daylight boost...

 

 

...Out here on our lovely Canadian west coast, days are suddenly getting longer and brighter, making my little world seem that much brighter too; not being a native of this, our coastal rainforest region, I do often struggle when a soggy greyness is what I keep opening my eyes to on winter mornings... However,  I have become better at dealing with our very special winter clime over the years, learning to embrace it more as a time for recharging and cocooning in cozy indoor surroundings...

 

 

The one thing though that I can't do much about in the depth of winter is how few hours of good natural light we have on a typical day, something that absolutely affects how I spend my day, since so much of my creative endeavours depend on seeing colours accurately, or in natural light...

 

 

For one, while working on the cardigan featured in this post (yes, I couldn't resist making another Jessica Cardigan from Inside Crochet, especially when I happened on a batch of yummy red wool at a local thrift shop a few weeks ago!...), I tried to figure out, as much as possible, my colour sequence in good day light so as not to depend on artificial light which can so distort colours. Now, maybe that may seem an obvious thing to do for some of you, in particular if you're the type of person who likes to always have all your yarn figured out before you start anything but, well, for better or worse, that's not me! Especially when a project involves a lot of different colours (my favourite type!), I like to sit myself down surrounded by all my possible choices, whether dug out from my stash or bought specifically for the project, and go for it, always playing around with different possibilities as I see my work evolving with each new colour addition -- that to me is so much fun!... Needless to say though, despite knowing that selecting yarn colours when I have to turn on the lights could lead to extensive next day ripping, I still find myself doing it often enough because, yes as you might have guessed, I'm usually having too much fun to stop myself!...

 

 

In the last little while, I've been revisiting my heart project from last year, cutting out hearts into some of my favorite woolly fabric, some of which are scraps found at thrift shops while others, lovely Harris Tweed pieces I bought last year in Scotland...

 

 

I will be combining each of these with some scrumptious 100% woolly yarn, so the longer days now will mean more hours each day to choose colour pairings for all these hearts -- Yay!... I do hope to show you some of these finished little hearts very soon...

 

 

Now that the days are getting longer, I've also been feeling an itch to pull out my fabric that's been hidden in dark corners during the last few months and start playing around with it... perhaps a patchwork or two?!... Stay tuned... Thanks so much for popping by and for all your heartwarming comments to my last post -- happy natural light crafting!...

 

 

 

Comments

[Claire Robinson]

These lighter mornings and evenings make such a difference don't they? Gorgeous cardy...

[Joanne Roberts]

I love those cardigans and have a similar jumper in my Ravelry queue. I want it to jump to the top of the list now! Jo xx

[Andrea Charles]

The colorful Cardigan is so so beautiful. I loved the color pattern used in the Cardigan. I am inspired!! I am also eagerly waiting for your heart project o get ready. Good job, Cardy!!

[Andrea Charles]

The colorful Cardigan is so so beautiful. I loved the color pattern used in the Cardigan. I am inspired!! I am also eagerly waiting for your heart project o get ready. Good job, Cardy!!

[Andrea Charles]

The colorful Cardigan is so so beautiful. I loved the color pattern used in the Cardigan. I am inspired!! I am also eagerly waiting for your heart project o get ready. Good job, Cardy!!

[Nahuatl Vargas]

Beautiful cardigan!

[VasanthMusicCoimbatore]

That's a gorgeous cardigan! My aunt was a pro at knitting and crocheting. One look at my work, and she'd point out all my mistakes and make me unravel the whole thing. She helped me knit a cardigan for one of my nieces.