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July 10, 2008
orange
After two purple shawls in a row, I needed to go in a different direction. I went for the anti-purple.
This is Blue Moon Laci in Oregon Red Clover Honey.
Lately, I have been craving orange. Maybe it’s in reaction to the purple shawls. Maybe it’s a more fundamental alteration. Since I’ve moved into my house, I’ve had the growing urge to paint at least a couple of my living room walls orange.
Which orange?
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I cannot do the orange, but did a stong Japanese red in my dining room-15 years ago. Still love it. Go for it!
Posted by: Marsha at Jul 10, 2008 6:59:41 PM
I love that color of BMFA! can't wait to see what you knit with it.
I have one wall of my sunroom orange -- one of only two walls with color in our house! I love it still (two years later) and we get a lot of compliments on it.
It's uh... well, benjamin moore approximated a glidden color for me "last tango." (that's clearly a screenshot of glidden's website and not my sunroom). :) I vote for it. :)
Posted by: jess at Jul 10, 2008 7:54:25 PM
oops, it ate the html link out of the comment. here's the orange:
http://www.xantha.org/gallery/colors/lasttango
Posted by: jess at Jul 10, 2008 7:56:37 PM
I get color cravings, too.
About the orange, though. I have a friend who used a nearly day-glo orange on just one wall--everything else is various neutrals and it looks fabulous.
Posted by: Stephy at Jul 11, 2008 5:21:30 AM
My favorite color! :-)
That shot of all the paint chips would make delightful desktop wallpaper.
Posted by: Beth S. at Jul 11, 2008 8:23:57 AM
I vote Jack O Lantern. That is the Glidden color I just used in my den.
http://thermalgal.stitchinplace.net/2008/01/22/progress/
Posted by: Jenni at Jul 11, 2008 9:38:55 AM
Gorgeous, gorgeous yarn. Is that @ Twisted? Some of that may need to come home with me...
Posted by: Cher at Jul 11, 2008 5:09:22 PM
I LOVE orange!!!!! It's a very happy color. AND, it's the color complement of ... PURPLE!
Posted by: Robin at Jul 12, 2008 6:43:00 AM
I truly love orange, and all the peach, mango, sunflower variations. Can't go wrong! Try doing two shades in a room. It's a nice, complex effect, cause of the way light moves around in a space.
Warm, happy, sunny. I think your color craving is deeper than just an anti-purple. It might be a hint of the direction your life is moving in...anyway, that's the way it works for me.
Posted by: Ellen at Jul 13, 2008 10:46:23 AM
that's the very yarn that I knitted by bee fields shawl from and it's wonderful to knit with. the subtle color changes are beautiful and just glow with warmth! :)
Posted by: annmarie at Jul 14, 2008 6:19:46 AM
that would be *my* bee fields shawl, not *by*. more coffee, please...
Posted by: annmarie at Jul 14, 2008 6:21:19 AM
Wooo! Do it!
If you need any painting help let me know. I think I can manage anything above 3' in height. I'm getting better, though.
Posted by: BigAlice at Jul 15, 2008 7:14:22 PM
Love the orange. Please tell me if you or any of your readers have ever put together strips of knitting with cotton using a sewing machine? We have about 10 strips for a bedspread and would like to use a sewing machine to complete this project, but have never tried the sewing machine for this kind of work.
Posted by: Diane at Jul 17, 2008 4:59:52 AM
why not a a bunch of them? In our last house we painted horizontal stripes with shades of color that went from an off-white to a pretty sage-green. I think we had 4 colors separated with teeny off-white lines. It was awesome!
Posted by: scoutj at Jul 26, 2008 9:27:36 PM
