Monday, 20 August 2012

Colour names

I have been learning crochet over the last few weeks. Well relearning. I could do some but never got into anything clever. I found Lucy at attic24 and loved what she had done and have taught myself how to do ripple blankets and a bag.

Today I got a delivery of some yarn that said it was recommended by Lucy for her granny blanket. It turned out to be acrylic which was a bit of a surprise and not the brand of wool as specified in the pattern I have ended up doing. But hey, never one to be felled at the first hurdle I wrote down the colours required and looked them up on the internet.

OK The colours required are:
eucalyptus, mermaid, sprout, beach glass, periwinkle, twilight, grape, lipstick, geranium, snapdragon, buttercup

and my matching colours are called:
turquoise, cloud blue, spring green, sherbert, lavender, aster, plum, pomegranate, shrimp, fondant and saffron

I'm glad I'm not having to chose the names!

5 comments:

  1. Sprout and spring green are the same colour. It's what you might think of with new spring shoots, very pale green. But I was thinking Brussels :-)

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  2. LOL, Rosie! I'm often amused by the colour names when buying knitting yarn, but sprout is a new one for me. :-)

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  3. I love doing crochet but I hate knitting. You can make some beautiful clothes with a crochet hook :-) Diane

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  4. Hahaha, love those colour names!

    C x

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