COLORS GALORE- WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITES?

I have to confess that my favorite color is only a matter of time and mood.   In other words, I go through phases. Before I started spinning and only knit, I was attracted only to purples. Then, when I started spinning I realized that I really did like red. Well, that's understandable isn't it? Purple is just a step away from the reds....some maybe more than others. But then I went through a blue phase and realized that many purples were very much like blue also.

Here I am years later spinning teal, all shades of gray, orange (which I used to loathe) and every other color you can think of. I still spin color based on my mood and currently that is pinks and grays.

But here is what I am really asking today: What is your favorite color and maybe tell me why, just because I like stories, too. Maybe you like more than one color or a combo. I'd like to know that, too.

If you want to know about the real colors of the rainbow, and not the three primary colors taught you by your art teacher in elementary school check out this link https://99designs.com/blog/tips/why-are-there-7-colors-rainbow/


You can find some of my favorite colors of yarn that I have spun in my online shop at  PrisKnits.FiberCrafty.com/

Today I'm Knitting.....

Too many things, of course!

I have two shawls on the needles: Resolute Spirit by Boo knits which you can find here https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/resolute-spirit

and

Hundred Acre Wood by Helen Stewart which you can find here
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hundred-acre-wood-2

The first shawl is being knit in TussaLin and the second shawl in multiple skeins forming a gradient from grey to grey/purple to purple/lavender/pink to dark pink with purple speckles and finally to a light pink with bits of purple and lavender.

I wish I could share some photos of my two shawls, but it will have to wait because I am having surgery in a couple of days and will be "out of the loop," so to speak...but I do promise photos at some point.

Of course, I'm also knitting a pair of vanilla socks for the husband.  He is indeed lucky that I have granted his wish and am knitting these socks because if truth be told I was pretty upset with him a couple of months ago when I discovered he had washed a beautiful and quite manly hat for him from some of the world's finest alpaca only to find that he threw it in with his hot water wash!!  But he is such a sweet man...how could I deny his simple request?

RENEWAL OF SPIRIT

Dearest Readers,

Do you ever just get bogged down with daily "must-dos," and you find little time to just enjoy your craft?

I think so many of us feel that way, I know I do.

To get over this hump, I have started a list of goals for must-dos and a separate list for creative-dos.  This does not require any elaborate journal (although I am a sucker for pink leather planners), but rather just a list on plain paper. I do keep mine in a notebook. 

I make it a point to do one to two items on the must-do list every day and the same for the creative-dos.

It doesn't have to be anything elaborate, but the key is being able to mark off what you've done. This not only gives you a sense of accomplishment, but also gives you time then to move to your creative list. And my creative list can be very simple things such as looking up an article I know I have in one of my knitting books, or it can be as challenging as trying to spin some cobweb lace. But again, you have to mark off that item on the list to feel like you've satisfied your need to not be overwhelmed and to keep on keepin' on.

Most of you know this right? What I'm giving you is permission to do this....that's right. Sometimes I feel like I need someone to push me to do something I've known all along. This is a simple idea that takes very little time and once you start with the list making, you will be adding and marking things off. So what are you waiting for...go get that paper...and uh, yeah, a pencil....or a pen.

Stay tuned for more of my daily activities dealing with all kinds of yarny fun, some handspun, some inspiration, etc. I'm going to be blogging regularly now that I'm back on track myself and oh, please visit my shop here https://prisknits.fibercrafty.com 

Pretty please.