Thursday, January 06, 2011

Pink and Me

I think pink has always been my favorite color.  I remember having a pair of pink and yellow sneakers  when I was about 7 years old.  Unfortunately - as far as colors go - my teenage years were spent entirely in the earth-tone 1970s, where pink was pretty rare.  I got married in 1980 (boy, am I old!) and really wanted my bridesmaids to wear pink dresses, but there were none to be found.  Of course, just a couple of years later, pink was back and hasn't really gone away since.

I like all shades of pink, but my favorites are very pale, icy pink and darker, not-pastel pink.  That's why, when I opened the latest shipment from Scout's yarn club, I squealed out loud.  Yes, I stood in my kitchen, squealing and squeezing a skein of sock yarn.  See why?

Scout's Sway "Izvar"

This color is call Izvar, and I absolutely love it.  A quick tour of my Ravelry project page will show why -- here are some highlights:

Whispering Pines
Anne Hanson's Whispering Pines

Stonewall and Bougainvillea
Stonewall (scarf) and Bougainvillea (socks) - also Anne Hanson

Fish Scales
Nereid Fingerless Gloves

Bird in Hand mittens
Bird in Hand Mittens


And there are more! 

9 comments:

gracie said...

do you ever wonder who names the yarn colors...very pretty shade

Kaye said...

I've always wanted to name colors for yarn, nail polish, wall paint...

Nice pinkage! I love those Bird in the Hand Mittens.

Really no pink BM dresses in the 80s? Not even a hot pink? ;-)

Marguerite said...

How pretty. Do you have plans for your new yarn?

Chris said...

Have you started knitting it yet? :)

Mary Lou said...

I got pinked out as a kid - the only girl in a house full of boys for a long time. But now I like it, more of the raspberry shade. I was Miss Earth Tone in the 70's too. Ugh.

Steven said...

I have to say, even for this lover of all shades drab, that is one nice shade of pink!

linda-the-sister said...

The bird in hands mittens are gorgeous!

I see pink, and I think of my sissy. <3

Susan said...

I love pink now! I think it's because of you and my sweet daughter! And the mittens are just amazing. So beautiful.

Rebekah said...

That is a lot of pink! I'm teh same way about green. Every shade.