3KCBWDAY1: Color Lovers

This blog post is part of the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week:

Introduction to the topic:

Color Lovers: Colour is one of our greatest expressions of ourselves when we choose to knit or crochet, so how do you choose what colours you buy and crochet or knit with. Have a look through your stash and see if there is a predominance of one colour. Do the same with your finished projects - do they match? Do you love a rainbow of bright hues, or more subdued tones. How much attention do you pay to the original colour that a garment is knit in when you see a pattern? Tell readers about your love or confusion over colour.

What a great topic to start with, isn't it? And honestly - who doesn't love a bright and colorful piece of crochet? When I'm browsing the crochet boards on Pinterest I always feel myself drawn to the most colorful pictures first, and it's the same with linkparties - nevermind how simple the pattern or item, if I like the colors I'll definitely check out the link.

And the color palette is the main reason why Catania by Schachenmayr is my favorite yarn to work with, here are some impressions of my stash:

Aren't the colors just awesome? Catania is a cotton yarn suitable for hook sizes 2.5 - 3.5mm, and it's my first choice yarn for most of the items I'm making. All of my motifs for the Beyond the Square Challenge are made with Catania, and last year I've made the whole collection of my Bavarian Popcorn Flowers with this cotton yarn as well:

Recently I've also made a flower garland especially for this blog week topic, using almost every color I've got in my stash:

Of course I couldn't resist to add little buttons to the flowers :) If you like this garland, please stay tuned: I'll be celebrating my first blog anniversary in May, and of course there'll be another giveaway with this garland as one of the prizes!

The negative side of this yarn addiction: it has probably spoiled me for any other yarn available here in Germany. I often admire bright and colorful blankets on american or british blogs and wish these yarns (most of them are acrylic yarns) were available in Germany. So please: if anyone of you out there knows a great acrylic yarn that comes in lots of bright colors and might be available in Germany, please let me know! Maybe you know an online-shop that ships to Germany, or maybe my German readers have got some suggestions for me (I like the quality of Bravo by Schachenmayr, but unfortunately the colors always seem a little bit dull compared to Catania).

That's it for today - some colorful pictures, the promise of a giveaway coming soon, and a little cry for help: a perfect start into this blog week :)

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Hope to see you tomorrow,