Colour Naming Contest!
WE HAVE A WINNER!
The new name for this yarn is... Allspice! Congratulations to Linda, who suggested the name and will receive a skein of yarn as her prize, and to Grete, our randomly selected winner who will receive sock knitting pattern as her prize.
Thank you to everyone who entered, we had some really amazing name suggestions, it was hard to choose just one!
One of my favourite tasks to have our interns help out with in the studio the past two summers has been creating new colours for our yarn lines. Last year we got to play with dyeing a new base yarn, which eventually became Largo Organic. This year we wanted to focus on expanding the colour range for our Pizzicato sock yarn (a fingering-weight BFL/nylon blend).
We started by looking through the colours we already offered on the Pizzicato base, and checking to see where the gaps were. Annie suggested we really needed a true bright red, and maybe a brighter green as well. Here are the final results of her experiments, Heartbeat and Tree Frog.
Heartbeat
Tree Frog
Fabio on the other hand was inspired to try to achieve a deeper, richer tone, and created this gorgeous burgundy colour. He suggested we name it Palestra, after a type of dark wine his grandfather used to make.
Palestra
I wasn't going to be left out of all the fun, and created one new colour myself as well. I wanted to make a darker fairly neutral colour that still had depth and interest.
Name this colour!
I really love how this turned out, deep brown with touches of red and blue undertones, but I need help naming it - so we've decided to have a contest!
How to Enter:
- Simply leave a comment on this post with your suggestion before midnight on Wednesday, August 30, 2017.
- Enter as many suggestions as you want, but please keep each suggestion in a separate comment.
- We'll pick 2 winners on Thursday, August 31 (one will be the person who suggests the winning name, and one will be randomly selected from all entries). Winners will be contacted by email.
- The person who suggests the winning name will receive 1 skein of Pizzicato sock yarn in the as-yet-unnamed colour.
- The randomly chosen winner will receive a PDF copy of 1 Sweet Paprika sock pattern of their choice.
100 Responses
Louise
Rum Cake
Louise
Christmas Cake
Susan
Eggplant
Susan
Raisin
Nicole Acuna
Autumn Vinyard
Nicole Acuna
Blackberry Wine
Eva
“Berry” Brown
Esther
Mocha fudge
Natacha
Shiraz
Esther
Expresso
Eva
Chocolate berry trifle
Chantal
Karulino – it mean Darling in Esperanto.
sue
Cocoa Bordeaux
sue
Blackberry Jam
Louise Cee
"Fig"ure it out?
Louise Cee
Whipped brown
Shanel
Chocolate Tart or Chocolate Berry Tart
Shanel
It also makes me think of Black Tea or English Breakfast tea
Shanel
Black Currant
Sandra H
Mincemeat pie
Shanel
Figgy Pudding
Shanel
Mud pie
Shanel
Why’s the rum gone
Sandra Halka
Ribena. A deep, rich currant/berry/raisin fruit
Shanel
Rum Raisin
Shanel
Midnight Mocha
Shanel
After the Storm
Shanel
Forest Floor
Lisa Cattermole
I think Purple Tartan would be a wonderful name! In honour of Outlander starting soon…
Louise Cee
Colour Me Storm
Louise Cee
Old River
Cassie
Nigra Twig
Jennifer
Tree Bark
Jennifer
Old Growth
Jennifer
Plum Wine
LoriC
Storms at Twilight
Rebecca
Tinto, meaning both a red wine and dyed in Spanish.
Jan W
Nighthawk
Stephanie
It reminds me of the colour palette you see on figs. So I would name it ‘Fig’ or ‘Ficus’ – part of the Latin name for the fig plant. Whatever it’s name, it is beautiful and I love it!
Geneviève
Darkness!!
Jennifer M.
Blueberry Fudge
Jennifer M.
Cocoa Berry
Diane
Plum pudding
Lindzabeth
Autumn Nights
Catsandyarns
Chateau Merlot
Catsandyarns
Creme de Cassis
Julia
The Woods are lovely, dark and deep.
A bit long but I just had to think of that line from a Robert Frost poem ;)
Julia
Ebony
Suzanne
Black forest
Suzanne
Morello
Suzanne
Black tulip
Bee
Octopuses Garden.
My first thought was the octopus at the Vancouver Aquarium.
Liz Sutton
This colour reminds me so so much of the fall colours in the Tombstone Mountains in Yukon so I’m going to go with “Autumn Tundra”
Linda Bradley
Scorched Earth
Linda Bradley
Cafe Lungo ( a long ,strong black coffee)
Bonnie
Bramble
Bonnie
Blackcurrant
Bonnie
Blackcurrant wine
Cassandra
Wine Dreams
Bonnie
Loam
Lucie
Plum parfait
Lucie
Moody Monday
Bonnie
Brambleberry
Rebekka
Death by chocolate
Diana Murphy
Grackle
Laura
Gothic Fairy, Midnight Amethyst, Sugarplum Dreams
Kitten WAW
Petulant Petunias
Kitten WAW
Reflective Mood
Kitten WAW
Cassis et Cacao
Geneviève Lemieux
Dark Master
Geneviève Lemieux
xocoatl (Aztec word for cacao)
Geneviève Lemieux
Truffe-Truffle
Bonnie
Cinnamon basil
Bonnie
Purple basil
Jennifer M.
Gateau Au Chocolat
Jennifer M.
Bleuets Au Chocolat Divins
Bonnie
Syrah
Bonnie
Malbec
Bonnie
Mooncake
Kitten WAW
After The Sun, Before The Stars
A bit long, hope it would fit on the label
Bonnie
Black raspberry truffle
Kitten WAW
Twilight Mahogany
Kitten WAW
Dryad’s Gown
Kitten WAW
Mixed Berry Mudpie
Kitten WAW
Chocolate & Berries
Jennifer M.
Bearberry
Jennifer M.
Black Bear
GigglysGran
Beautiful color, how about “razzleberry”
Jennifer M.
Terroir
Fiona
Leather
Fiona
Bedtime Story
Fiona
REM Sleep
Lucie
eggplant
Megan
Ravenswood
Lucie
Plum reward
Carolyn Ewen
Sangria
Carolyn Ewen
Terrain
Winsome
Silk tapestry
Winsome
Aubergine
Winsome
Fine wine
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