The joy of being a knitter: we can knit with colors we might never wear but still like to look at.
When I was quite young, my favorite color was blue and I hated pink (I guess I was a very early feminist because pink was always associated with delicate femininity and that was so not me). But in my 40s, I started to like pink … a lot. So much so I got my hair dyed pink, first just at the ends and then eventually throughout much of my hair. But, generally, over my whole life, I’ve gravitated toward black and various shades of gray. Not so much white because I’m a slob and I hate how the necklines and underarms stain. Not too long ago I had a particular attraction to orange; not sure why. I do have several light colored tops, mainly for summer wear. I’m doing an experiment right now to clean up my wardrobe. I saw a suggestion to turn all the hangers in one’s closet backwards and then return them forwards whenever an item is worn. After one year, anything item with the hanger still turned backward should be packed up and sent to Goodwill. I still have a few months to go (got to get through the summer), but, after several months, I can already see a lot of hangers still backwards 😳
I just finished a new-to-me series by Anthony Horowitz. It’s his Hawthorne and Horowitz series (about 5 books currently). I listened to the audios and really found it hard to not keep listening into the wee hours of the morning. The series is written as if it’s a true crime series with Horowitz “playing” himself. Hawthorne is a private investigator who talks Horowitz into following him around on his cases and then writing books about the cases. Hawthorne needs the money. I found it very engaging and really enjoyed the narrator Rory Kinnear.
I've seen that suggestion about turning the hangers around. I'll be interested to hear how many of the pieces not worn for a year you can force yourself to part with!
The Hawthorne and Horowitz series sounds like fun! I haven't read Anthony Horowitz before, and I'm always happy to "meet" a new author. Thanks for the recommendation.
Are you familiar with The Magpie Murders and The Moonflower Murders? I didn’t read those but they were dramatized on PBS (I think). I already know that I’ll have at least a couple of sweaters that I won’t part with because they were special gifts from friends. But it will be interesting. I went through a major purge of my closet and drawers after I retired, but I want to get rid of more, for some reason.
Remember Color Me Beautiful, the color movement in the 1980's? I was told I was a Winter, so I spent years wearing black, fuschia, royal blue, etc. Those colors are still part of my palette, but I've long since branched out to greens, golds, grays, and denim blues.
Excluding projects I knit for others, yarn is a different story for me. Unencumbered by limits imposed by the market (we can find any color of the rainbow, and then some!) and my self-imposed wardrobe rules, I freely choose colors that evoke the mood I'm seeking and that fill my emotional need at the time - at least, when I'm not knitting a garment for myself (I hardly ever do that).
My recent trend in yarn colors has me looking for color combinations that evoke those funky mid-sixties vibes, so in my current project (a throw/wrap hybrid) I'm working with lime green, moody blue, and am contemplating some orange. This is definitely a big change.
I love Daniel Silva, and I just got that audiobook. I've been listening to his books for years, so I'm used to the voice, but I know what you mean about a narrator kicking you out of the narrative.
Oh... The torture of knowing what is coming to San Francisco's art venues! Torture, because I no longer can take Amtrak and enjoy California's museums, or fly to Europe and admire the masters' work in their own homelands. Karma is a true thing; it happens before you die, so you can appreciate its effect deeply. I live in the desert now, need walking apparatus. Here, "culture" means the railroad museum on Route 66. It is a hard way to travel the route to Nirvana.
Mom, if only I could magically teleport you. But you've got to admit you've had a pretty good run. So many people never have the opportunity to go the places you've been and see the things you've seen. And I know you enjoyed every minute. 🩷
I've lately realized that I absolutely love teals and turquoises and have also come around to some shades of pink. Quite a change from all my burgundies and dark greens!
But not so big a change - pink is just your burgundy mixed with lots of white. Teal and turquoise are just your green leaning toward blue. All beautiful!
I am a spinner and knitter, I generally go through color phases, this last phase (green, pink and brown) has lasted 3 or so years. Prior to that I was a blue green and purple person, (I fell prey to the 2010's Robin egg blue and lime green bedroom decor) and i can't wait to see where my color loves end up.
My wardrobe is very diverse, I actually hang things up in rainbow order for easy color pairing and love experimenting with fashion
I'm intrigued by your idea of hanging things up in rainbow order—I organize my closet by garment type and season. Do you also shelve your books by color?
Ooh, by color and rainbow order! I'm going to try that - what a great way to visually asssess if I'm a little heavy in one color and might want to branch out.
This made me laugh! My favorite color is blue, followed closely by green, browns, forest colors. Red is also a favorite. By the age of 50 my color palettes were firmly set… and then, I discovered Orange. With delight, as if it had never existed before that moment.
A friend pointed out that orange is the compliment of blue, and I thought about that for a while. I like the idea that at the midpoint of my life (the women in my family are very long lived) I have made a pivot.
I also love the idea that we can keep changing throughout our lives!
I have long thought that color is one of the Best Things in life. Endlessly fascinating and delightful. One of my favorite things to weave is tartan, which reveals its delights over and over again as you weave solid colored squares and blended squares.
The joy of being a knitter: we can knit with colors we might never wear but still like to look at.
When I was quite young, my favorite color was blue and I hated pink (I guess I was a very early feminist because pink was always associated with delicate femininity and that was so not me). But in my 40s, I started to like pink … a lot. So much so I got my hair dyed pink, first just at the ends and then eventually throughout much of my hair. But, generally, over my whole life, I’ve gravitated toward black and various shades of gray. Not so much white because I’m a slob and I hate how the necklines and underarms stain. Not too long ago I had a particular attraction to orange; not sure why. I do have several light colored tops, mainly for summer wear. I’m doing an experiment right now to clean up my wardrobe. I saw a suggestion to turn all the hangers in one’s closet backwards and then return them forwards whenever an item is worn. After one year, anything item with the hanger still turned backward should be packed up and sent to Goodwill. I still have a few months to go (got to get through the summer), but, after several months, I can already see a lot of hangers still backwards 😳
I just finished a new-to-me series by Anthony Horowitz. It’s his Hawthorne and Horowitz series (about 5 books currently). I listened to the audios and really found it hard to not keep listening into the wee hours of the morning. The series is written as if it’s a true crime series with Horowitz “playing” himself. Hawthorne is a private investigator who talks Horowitz into following him around on his cases and then writing books about the cases. Hawthorne needs the money. I found it very engaging and really enjoyed the narrator Rory Kinnear.
I've seen that suggestion about turning the hangers around. I'll be interested to hear how many of the pieces not worn for a year you can force yourself to part with!
The Hawthorne and Horowitz series sounds like fun! I haven't read Anthony Horowitz before, and I'm always happy to "meet" a new author. Thanks for the recommendation.
Are you familiar with The Magpie Murders and The Moonflower Murders? I didn’t read those but they were dramatized on PBS (I think). I already know that I’ll have at least a couple of sweaters that I won’t part with because they were special gifts from friends. But it will be interesting. I went through a major purge of my closet and drawers after I retired, but I want to get rid of more, for some reason.
I haven't read the Magpie Murders or the Moonflower Murders, but I did watch them on PBS. Leslie Manville was terrific in those series!
Indeed she was!
I feel like I am moving away from browns and earthy olives. Where to I don’t know yet!
I saw someplace (NYT?) the other day that color movement is back on TikTok! I have never read the Silva books, have to put them on my list.
Remember Color Me Beautiful, the color movement in the 1980's? I was told I was a Winter, so I spent years wearing black, fuschia, royal blue, etc. Those colors are still part of my palette, but I've long since branched out to greens, golds, grays, and denim blues.
Excluding projects I knit for others, yarn is a different story for me. Unencumbered by limits imposed by the market (we can find any color of the rainbow, and then some!) and my self-imposed wardrobe rules, I freely choose colors that evoke the mood I'm seeking and that fill my emotional need at the time - at least, when I'm not knitting a garment for myself (I hardly ever do that).
My recent trend in yarn colors has me looking for color combinations that evoke those funky mid-sixties vibes, so in my current project (a throw/wrap hybrid) I'm working with lime green, moody blue, and am contemplating some orange. This is definitely a big change.
I do remember Color Me Beautiful! And I, too, was classified as a Winter. Those colors still make up the core of my wardrobe.
I'm enjoying imagining your 60s throw-back wrap!
I love Daniel Silva, and I just got that audiobook. I've been listening to his books for years, so I'm used to the voice, but I know what you mean about a narrator kicking you out of the narrative.
Enjoy the audiobook!
Oh... The torture of knowing what is coming to San Francisco's art venues! Torture, because I no longer can take Amtrak and enjoy California's museums, or fly to Europe and admire the masters' work in their own homelands. Karma is a true thing; it happens before you die, so you can appreciate its effect deeply. I live in the desert now, need walking apparatus. Here, "culture" means the railroad museum on Route 66. It is a hard way to travel the route to Nirvana.
Mom, if only I could magically teleport you. But you've got to admit you've had a pretty good run. So many people never have the opportunity to go the places you've been and see the things you've seen. And I know you enjoyed every minute. 🩷
I've lately realized that I absolutely love teals and turquoises and have also come around to some shades of pink. Quite a change from all my burgundies and dark greens!
But not so big a change - pink is just your burgundy mixed with lots of white. Teal and turquoise are just your green leaning toward blue. All beautiful!
I am a spinner and knitter, I generally go through color phases, this last phase (green, pink and brown) has lasted 3 or so years. Prior to that I was a blue green and purple person, (I fell prey to the 2010's Robin egg blue and lime green bedroom decor) and i can't wait to see where my color loves end up.
My wardrobe is very diverse, I actually hang things up in rainbow order for easy color pairing and love experimenting with fashion
I'm intrigued by your idea of hanging things up in rainbow order—I organize my closet by garment type and season. Do you also shelve your books by color?
I actually store all my books in a cedar WW2 ammunitions case 😅
Ooh, by color and rainbow order! I'm going to try that - what a great way to visually asssess if I'm a little heavy in one color and might want to branch out.
This made me laugh! My favorite color is blue, followed closely by green, browns, forest colors. Red is also a favorite. By the age of 50 my color palettes were firmly set… and then, I discovered Orange. With delight, as if it had never existed before that moment.
A friend pointed out that orange is the compliment of blue, and I thought about that for a while. I like the idea that at the midpoint of my life (the women in my family are very long lived) I have made a pivot.
I also love the idea that we can keep changing throughout our lives!
I love this, and the joy you take in the colors you love!
I have long thought that color is one of the Best Things in life. Endlessly fascinating and delightful. One of my favorite things to weave is tartan, which reveals its delights over and over again as you weave solid colored squares and blended squares.