Contest Closing Date: Friday, June 11 at 5:00 pm EST
I get a lot of comments about the colour names I use for my yarns & fibres. A few times, people have told me that they've actually bought a yarn just because of the name! For that reason, I try to put some time and effort into thinking of new and creative names. But sometimes, my brain just doesn't want to produce good ideas.
So today, to help get my creative juices flowing, I'm going to ask y'all to help me out and offer you a little something as a reward!
I'm going to post pictures of a few new fibre colours I dyed last week and ask for your ideas for names. Post your ideas in the comments, and I'll enter you into a drawing for a $10 gift certificate for my shop. I reserve the right to exclude from the drawing any comments that don't contain serious suggestions.
The photos are fairly true to life, although as you can probably see the light wasn't ideal, so it's not 100% accurate. Still, the new camera copes pretty well with low light conditions.
Fibre A (Shetland): This one is a bit tricky because the 2 sides of the braid photographed very differently. Here are both:
Fibre B: This one is on a medium-brown base fibre (Moorit Shetland). There are a few more dark blue/purple sections here than show up in this shot:
Fibre C (Finn):
Fibre D (Merino):
OK, there you go--some food for thought! I can't wait to hear what you all come up with. Oh, if there's anything here you really love & definitely want to buy, please let me know. Some of these braids will end up in the shop, but some will be used to fill an order for a shop, so if you don't speak up you may miss your chance to buy one!
I get a lot of comments about the colour names I use for my yarns & fibres. A few times, people have told me that they've actually bought a yarn just because of the name! For that reason, I try to put some time and effort into thinking of new and creative names. But sometimes, my brain just doesn't want to produce good ideas.
So today, to help get my creative juices flowing, I'm going to ask y'all to help me out and offer you a little something as a reward!
I'm going to post pictures of a few new fibre colours I dyed last week and ask for your ideas for names. Post your ideas in the comments, and I'll enter you into a drawing for a $10 gift certificate for my shop. I reserve the right to exclude from the drawing any comments that don't contain serious suggestions.
The photos are fairly true to life, although as you can probably see the light wasn't ideal, so it's not 100% accurate. Still, the new camera copes pretty well with low light conditions.
Fibre A (Shetland): This one is a bit tricky because the 2 sides of the braid photographed very differently. Here are both:
Fibre B: This one is on a medium-brown base fibre (Moorit Shetland). There are a few more dark blue/purple sections here than show up in this shot:
Fibre C (Finn):
Fibre D (Merino):
OK, there you go--some food for thought! I can't wait to hear what you all come up with. Oh, if there's anything here you really love & definitely want to buy, please let me know. Some of these braids will end up in the shop, but some will be used to fill an order for a shop, so if you don't speak up you may miss your chance to buy one!
Comments
So we get one entry per colour?
A Ocean Sunset
C Wildflower Meadow
D Amethyst Dragon
Fibre A: Cranberry Pomegranate Ice
Fibre B: Currant Nectar
Fibre C: Rhubarb Apple
Fibre D: Ripening Plums
Huh. Apparently I'm hungry! Mandy wants to go on vacation, I'm guessing, though I don't know if the dragon ought to travel with her. Hee!
B: Nuts about squirrels
C: Off to greener pastures
D: Some wine with dinner?
B: Chocolate Red Velvet Cake
C: Strawberry and Rhubarb Pie
D: Spilled Wine
I think I have food on my mind!
A -Fire on the Ocean
B - Morning Coffee
C - Chocolate/Pistachio Double-dip
D - ...
I can't come up with a darn thing for D, sorry!
fibre b: Death by Chocolate Cherry
fibre c: hummingbird (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianlarismatthews_/2220703499/)
fibre d: broken berry bramble (how very emo)
B: Brickworks
C: Graffiti
D: Dusk at the Fair
B. Cinnamon Wine
C. Spicy Pickle
D. Summer Dusk
A: Fall at the Ocean
B: Chocolate covered raisins
C: Rhubarb Pie
D: Huckleberry
A is Turn the Other Cheek (since it's different on both sides)
B: Shadows on the Beach (gorgeous shades of darkness)
C: Leggo my Gecko (did you acutally toss a Gecko in the dyepot?)
D: Storm in the Tropics (if an arial view of a hurricane had colour this would be it)
b Red dirt
c ripening fruit
d fine wine
B) Rosewood
C) Sprite
D) Hollow
B: Earth - looks like a nice prepared garden bed.
C: Spring - bright green shoots on a field of old winter browns
D: Grapes into wine