A collection of photos that inspired this week’s yarn. . . . → Read More: Inspiration: a photo collection
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Each season I make a little list of the pleasures I want to soak in. I call them manifestos, but they’re really just love letters to the season. These seasonal lists are my own little things-to-do-before-the-moment-passes. First up, let me just confess: I love the word “Autumn”. As a child I met an older girl, with long auburn hair, named Autumn and she seemed the very epitome of the season. For that reason, I love to call it “Autumn”, not “Fall”. “Fall” sounds vaguely ominous while “Autumn” is full of colorful leaves & toasted marshmallows & pumpkin pie. Now that I have that mini-rant out of my system, it’s time to bask in the wonders of Autumn.
This week, I am determined to: Find a baking pumpkin and make some pumpkin puree (this is a great tutorial) Bake my favorite fall breakfast snack, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread (I substitute fresh-ground . . . → Read More: Autumn Manifesto Happy First Day of Autumn! I’m celebrating with an uncharacteristically autumnal color: Plums. I usually dye and spin crazy bright colors, but these rainy first day of Autumn (and, I’ll admit, a dyepot mistake) inspired this deep purpley gray. I’m stocking up on Autumnal inspiration by reading about everyone else’s fall crafty-ness. Here are a few of my favorites: Blair celebrates the color of plums (this post inspired the name of the yarn above) Cosymakes talks about transitions Soulemama shares the color of the season with gorgeous photography Angry Chicken rounds up Autumn crafts (and baking!) I don’t know if I’ll be dyeing many more autumnal colors, because I still love my brights, but I love soaking in the colors of the season! Happy Autumn! To celebrate the first day of this lovely season, I threw open the window to my office and opened up the Fall Color Report by Pantone. This report is designed for fashion and home designers, but everyone in any industry that sells color uses it (or other trend-forcasting tools), so you’ll see these colors in clothes, furniture, even new yarn lines! You don’t have to be a designer to enjoy perusing it. I find it fascinating to read the profiles of designers in the report. It’s also interesting to be aware of the “in” colors, because once concious, it seems I see them everywhere! The new knitting magazine, Knotions, has an article about applying the Color Report to your choice of yarns and knitting projects. In the past, I’ve given it a quick once over and moved on, but this season I’ve decided to challenge myself (ya’ll know . . . → Read More: Autumnal Inspiration |
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