what is my favorite color at all, I don't think. This is because I haven't yet knitted myself anything - everything I have made in the last ... umm ... 3 1/2  years since I took up knitting again and simultaneously joined Ravelry, has been made for other people, mainly family members and friends.

There's a fair bit of pink and blue, because of having Destructo Boy and Mini Diva to knit for, although I am sad to tell you Mini Diva is really pretty much over pink: ''it immaculately sucks, Mum''; and also because I have done a fair bit of knitting for babies -I am a traditionalist most of the time.

There are some few colors that I can really enjoy and appreciate, but knowing that they are not my kind of color; for example, I knew immediately what colorways I needed for the Very Important Ladies' Shawls (VILS) I'm making this year:

Auntie Vera's Karise

 

Auntie Hazel's Lady Bertram

Auntie Fashion's Candleflame

 can't say who this is for yet

And then, there will be shawls using these colorways: 

Crazy Zauberball in Olive

Artesano 4ply Alpaca in Sweetpea

       

I think you will agree from even this small sampling, that knitting for others allows me a pretty unrestricted scope when it comes to color. My stash is just as varied; but it does contain something I actually bought to make something for myself. Unfortunately the project is in a (permanent) time out, as I had a huge learning experience when it came to substituting yarn, and how not only yarn weight but also considering the meterage is Really Important ... it is such a pretty color, too:

Patons Flower Garden (discontinued)

                                   

A very rough count shows the majority of my projects (30 or so) are in the pink/purple color range; the next nearest is the blue family with about 18. But remember, I have made nothing for myself: so I think it would be fair to say that since one cannot really extrapolate too far from the one yarn that is mine, therefore, as regards color, I remain a woman of mystery.

To check out all the other posts for Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, just pop '3KCBWDAY1' into Google, and start reading. In the words of Captain Oates, you may be some time ....