Category Archives: yarn palette

New Orleans Square Yarns New Orleans Square is one of my favorite lands at Disneyland and it’s the inspiration for this yarn color palette. When I design a knit shawl for New Orleans Square, I’m going to include arches and stripes. I like these shapes because they evoke the feeling of walking among the archedContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: New Orleans Square”

I had to create a Frontierland yarn color palette. Frontierland at Disneyland is home to my favorite ride, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. You’ll recognize the coral, green, and brown of that ride in my color palette. The Frontierland yarn color palette includes Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering Kettle Dye in Daphne, Conifer, and Faun; and Knit PicksContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: Frontierland”

This Fantasyland yarn color palette is like walking down Main Street at Disneyland and seeing Sleeping Beauty’s castle waiting for you at the end. Looking at these colors takes me right to that place and I love it. It’s so fun to create your own accessories that are meaningful to you. That is my motivationContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: Fantasyland”

I’m thinking of knitting a new Iron Man sweater, or maybe just a shawl. The colors are all picked out, now I just need to decide which way to go.

  I created this vintage Christmas color palette because September feels like an appropriate time to start thinking about Christmas knitting. I’d love a new Christmas blanket to wrap up in, but I don’t think I’m going to have time this year. I could probably pull off a table runner, though. The colors in theseContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: Vintage Christmas”