>>Personally, I think I'm leaning towards a one or two day goal in a certain month, rather than a month long thing, but we'll see what I come up with when I start looking.<<
That's a good idea.
>>Oh! This is perfect! Thanks for all those links, it looks like there are some really fun projects.<<
Woohoo!
>> I'll have to double check my colour compatibility, but I have lots of options so I should be able to find something that works.<<
Some possibilities:
* Most neutrals go with each other.
* You can also pair a neutral with a brighter color like black and pink or brown and orange.
* Multiple shades of the same color usually look good.
* You can do a gradient with two or more adjacent colors like pink, red, orange, yellow.
* It's very striking when you have a bunch of similar colors and one contrasting bit that's much smaller. I have a scarf that's mostly dark blues and greens with a little bit of yellow and some multicolored sari yarn as accents. Fire colors with a bit of flame-blue is another example.
You can also use color theory. There are online sites, phone apps, and cardboard wheels so pick based on where you will be working to choose your yarns and what kind of tools you prefer.
A shortcut is using a palette from something designed by a professional. Take a multicolored top or bracelet or whatever and look for yarns in similar colors. Chances are if you have a range of colors you like, you'll pick them in multiple areas of your life. Like I gravitate to blues and my favorite neutral is black, so I have a lot of those.
>>Ooo! Thank you for the yarn calculators, this is helpful!<<
There are a lot more tools now than there used to be. Some time when you're in a craft store, look at the tools and books to see what they have, rather than just shopping for one thing you need.
>>Trackers! I found your links to the yearly trackers, and that's exactly what I needed! <<
Yay!
>>I didn't have access to a printer, but did have a bullet journal kicking around, so I decided to make my own grids.<<
There are a TON of gorgeous bullet journal pages like that. Many folks really enjoy drawing their own pages and the results are beautiful.
>>Three gold stars for you this time around; this was a very helpful comment! :D :D :D<<
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Date: 2023-01-25 02:26 am (UTC)That's a good idea.
>>Oh! This is perfect! Thanks for all those links, it looks like there are some really fun projects.<<
Woohoo!
>> I'll have to double check my colour compatibility, but I have lots of options so I should be able to find something that works.<<
Some possibilities:
* Most neutrals go with each other.
* You can also pair a neutral with a brighter color like black and pink or brown and orange.
* Multiple shades of the same color usually look good.
* You can do a gradient with two or more adjacent colors like pink, red, orange, yellow.
* It's very striking when you have a bunch of similar colors and one contrasting bit that's much smaller. I have a scarf that's mostly dark blues and greens with a little bit of yellow and some multicolored sari yarn as accents. Fire colors with a bit of flame-blue is another example.
You can also use color theory. There are online sites, phone apps, and cardboard wheels so pick based on where you will be working to choose your yarns and what kind of tools you prefer.
https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2013/02/color-theory-101-selecting-yarns-that-go-together.html
https://gabriellevezina.com/knitting-tutorials/how-to-pick-yarn-color-combinations-part-1-the-color-theory-and-the-color-wheel/
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/color-theory-design
https://www.canva.com/colors/color-wheel/
https://colors.dopely.top/inside-colors/great-online-color-wheel-tools-in-2021/
https://colors.dopely.top/inside-colors/great-online-color-wheel-tools-in-2021/
https://craftwhack.com/color-wheels-for-artists/
A shortcut is using a palette from something designed by a professional. Take a multicolored top or bracelet or whatever and look for yarns in similar colors. Chances are if you have a range of colors you like, you'll pick them in multiple areas of your life. Like I gravitate to blues and my favorite neutral is black, so I have a lot of those.
>>Ooo! Thank you for the yarn calculators, this is helpful!<<
There are a lot more tools now than there used to be. Some time when you're in a craft store, look at the tools and books to see what they have, rather than just shopping for one thing you need.
>>Trackers! I found your links to the yearly trackers, and that's exactly what I needed! <<
Yay!
>>I didn't have access to a printer, but did have a bullet journal kicking around, so I decided to make my own grids.<<
There are a TON of gorgeous bullet journal pages like that. Many folks really enjoy drawing their own pages and the results are beautiful.
>>Three gold stars for you this time around; this was a very helpful comment! :D :D :D<<
*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service.
I'm trying to get your poem done too.