Wallflowers - Colors Chosen!

The other really exciting news is that I have chosen the colors for my Wallflower Blanket and have ordered the yarn.  The Wallflowers Blanket is the creation of Sue Mercer of The Mercerie.  She offers an online course to create this amazing blanket and I signed up for it earlier this year.  The course kicked off on April 1 and runs for six months, although you always have access to the course content (and can even join the live Q&As every month for other course runs).  

I first discovered Sue Maton via the Fruity Knitting video podcast, and then Kim and Betsy on the Fleece and Harmony video podcast signed up a few years ago to the Wallflowers course and I followed their progress and was inspired to sign up when it was offered again.

I ordered a color card from Etsy (it came from a lady in Estonia), and last weekend I sat in natural light and played around with them until I found color combinations that I liked.  I started out with my three darkest colors:  Turquoise, Ultramarine, and Bilberry, and built my color sequences from there.  Once I had my colors I also looked at the color chart and pulled the color combinations for the different pieces to see how the colors would play together.  I went with Sue’s advice and picked colors that give me joy.  The colors are, from left to right:

Leaf colors: Turquoise, Electric Green, and Vaseline Green

Flower colors:  Ultramarine, Iris, Cmiel, Heliotrope, Astor, and Frozen

Background colors:  Bilberry, Peony Iolite, Candy Floss, Cumin, Mineral, and Camel

Hopefully I will get my yarn soon and can start my blanket.

Pattern:  Wallflowers by Sue Maton

Yarn:  Rowan Felted Tweed