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.
85 Responses
Winsome
Mulberry wine
Winsome
Velvetine
Winsome
Purple crush
Carolyn
Sangria
winsome
Renaissance
Winsome
chianti
Elizabeth
Smoldering Ember
Margie
Fresh Fig. This color is gorgeous!
Kitten WAW
Savory
Kitten WAW
Midnight Orchid
Aunt Jenny
The first thing I thought of was “Grandma’s blackraspberry jam.”
Kitten WAW
Secrets In My Past
Perhaps I should be naming Gothic romances instead of yarn?
Kitten WAW
Tryst and Turn
Kitten WAW
Bruised Romance
Tina Hill
Plum Perfect
Kitten WAW
Darkness Also Glows
MaryJo Legg
Blackberry Jelly
MaryJo Legg
Purple Haze
Kitten WAW
Enter The Night
Kitten WAW
Love Lies Hidden
Kitten WAW
Beware The Shadows
I guess I’ve gone from gloomy to spooky now?
Kitten WAW
Mysterious Woods
Kitten WAW
Mystery
Kitten WAW
Midnight Vow
Getting a little less gloomy.
Kitten WAW
Macabre
Okey dokey, that’s two dark ones in a row.
Kitten WAW
Sorrow
That’s not a cheerful name – duh, obviously! – but it was the first thing that came to mind.
Caro
Banshee
Alice Candy
Violet-Backed Starling
Alice Candy
Black Tulip! Not actually black,but extremely close to the yarn’s colour.
Pat
Grape merlot
France
Complex Wine
Kimberly
A Storm’s brewing
Linda Whythe
Mustard seed
Marie-Josee
Marsala
Johanne Belisle
Prune Jam
Leonka Horvath
Earthy Amethyst
Caroline Bertrand
Taylor’s Violet Eyes
Caroline Bertrand
Dark Amethyst Geode
Emilie
Sunspurilla
Andrea L-J
Burgundy cherry
Armida Sawan
Brave
Armida Sawan
Sorry, I accidentally entered wild grapes multiple times.
Armida Sawan
Wild grapes
Armida Sawan
Violet fields
Cambria Flynn
Black Peony (I like flowers lol)
Cambria Flynn
Dark Dahlia
Armida Sawan
Wild grapes
Cambria Flynn
Byzantium!
Melanie
Betterave
Genevieve
Luscious
Valerie Moreau
Algue mousse d’irlande
Emilie Vallée
Aubergine
Anna Maria Caranci
Sunset sea
Sheyrell Masters
Bumblelicious
Sheyrell Masters
Bruise Cruise
Sheyrell Masters
Mulberry Wine
Sheyrell Masters
Bumbleberry Pie
Laura Booth
Forest Floor
Laura Booth
Earth
Laura Booth
Chocolate Wine
Sarina Wood
Obsidian
Sarina Wood
Midnight Sky
Sarina Wood
Deep Space
Cheryl C
Chocolate Drop
Laura Booth
Mahogany Dream
Elizabeth McNeil
Morea(the name given to the nymph that inhabited the Mulberry tree)
Elizabeth McNeil
Jungle twilight
Lucie
Purple Rain
This naming game is a lot of fun !
Lucie
Dark side of the plum LOL LOL
Del Pollard
Moonstone Mystique
gisele friedrich
Baco Noir. Plain and simple
Janet Armstrong
Dusk – the colour reminds me of the rich mauve/purple/red colours in the sky during dusk and sunset
Lucie
Mulberry jam
Lucie
Plum pudding !
Coryna Blasko
‘Labrusca’, from the Latin name for the concord grape which this colour reminds me of. Full Latin is Vitis Labrusca, or the Fox Grape.
Laura Booth
Plum Rhapsody
Linda B.
Marrone
Linda B.
Clove
Linda B.
Forest Wine
Linda B.
Chocolatina
Linda B.
cocoa plum
Sharon Rapoport
Tree Trunk
Elizabeth Quinn
We be jammin’
Carla Fawcett
Oh my goodness! It’s gorgeous “Black Forest” : )
Sharon Normandeau
plum swirl
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Sweet Paprika Designs offers high-quality materials for knitters and crocheters, with a focus on locally-sourced and sustainable products. Co-owners (and sisters) Debbie and Elizabeth create their own hand-dyed yarns, knitting kits and patterns in their Montreal dye studio and organize knitting and dyeing events in the community.
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