There isn't a yarn display or store that I can resist because I love the colors and the variety of wool. While browsing in the newly remodeled Norway House gift shop last week, I thought about the differences in colors and shades of yarn I saw there (photo below) and those that I had photographed in New Mexico (top picture). I also wondered if the colors indicated differences in culture. If I thought about it long enough, I suppose I could spin a yarn to justify any interpretation. What do you think?
I love the vibrant colours in the top photo but would probably wear the colours in the bottom one. Crazy, right?
ReplyDeleteI noticed right away that the yarn from New Mexico, in addition to its intense hues, is loose and relaxed-looking and not as tightly wound (lol) as the yarn in the other photo.
ReplyDeleteLiving in New Mexico has definitely changed my approach to color in gardening and in painting the walls of my home. Bright colors abound, and in combinations I never saw back in New Hampshire!
definitely differences in shades. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm like that about the smaller crewel yarns. I love all the gradations in colors.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you could!
ReplyDeleteLooking at these, I'm instantly reminded of my late aunt, who would always have a knitting project close at hand.
ReplyDeleteThese days there are more and more people who are knitting again here in Norway.
ReplyDeleteI seriously think I should start up with a small project again.....
Have fun!
Well, this takes the cake! I bought one of your yarns the other day. It began, "It was a dark and stormy night..." Sorry to say, I didn't finish. I fell asleep. :)
ReplyDeleteI have a new neighbor who's from New Mexico. Her color sense is spectacular. I wonder if it's the striking environment.
ReplyDeleteLovely colors...
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It 's yet another sign.....you need to head to New Mexico.
ReplyDeleteInstead of reading tea leaves, we are now reading differences in yarns? Hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteDo you knit? I love to knit and also can't pass up a yarn store! I love these shots with all the color and textures.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colour combination!
ReplyDeleteI can't pass up a yarn shop either, even if it's just to breathe in the colors! My theory on cultural colors: they echo the prettiest colors in nature that people saw long ago and tried to duplicate. I bet people in Norway in ancient times never imagined colors like those seen in tropical birds, so the colors that became favorites were the blue and gray shades of the sky and sea. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
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