[Bionic]

Someone, please help me.


I spent most of last night awake, trying to decide what colour to dye my wool. I am the 'keeper' of our spinning club dyes so most colours should be achieveable.


I know that I want to start my garment with a darker colour at the bottom and graduate in the same colour type upwards. So I will probably only dye 1 skein in each colour.


I could go brown, light brown, fawn, cream
Purple, mauve, lilac, pale lilac
Plum, etc
Jade, etc
Green, etc
Blue, etc
Red, etc


Oh gosh, I just don't know


What are your favourite colours?

[Dans]

I would go for a green or a blue. Will get pictures of the final decision?

Dans

[Louise Gaunt]

I'd go with purple to pale lilac.

[SallyintNorth]

Twit.

You're not making this for us!  You need to choose colours you like and that suit you!

When you see a palette of colours, for instance a paint card, which colour draws you?  (For me, lavenders, or plums, usually.  Sometimes the greens.)

What colours do people always say, "Oh, that colour really suits you!" ?  (For me, bright blues and turquoises.)

What mood do you want to create when looking at the garment?  What colours evoke that mood?  (I'm spinning a 'rose garden' braid at the moment - deep reds and bright reds like rose petals, yellows for stamens, greens for leaves and stalks, some creams to let the deeper colours speak - and I am in the garden on a summer's day as I spin!  )

[Bionic]

I'm usually a red person. The colour suits me (I think) and I always feel happy in that colour.
I have just brought the dyes in from the garage to do a stock take. Perhaps seeing them might give me some ideas.

[JulieWall]

Every time I see the sunset I want to dye something in blues, hot and cool peach tones and pale greys.

[Fleecewife]

I'm usually a red person. The colour suits me (I think) and I always feel happy in that colour.
I have just brought the dyes in from the garage to do a stock take. Perhaps seeing them might give me some ideas.

I was going to suggest you go for something to match your eyes, but maybe not given that you like reds   
 I love red too, but I also like greens and mauves together - they grade into eachother beautifully.

Years ago in Shetland I saw a lovely graded jumper, starting with black at the bottom and grading up through reds, oranges, to light yellow at the top - sort of sunsetty.

[Bionic]

I'm usually a red person. The colour suits me (I think) and I always feel happy in that colour.
I have just brought the dyes in from the garage to do a stock take. Perhaps seeing them might give me some ideas.

I was going to suggest you go for something to match your eyes, but maybe not given that you like reds   
 I love red too, but I also like greens and mauves together - they grade into eachother beautifully.

Years ago in Shetland I saw a lovely graded jumper, starting with black at the bottom and grading up through reds, oranges, to light yellow at the top - sort of sunsetty.

Or Tequila sunrise 

[JulieWall]

You should have a go at using natural dyes, it doesn't matter what shades you end up with they always seem to go together ok........ plus it's fun to experiment 

[Bionic]

I have some natural dyes here Julie and have used onions skins and things in the past. This time I wanted to go for something more dramatic though.


Still collecting onion skins for the next time though

[SallyintNorth]

The other thing you could do, Sally, is have a look through some patterns on Ravelry - not for the patterns but to see how people use colour and whether anything lights your fire.

If you look at shawl patterns you'll see the whole spectrum!

[Bionic]

I don't get on very well with Ravelry, I find it confusing. Yours is a good idea though so I will see what I can find.
Thanks

[RUSTYME]

Black !

[Bionic]

Well, it's definitely not going to be black. Sally's suggestion was a good one. I have downloaded a pic I saw on Ravelry and will base my colours on that.
I'm not saying what those colours are yet because I don't know how well I can get a dye to a colour that is in my head.

[madcat]

Good luck , I'm about to embark on part two of my dyeing adventure. Green and purple are my favourite colours.