JULY 2016 THEME - OPPOSITES ATTRACT
DURING THIS MONTH'S THEME WE WILL HAVE AN ENDLESS CHOICE OF COMBINATIONS OF
C O L O U R S
Mother Nature gave us COLOURS! Being a colour addict, I am pleased to host this month’s’ theme and share this exciting challenge with you. The aim is to make squares, hats and handwarmers as colourful and “attractive” as possible for the children.This does not mean that the pure hues only can be used, but also pastels,tones, shades, as long as they are complementary.
As long as they are complementary……maybe you are thinking what are complementary colours? What are hues, pastels, tones, shades?
Complementary colours: In the spectrum each colour has its opposite colour. In the Basic Colour Wheel there are six of them, as shown in the photo above. Clockwise: Yellow <-> Purple, Orange<->Blue, and Red <->Green.
The basic six OPPOSITES made into squares:
Red <--> Green Blue<--> Orange Yellow <--> Purple
They attract each other and it will be great fun to make squares in opposite colours as shown above
The 12 colours of the Yurmby wheel
We, as YARN ARTISTS can make use of this colour wheel. It has TWELVE basic colours and now it is going to be lots of fun because we have more OPPOSITE colours to choose!
Example of opposite colours, translated into yarn: Opposites clockwise:
Yellow and Blue (Ultramarin). Orange and Blue (Cobalt). Red and Cyan. Pink and Emerald Green. Magenta (Fuchsia) and Bright Green. Violet/Purple and Lime/Light Green.
Are you in the mood already?
Then I don’t have to hesitate to tell you that we can use:
THREE colours which still are OPPOSITE:
A SPLIT OPPOSITE ARRANGEMENT!
Here we use three colours where colours 2 and 3 are adjacent to the complement of the main colour. For example, picture 1: Green chosen as the main colour, its opposite is Magenta (Fuchsia). Next to Magenta are Purple and Pink. So the combination will be Green, Purple and Pink in any order, any pattern.
DIZZY? TAKE A CUPPA AND LOOK:
In the below examples I have chosen to have the main colour in the centre.
Green, Pink & Purple Purple, Green &Yellow Magenta, Green & Emerald
Blue, Green & Orange Yellow, Pink & Cobalt Cyan, Pink & Orange
THIS IS NOT ALL, THERE IS MORE TO CHOOSE IN THIS MONTH'S THEME:
Light - dark : e.g. Black and White combined with any other colour, Grey or Brown and Magenta (Fuchsia), Violet and Light Green, Dark Blue and Yellow and so on, the combinations are endless.
So, for the Light-Dark and Shades:
Put your yarn basket upside down and there they are....The long forgotten “drab” colours. Now we can grab our dull colored yarn and we can make the most beautiful combinations! From now on: please don’t abandon them anymore! Combine your dull colours with the bright ones:
Finally: We ALWAYS need the BACKBONE of KAS:
- PJs IN ALL C O L O U R S -
Let’s make the difference for the children by crafting in colours and give them warmth and a smile!
LET'S GET STARTED !
The photo album can be found here: http://forum.knit-a-square.com/photo/albums/july-2016-theme-opposit...
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Permalink Reply by Bev Jeffery on
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Finally finished the blankets worth of sqs for July. Don't know what made me think I could knit a blanket's worth plus eight random sqs in a month......lol. Two each, little cute machine knitted giraffes and elephants.....picked up in a dept store for $5 each.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Chiplen on
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Well Bev it was worth waiting for, a very striking blanket! If I were to knit, it would take a very long time!! Your cuddly animals will be very well loved for sure, they are cute:))
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Permalink Reply by Anneke on
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Oh My, how beautiful!!! It was worth waiting for it Bev! What a stunning design! A lovely surprise at the end of the theme! Thank you so much, this blanket will be cherished to the moon and back! xo....Love the toys, so cute and sweet!.....Your blanket is on the cover page of photo album nr 2. xo
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Permalink Reply by Helen on
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Stunning blanket, Bev! I also love the toys; the elephants are particularly cute.
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Permalink Reply by Ronda Helen Lowrie on
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What a lovely discussion and so many good suggestions ... love and thanks to you all, from all of us here in SA where it has been such a cold (but very productive) winter. We look forward to receiving all your wonderful work - the post office seems to be functioning effectively and we are buried under the post right now - JUST THE WAY WE LIKE IT !!!!
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Thank you both for your comments. The "100" card is lovely, Diana, and thanks for adding my pictures to the album, Anneke.
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Permalink Reply by Claire Leeson on
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Thanks for going shopping on our behalf Anneka. You did a wonderful job hosting July and everyone really pulled the stops out for all those lovely, smiling children.:)
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Thank you Claire, In the meantime I have shopped on behalf of all of you. :)
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Permalink Reply by Heather Mensah on
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Here's my completed blanket for the July theme. Sorry it's late - I finished the squares before travelling to Canada on the 27th but only got back yesterday to sew them all together and edge them. Due to jet-lag, a lot of the sewing was done in the wee small hours of this morning!
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Ooh Heather, What a lovely surprise! A stunning blanket! Big compliments to you for being such a passionate KAS yarn artist, coming back from Canada AND finish it right after that! It is BEAUTIFUL, I keep looking at it, there is so much to see! The little one who will receive this blanket will be over the moon! xoxoxo
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