Picky Picky Picky: Making Decisions on Color

As I said in my previous post, the next project in my crochet queue is a blanket for my daughter.  Decision making is not one of my daughter's strong points so her color choices have changed dramatically over the last few weeks.  To make it a little easier, I went to the Lion Brand website and dragged off a variety of colors from the Vanna's Choice yarns and played with different arrangements on my desktop.  We finally came up with the above combination: chocolate, taupe, linen, pink, and antique rose.  If you have trouble deciding on colors this is a great way to try out different combinations and to live with them a bit before making your purchase. 

If I had figured this out sooner though I wouldn't have the yarn stash I do now.  Not sure if that's good or bad but there it is.

Comments

[c.Rachel]

Great colors--it reminds me of Neapolitan ice cream. =)

[c.Rachel]

Great colors--reminds me of Neapolitan ice cream. =)

[Berlinswhimsy]

I love those colors together! They will look beautiful. Choosing colors for a project is often my favorite part...

[kristena]

That's a good idea, and the colors you two chose are beautiful together. I love the rose color in the Vanna's Choice line. I've used it for several projects already.

I also wanted to tell you that I made a pincushion using your pattern from Softies. It was so simple: I freehand cut all the pieces from felt and sewed them together in about the time it took to watch a movie. Thank you for the lovely pattern! I finally have a pretty place to rest my pins and needles.

[Nancy Cook]

the colors work very nicely together
look forward to seeing the finished project

[Joana Laranjo]

I love those colors... they're fantastic

[planetjune]

Good choices! I just used your middle 3 picks to make my granny squares throw: http://www.planetjune.com/blog/completed-granny-throw/

And to arrive at those colours I did the exact same thing with copying the swatches from the website and playing with them onscreen until I got a combo I liked! Too funny!

[Elizabeth]

I find myself at the lion website all the time. It's more productive than staring at the wall of yarn the store. not that I don't love that sometimes.....

[Elizabeth]

I find myself at the lion website all the time. It's more productive than staring at the wall of yarn the store. not that I don't love that sometimes.....

[Mary]

Any stash is a good thing...it's the always available...amazing possibilities of it all. The knowing that at any given moment I could pull something together. I for one usually look at it lovingly and then decide that I don't have what I NEED and I go shopping:o) Stashes aren't for using...they are to inspire you to shop.

[futuregirl]

Beautiful choices! I haven't bought any of the Vanna's Choice yet, but I'm dying to get my hands on some of the pea green and dusty purple. Oooo, and honey looks nice, too. I'd order the color card, if they had one.

[Lisa]

Yarn stash is always a good thing!
I love those colors, very pretty together.