Do you remember the blanket I started to crochet last year? It’s a Lucy blanket, full of her typical colourful cheer. Each evening I’ve come home and settled into the meditative rhythm of treble crochets. The blanket, itself is very straight forward: row after row after row of crochet. What I hadn’t anticipated was how I would find the use of colour. Colour is fascinating; it is all around us, but how often do we actually stop and look at all the different tones and shades that are on offer? Working with Lucy colours, has meant working outside my normal colour palate. I am an Autumnal colour girl: drawn to earthy, berry tones. So when it came to putting Lucy’s colours together I found it really difficult. I wanted the blanket to look natural and random (though I am beginning to question the whole randomness of random) as if it had been thrown together and looked, well like Lucy’s. I think the difficulty is because I am so far away from colours that I am naturally drawn to: but sometimes it is good to work outside your element. It has really made me think about colour, how I use them and how they should be used together. I am loving crocheting my blanket and so far I have used all of the seven-teen colours once…
…the challenge now is how to use the colours for a second, third, fourth, time and keep the look random (that word again)! I’ll let you know how I get along...xxx
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