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My Secrets to Picking the Perfect Colours for Crochet Projects
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Dec 16, 2024
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hey everyone Jane here back with another
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crochet tutorial and this time it's all
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about color one of the most common
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questions I get is about my process for
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choosing colors so today is all about
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sharing some tips and tricks I use to
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decide on the perfect combinations for
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my granny squares while my final
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decisions are based on how the colors
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feel to me I do follow a process to give
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myself options so today I'm going to
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walk you through some of those so one
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way I start is by browsing my camera
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roll I love snapping Quick photos of
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anything that catches my eye nature
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scenes especially sunrises and sunsets
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or even plants in my garden these are
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all my favorites I also have an
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inspiration board over on Pinterest
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where I save images with cool color
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combos these are the sources that kick
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in my inspiration and these I can do
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anytime
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anywhere from there I'll gather a range
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of yarn colors to experiment with I do
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this with my little baskets of sample
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squares but before I get into that under
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understanding the basics of the color
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wheel can be really helpful so don't
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worry we're not diving too deep into
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Theory here but let's quickly review
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this so we start with primary colors red
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blue and yellow remember those paint
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bottles from school those are the
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foundations for all colors next we have
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the secondary colors green orange and
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purple these are created by mixing the
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primary colors and then we have What's
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called the tertiary colors and these are
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the blends of primary secondary colors
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which often make up a rich varied
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palette kind of like my yarn wall then
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we have the neutral colors which are
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white black gray and I include Browns
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there when we're talking about yarn
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these are often used as background
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colors to create balance and give space
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for the main colors to be the star of
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the show we're also going to touch on
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color value which is the light and
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darkness of a color but that's something
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I'm just going to demonstrate a little
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bit later so back to my sample squares
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these are like fabric samples or paint
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chips for me for every new yarn I bring
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into my home I make a quick Square using
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my easy breezy Square pattern I like
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them all to be the same so that I can
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compare them easily it's a simple square
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with a few Stitch variations to add
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texture so I can see how the Color Works
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in a granny square context and I keep
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these samples organized by color baskets
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you can find the tutorial for the easy
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breezy Square in the description below
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but you can use any square of your
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choosing basket one has all the Reds
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Blues greens yellows purples and oranges
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and all the variations in between embasa
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2 which oddly has the same number of
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samples has all my neutrals so I have in
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there all my whites my grays my blacks
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my Browns and the beiges I don't label
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these squares because I handle them a
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lot and the labels tend to fall off so
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instead I have a binder where I keep
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samples of all my Yarns with the brand
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information and that way I can keep all
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the brands together this helps me keep
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track because sometimes Yarns get
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discontinued so it's nice to have a
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record here so I can find a nice
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substitute if I need to if you're
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interested in making yourself a yarn
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binder I do have a tutorial on my
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YouTube channel as well for that again
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the link will be in the description
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below so let's take a look at an example
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here this squar is my sand dollar
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squared pattern which I made using a
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fall inspired palette that also works
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well for the holidays I pulled Reds
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greens Amber tones and neutrals to
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figure out what I wanted to use in this
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Square for most squares I stick to about
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three to four colors at the most but for
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larger squares I may use more colors and
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definitely for blankets I like to use a
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lot of colors like 10 to 15 colors to
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get that nice eclectic look that I
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spread out among all the squares I like
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to dabble a little in quilting too so I
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love scrap quilts and this definitely
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inspires my approach to crochet I'll
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have a future video on how I work out
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all the square combos for a full blanket
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because once I've chosen the 10 to 15
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colors then I have to figure out how I
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want to arrange them in the blanket so
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that it balances so watch for that one
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too coming soon once I've narrowed down
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my choices I make a variety of test
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squares experimenting with different
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color orders to see what works best and
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which one feels the nicest now let's
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talk about color value the lightness or
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darkness of a color this can
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significantly affect how patterns stand
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out my trick to determine the color
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values is taking a photo of my square is
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usually on my phone and then I
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desaturate it on my phone as well to
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help me see the value of the colors so
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even though they're all red I can now
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see which ones are light and which ones
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are dark this might be obvious when
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you're dealing with one color but it
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gets a little more complicated when
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you're dealing with a whole bunch of
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colors let me show you an example here's
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a square where I used a green a red a
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caramel and a putty when I desaturate
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the picture you can see the green and
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red are similar in Val value the caramel
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is slightly lighter and the putty is
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much lighter creating a lot more
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contrast using this technique really
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helps me decide on what look I'm going
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for and it's really just about the value
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of the color that you're looking at
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let's compare five versions of the
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square using the same four colors which
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one do you like best pause the video to
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decide and choose your
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favorite have you got your favorite now
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let's desaturate them to check the
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values does your choice still hold up or
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have you changed your
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mind this trick helps when I'm stuck
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between a few options sometimes I want
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colors with similar values for a softer
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calmer look while other times I prefer a
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high contrast for a bold statement as
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you can see with these two examples the
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square on the left gives you a much
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calmer look and the square on the right
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has more of a statement this shows up
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when you desaturate and look at the
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values I hope these ideas inspire ire
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you to play with color and develop your
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own palettes these are just some of my
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tips and tricks let me know how these
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tips work for you and I will be creating
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more videos going forward on how I
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choose my colors specifically for
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certain squares I'll walk you through
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the process in those videos so stay
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tuned for those if you enjoy this
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tutorial please give it a thumbs up and
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so you won't miss any of my upcoming
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tutorials thanks for joining me today
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and I'll see you in the next tutorial
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