I love colour. In yarn:
In life:
pictures of bits of my kitchen!
In things I use all the time:
my current favourite scarf & bag, phone & Mollie’s collar & lead…
So WHY do I want to knit myself a grey cardy? I own one grey item of clothing, a stretchy skirt, which I am currently wearing with cerise pink tights and a blue green & pink flowery tunic. I don’t do grey. But I’m obsessed with the idea of a grey cardigan! This pattern or this pattern or this pattern… (One of the reasons I love Ysolda Teague’s patterns is because she does them in all sizes up to quite large. Quite apart from they’re lovely.) And possibly this yarn. Or this. Or THIS. I’m hoping the feeling goes off before I end up buying half a ton of *expensive* grey yarn and then get FED UP half way up the back….
You are asking the wrong person, for some unknown reason I want a chocolate corduroy skirt, yep that’s right, chocolate & corduroy in the same sentence, love all your colours by the way very colourlicious 🙂
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Hmmm! I don’t think I’ve owned any corduroy since I started buying my own clothes! But to each their own! A grey cardy! What am I, 95?
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Give in to your urge, it’s calling you for a reason, just think when you really are 95 and your great great grandchildren ask about your life all you will be telling them is about your biggest regret of not knitting a grey cardigan, and then every birthday, Mothers day, Easter & Christmas the only presents you will receive will be grey cardis do you really want that !!!!!!
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Actually I’m spared that cos I’m 41 and have no children and my 55 year old husband is already a Grandad (and our grandson calls me Claire NOT Granny) so at best I shall be eccentric stepmother/ stepgranny/ stepgreatgranny and they’ll love me because my strategy (already) is to buy them the best presents they get….
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oooooh….now I want a chocolate corduroy skirt too.
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Haha. Should I change my weird dream garment to chocolate corduroy?!
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of course you should! lol
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I love your cutlery draw! I would give yourself a week and see if it’ll pass. I hope this grey period is not a reflection of how you are feeling. It’s most unlike you to want to tone yourself down! However those are lovely patterns;)
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Good idea! It’s been knocking around for a while in my mind so I think it may be something I want to do but it’s come to the fore this week. Probably is my state of mind. The cutlery is Laguiole. We had some for our wedding and love it – you can get it online. X
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I’m the exact opposite and love neutrals in my home, clothes, and knits. Right now, I’m wearing gray yoga pants and a blue/gray t-shirt with a black rook on it. Very… neutral. Lol
The good thing about gray is that it would go with whatever “crazy” colors you want to pair it with. But if you loooove color, I could see it being a very boring, blah knitting experience. 🙂
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Neutrals are good too! You’ve totally put your finger on it. I’d like a grey cardigan a lot. I’m just not sure I’d like knitting it….
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Oooh! Just had to add that cutlery to my Amazon wishlist! And the book that first pattern came from! I love bright colours but when clothing is concerned it’s always good to have a few staple items in more neutral colours so they go with everything. That said, the last three cardigans I bought were all lime green!
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Lime green is a good colour. Both my hand knit cardigans are lime green or maybe apple green. Green anyway. That said I do actually own some neutrals. My leggings are black! But I think it’s more to do with the knitting of the grey than the wearing of it. I’m terribly fickle with knitting and I’m concerned I’ll buy enough wool to make something to fit me (ie about 2000 metres) and get bored…. I love my Laguiole cutlery! If you do buy some make sure you buy the more expensive ones not the plastic handles and watch out that the knives aren’t steak knives. We’re vegetarians and we have six steak knives!
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I think the steak knives would be what would swing it in favour of getting a new set of cutlery with my husband. He grew up in South Africa and is carnivore through and through! Are the plastic ones no good then? What are yours made of?
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Well if I’m honest I don’t know. Fake bone maybe. Oh goodness I hope they aren’t real bone… No, panic over they’re made from some sort of composite. Phew. Ours are partly from John Lewis and partly from http://www.homecolours.com/brand/laguiole.html?gclid=COaSiMq67bwCFcvnwgod-lIArQ – the ones on Amazon are Laguiole Ambiance. They don’t look like they’re plastic. Back when we got married there were plastic ones. Can’t see any now.
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I did LOL at the idea of you unknowingly having a drawer full of rainbow bones! 🙂
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That would have been a bit grim. But no, we’re fine!
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Grey can reqlly highlight other colours. I pretty much just wear black, grey and sometimes red, so I’m all for your making a grey cardigan hehe!
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LOL! I probably will. Though I might try and convince my Mum she’d like to knit it for me which would be a very good way round things….!
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Maybe look out for a sparkly grey yarn like King Cole Galaxy double knit which has 2 or 3 variants of grey (all named after stars 🙂 )but they all have sequins in the yarn for that touch of sparkle and glamour (so the blurb says) 😉
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Although I adore sequins I am too large to drape my person in them. I have to be honest about this sadly…
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Ahhhh but you could trim a grey cargi with some sparkle? On the cuffs, neckline and/or a few rows at the shoulder or hem?
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I know this will ASTONISH you but I tend to keep things about my person quite plain. Colourful but not flouncy or sparkly etc. I can’t really explain other than saying a streamlined look seems to suit a larger figure – so today I’m wearing a purple dress but it’s very simple. Fussiness doesn’t suit me sadly. Which means minimal sequins. Boooo
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Lol, I know what you mean – fussy doesn’t suit me either for the same reason but I do like a bit of colour 🙂
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Colour is good. Today I am wearing my favourite Anna Scholz dress (bought in a sale I hasten to add) because I am off shortly to take part in a debate on assisted dying at Exeter Uni. I’m speaking for the motion obvs. First time I’ve done something like this and I’m excited about it!
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Ooo good luck. I’m sure you’ll do brilliantly 🙂
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I’m practising my five min opening speech at the services in Exeter… It’s 5.30 without adlibs… I just have to hope they don’t have a stop watch!
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Stick to the colour you will never wear it if you finish it.
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Wise words 😉
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I think a grey cardigan is a good idea, colour always shouts loudest when it has something to bounce off.
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A grey cardigan would be incredibly practical…it would go with anything! I love grey cardigans.
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A grey cardigan is perfect, because you’ll be able to wear it over absolutely any colour.
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Start grey and if you get bored add stripes or checks! Go with how you feel and then when you change how you feel change what you do!
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That’s very good advice – thanks! Loving the puppy pics btw!
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