…By which I mean the colour, not the fossil fuel that you put in your car.
You might (or might not) be wondering why I mention this now, instead of finishing off THAT project ready for the big reveal.
The thing is, folk at Stylecraft yarns have been grappling with a weighty dilemma. Quite a few of you, no matter what country you live in, have probably knitted or hooked with Stylecraft Special DK yarn at some point. There are 80-odd shades in the range, increased since the competition I was honoured to co-judge last year. The thing is, they now want to increase their aran and chunky ranges too, and they need your help choosing which shades from the DK range they should add to the heavier weights.
Far be it for me to try to influence your choice, but isn’t petrol a much undervalued yet versatile colour? So unappealingly named, yet so satisfying. I do love a colour that says to you, ‘No, wait: there’s more to me than that. Take another look.’ There’s a subtly and ambiguity to petrol. It’s like turquoise’s quieter, more confident sibling. (Turquoise can be awfully flighty and excitable.)
And if you’re making clothing, it’s a colour that suits a lot of skin tones.
Anyway, here’s the deal. Stylecraft would love you to nominate a shade from their DK range to be included in the expanded aran/chunky ranges. You can nominate your choice here. It could be petrol, for example…
Nominations are open until 6th March. After that, the top twelve shades will be selected and you will have a chance to vote for whichever one of those you think should be chosen. (Hopefully the twelve will include petrol.)
Voting will cease on 31st March, after which the six most popular shades (petrol, for example) will be announced. These will then be launched as aran/chunky shades from October 2016. Hurrah!
DISCLAIMER:-
Nope, nobody paid me to write this piece. Just thought I’d better mention that. That said, the Stoic Spouse expressed deep gratitude when I told him that I was going to stop chattering on and write a blog post.
Sorry, Twisted, although I am a big fan of petrol, it has to be bluebell for me. 🙂
Ah well, we shall have to agree to disagree. I hope this won’t be the start of an epic petrol-bluebell feud between us.
Nice color, I hope it makes the cut. I had to vote for green, but for more practical reasons.
Yup, greens are mostly luscious, too. And there are so many of them, with so many moods.
That is a gorgeous color. Truly.
Yup. And versatile.
I totally agree with you. I LOVE Stylecraft Special DK in Petrol – it’s the colour I’m always drawn to and pick up unnecessarily when I go yarn shopping. I’d love to see it in the heftier weights. I’m nominating right now!
Yay, a fellow petrolhead! 🙂
Just because you asked so nicely I shall go and vote for the colour of your dreams. x
Why thank you, you are most kind. 🙂
Lol 😀 say ‘petrol’ again hahaha. Sorry, it’s Friday lunchtime and I think I’m delirious. Nice colour though 🙂 X
Oh, did I mention a specific colour? And there was me thinking I’d been a bit vague. 😉
Read this, looked up at the telly that the Mister was watching, and there was an advert for a Suzuki petrol blue car! How weird is that. I love azure, not a million miles from petrol.!
Woah, that is quite spooky. But yes, azure is pretty close, in a lovely ambiguous, shimmery way.
I’m sold! Petrol is a truly beautiful colour (and your wedding dress is gorgeous 😉 )
Thank you. Sadly I can no longer fit into the wedding dress, though. Ah well. It remains a very pretty colour.
I love this magical colour! It’s petrol all the way for me. Glad to vote!
Yay! All the petrolheads are appearing on this comments thread!
I’ll go and look now. I love petrol. As long as it isn’t a bright yellow, anything else will do.
Bright yellow has its place, I guess. But yeah, I’m not a big fan either.
Petrol you say?
Oh, did I mention the colour? I was worried there that I’d forgotten to put it in.
You only mildly alluded to it Ma’am. I was just checking to see that it was, indeed, the correct shade that you were postulating about…
Love that color. It’s actually the color of the oily rainbow petrol makes. I like it because it seems to be devoid of red. Since I don’t knit, it would be awful of me to vote for a color (I like turquoise too), but I hope petrol makes it!
Yes! You’re so right about the oily rainbow.
And don’t worry, I don’t think they check your knitting credentials before you vote. 😉
Love that colour!! And the dress is so gorgeous!
Thank you! Pity I can’t fit into it any more…
Petrol is perfect.
Yup. Agreed. 🙂 (In case that wasn’t a tiny bit obvious…)