Playing with colour

It's a while since I talked about crochet and wool. but I haven't been idle, in fact quite the opposite, I can't stop with the crochet hook!
 
I found some fabulous wool/silk mix yarn on Ebay, from this seller. Their shop has lots of beautiful wool in a rainbow of shades; much of it comes on cones, good for those larger projects, and they have now started selling 100g balls, which is ideal for my purposes.  I chose an autumnal mix of aubergine, dusky pink, mustard, oatmeal and lemon and lime twist (sounds like a recipe) in this lovely nubbly yarn which has turned into this round cushion.

It is an unusual mix but I think it works :-) 


When I was in Liverpool, my sister-in-law took me to an Aladdin's cave of a shop, Abakhan, a treasure trove of supplies for every craft under the sun, and of course, that includes lots and lots of lovely wool. They have an online shop too, worth a butcher's.  It was like being let loose in a sweet shop, I left with a huge bag filled with brightly coloured wool. I decided to make a granny square blanket using lots of colour and a random combination of them.



A freefall colour experience for me, I usually like to be symmetrical ; I'm just keeping going till it's BIG.



Still a way to go before it's ready, but it's turning out nicely!

Continuing with the granny theme, I've seen a couple of lovely granny shawls recently and had a real attack of the wanties. Just the ticket for a cool summer evening in the garden, I thought, and it will definitely come in handy if we have another baltic winter! I'm just playing with the colours, but think I've found a good combination with these.



These are very 'me' colours! A concerted effort over the next couple of days and I should be able to show the FO shawl.

I hope your weekend is full of colour too.

Comments

[anne@andamento]

Yummy! I love round crochet cushions and the colours you've used look great together. Looking forward to seeing your shawl soon.

[Lucy @ Attic24]

how lovely your big granny is, the way you've mixed light and dark colours is really inspiring, i love it!
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[Jennyff]

You've got such a good eye for colour, and buying yarn obviously. I particularly like the shawl, the colours say moorland to me. It will be so cosy for our Scottish weather, I won't say summer but you know what I mean.

[Marie]

I have admired your lovely round cushions also, glad you like mine. I wasn't sure about the colours at first, but I'm glad I went with them; they work really well together and the wool is very nice to work with.

[Marie]

Thanks for popping by, Lucy; I'm really enjoying making this granny square, just mixing up the colours in a random way feels very free and easy; it's like lucky dip crochet!

[Marie]

I know just what you mean, the weather has certainly been unpredictable (or some may say all too predictable) of late. Moorland is a very good description of those colours in the shawl, certainly some heather and bracken hues in there :-)

[Melissa]

Beautiful color combinations. :)