KCBWDAY4: Colour Review

Day Four (Thursday April 25th): Colour ReviewWhat 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. Make a quick tally of what colours you have used in your projects over the past year and compare it to the colours you have written about. Compare this, in turn, to the colours that are most dominant in your yarn stash – do they correlate?

Now think back to your house animal - do the colours you have chosen relate to your animal in anyway - if you are in the house of peacock, for example, are your projects often multicoloured and bright?


Hi,

Well pink is pretty much one of my favourite colours so I am often drawn to that but when it comes to yarn I generally just go for BRIGHT! as I really like to make cute little amigurmi characters and toys and I often feel bright makes them look the most cute and fun :) Though I find myself drifting to more and more pastel colours like lilac, baby blue and cotton candy pink- probably because they are cute too (and as can be guessed from the name of my blog I really like cute things :), however they are a bit more subtle. My current preference for pastels in projects will probably reflect itself in my crafting stash soon however currently it just looks like a rainbow has been put in a blender :P - Very very bright and lots of variety, which is good really because it makes me happy when I look at it and I always have the colour I need :)

 

I suppose my projects/stash do reflect my house animal the bee as bees love bright colours, like those of flowers and love to buzz from one colour flower to the next to the next just like me and my choice of colour for projects!

See you all tomorrow :D

Bye xxx

3KCBWDAY4 - Season crafting

Hello :0)
  

  
A Knitter or Crocheter For All Seasons? As spring is in the air in the northern hemisphere and those in the southern hemisphere start setting their sights for the arrival of winter, a lot of crocheters and knitters find that their crafting changes along with their wardrobe. Have a look through your finished projects and explain the seasonality of your craft to your readers. Do you make warm woollens the whole year through in preparation for the colder months, or do you live somewhere that never feels the chill and so invest your time in beautiful homewares and delicate lace items. How does your local seasonal weather affect your craft?
   

Hmm.. this is another thing I hadn't really thought about before!

   

Up until recently my crafting I suppose has unconsciously kind of changed to fit with the season, like I made my Domo hat when the weather was kind of cold :) Now I suppose I do think about the seasons a little bit more for example I started making my bolero in preparation for the weather which  I thought was improving but it won't stop raining at the moment! Lots of the time however I just come up with a design idea and then get excited about it and start making it whatever the weather/season and whatever it is, I get cold easily anyway when most people are wearing shorts I'm usually still wearing a scarf and gloves, lol! :D

  

Like many crafters I have the usual seasonal/holiday projects for Christmas, Easter, Halloween and valentines day etc... I usually plan what I want to make for these but other than that I don't really plan projects in advance for certain seasons I mainly just go with the flow, when I want to make something I just make it. If it isn't that suitable at the time I just save it and use/wear it another time :)

  

UK weather is pretty unpredictable really so it is kind of hard to plan for example you expect summer to be warm but sometimes most days can be dreary so you can make something to wear in summer and not end up wearing till mid September!

 

Hehehe, I am really enjoying this knitting and crochet blogging-filled week! :D

  

See you all tomorrow for 'something a bit different'..... lol!

  

Bye XXX