Jan 24 2006
Creating Colors: Project Spectrum
Something so unique that there is not anything exactly like it in the world… not even one. Creating with your own hands – using your precious time to make something beautiful, something thought-provoking, or something simply spontaneous…
Creating memories. Creating stitches. Creating something that only existed on paper and the designer's mind before it came into your capable hands. Creating something completely new and beautiful from an item that someone else discarded and considered useless.
What can be more rewarding than that?
These thoughts have been central in my mind in recent weeks – I have been completely inspired by the beautiful handmade items and the creativity I see all around me, on the internet and in my daily life.
In response to this creative explosion in my head, I started to think of the creative possibilities that we have on this medium of the internet – we can share and inspire each other with the click of a button… with a simple photograph or a well-placed encouragement, or even with a color of yarn, or a swatch of fabric. Think of the possibilities!
Colors inspire me. Colors elicit deep emotions and memories. Colors symbolize life events and the changing of the seasons. We surround ourselves with color – in our homes, in our gardens, and even on our dinner plate.
The idea of Project Spectrum is simply a celebration of the colors around us, and taking the time to notice them. Each month over a six month span will be devoted to a color group – participants can knit, dye, crochet, weave, spin, stitch, paint, scrapbook, sew, quilt, cook, grow, photograph, bake, or bead items in that color group (of course all arts and crafts not mentioned here also count!).
It is really about expressing yourself creatively – making something beautiful, and creating something unique with your hands. It is also about thinking outside of the box – perhaps taking up a new hobby, or a long neglected one, or finally dabbling in design.
I had planned to begin this project in February (red for February would have been perfect…), but in order to properly respect the legions of Knitting Olympians, I have decided to begin Project Spectrum in the month of March. This will give participants plenty of time to gather supplies, plan projects, get some inspiration, and rummage around at the flea market for that perfect find in need of refashioning and refurbishing!
Here's the plan:
March – Red and Pink
April – Orange and Yellow
May – Green
June – Blue
July – Violet / Purple
August – Neutrals / Black & White
…and perhaps the most important part: this is a no-pressure project. The months are each assigned a color group, but you do not have to work on a project in that color group every month. If you have a project already going, please do not feel that you have to set it aside only to participate. You can work on more than one project (of different colors) at a time – that is what I will be doing!
The color of the month is merely a suggestion – you can choose to make one thing out of that color the whole month – or twenty things – or nothing at all. Don't have any desire to make anything yellow? You don't have to! Go ahead and plan for the green month. Or you can simply make a photo essay – you carry around your camera with you and post pictures of the color objects you see throughout your daily travels.
If you are interested in participating, I encourage you to think ahead and plan your projects – I am doing the same! Some plans of my own: stashbusting my yarns, painting my bathroom, taking up crochet and sewing, more paper arts, and refashioning and recycling thrift store finds.
Projects can be big or small – whether you plan to tile your kitchen or photograph a blooming tree in your backyard – it is not a race, it is just about sharing your creative work to inspire others.
I will begin signups for the project now – a full five weeks early – so please fill out the signup form if you are interested. Of course, one can sign up any time between now and August to be a part of this Project.
You do not have to have a blog to participate. You simply have to have a passion for creating and expressing yourself through your work, and encouraging others to do the same. This is a create-along! It can easily work with your other crafty obligations – whether they are knit-alongs or crochet-alongs, planned gifts, etc.
Project Spectrum is about expression and creating beauty with all of the colors of the rainbow – and there are millions of ways to do that! Let's discover them together!
Unfortunately, I am not able to email every new participant with a confirmation email – if your name shows up on the list, you are in the group.
SEE PROJECT SPECTRUM 2.0 INFO HERE!!
Sounds like fun! Count me in!
What a great idea! Count me in as well!
Well said! Im definately in!
Count me in! I’m going to use this as a spinning project. What great incentive!
Lolly – I’m in – you are such a creative soul!
I think this idea came together well – you’re going to inspire lots of folks wiht it. I’m going to think about it before I say yes
Great idea. I’m in!
This is an awesome idea! I’ve been wanting to expand my craft-horizons a bit, this is the perfect inspiration. Sign me up.
I’m in! This sounds like fun.
What a fantastic idea, Lolly! I am so in!!!
Count me in…I might even do some color-coordinated bead projects in addition to knitting.
I’m thinking about it! Very clever idea.
It reminds me of WBCN in the 80s and Charles Laquidara. I used to wait for him to announce the color of the day and then I would decide what to wear to school. I think this Project Spectrum will help me decide which sock yarn to use next! Count me in!
I’m in. This will be a great way to shop my stash and work on projects that have been on my mind for a while.
hey you know me, count me in too lolly
I alrady have a lot planned!
Count me in! I’m such a sucker for these things.
What a wonderful idea!! I have been feeling like I need to branch out in the colors I choose to work with. This will certainly help with that! I’d love to take part!!
Great idea! I’m in.
I love playing with color! Count me in!
Love it-you are so clever.
I’m in- just sent you an email!
I’ve never seen this kind of project! I definately want in as well! I’ll crochet since I’m more comfortable with a hook instead of needles.
Another brilliant idea! Count me in too, please!
I’m in. I needed something to spark my creativity right about now. Yay for great ideas!
It sounds like a great way to get us thinking about color and how to show it, play with it and admire it! Great idea, Lolly!
I am so in! What a great idea! And thank you for waiting until after the Knitting Olympics… I’m starting to feel faint from all the KAL madness!
im in, too ~ it’ll probably be more of the dyeing and spinning variety, but i’d really like to knit with more colors too. a great idea, lolly!
totally fab idea – count me in for this. What a great idea Lolly! Love it.
Count me in. You have such great ideas. I’m trying not to join too many knit/craft-along this year but this is a good one. I always stick to the same colors so this will push me to try new ones.
Fabulous idea! I’m definitely in!
This is truly an inspired idea! Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with. Count me in.
Please count me in.
How can I not join? Count me in.
I love this idea.
Count me in! Fab idea!
Fabulous idea….sign me up, please!
I love the idea! Please sign me up!!
Amanda
Ooooh, I would love to join in the color fun. I will put a link under my sidebar for “Knit Activities.” Fun, fun, fun!
Lolly, what a lovely idea! Sign me up, please.
Sign me up! I’m not usually in for ‘-a-longs’ but I’m a sucker for color.
I’m in, I just emailed you, and this amazing project has just inspired my first comment on your blog! I’m planning on photography and baking, definitely, and hoping to branch into embroidery and beading in this project too!
Fab idea! I’m in.
My goodness, Lolly you are really full of ideas
I love this suggestion. So count me in (great way to pass the time till next Socktoberfest 
)
Best wishes from b***freezing-cold Germany
Petra
Thank you for such a wonderful and thoughtful post…and what a fabulous idea!!! I’m definitely in.
I love how the impetus for this KAL is creativity and how that can extend beyond knitting. I’m going to be scouring blogs for inspiration and ideas. I think I may be dusting off that sewing machine after all. 
Fantastic idea and I love the button- too cute! Take care, Lolly! 
Love ya, c.
What a great idea! Count me in. I’m also doing the Sockapaloooza, so I’m bursting at the seams with projects…yay!
Sounds awesome Lolly! I’m in!
Cool idea Lolly – count me in! I like that you’re not limiting it to knitting too.
This is WAY COOL! It absolutely works with my passion for color and my desire to design and create. I am definitely IN. Thanks, Lolly!
I can see where you get the colour inspiration from when looking on your previous post on knitting, beautiful yarns! And count me in, at least for the first month! Something red and pink will be easy to sweap together. Those are my fav!
I love when people take the time to make us start fun projects! Hurray!
take care
Hmmm…I’m thinking…maybe this is what I need to get inspired. OK, I’m in.
Oh my gosh! I’m so excited! Absolutely count me in – in – in!
This is the perfect time of year, too… all the planning will help us to appreciate the beauty all around (even if it is dark, cloudy, windy & cold outside!)
Yay Lolly!
What a fabulous idea! I’m in as well!
What a great idea! I’m in, and I’m excited because the first two months have three of my favorite colors!
Awesome! I hate March, and would love to fill it with Pink Pink Pink instead of drab Philly grey grey grey (ok, last year it was all about Eagle’s green, but this is Lolly and the Steeler’s year, and I’ll have to keep my big ol’ mouth shut.)
Count me in!
Wendy
I love it! Definitely count me in for knitting. Hopefully for painting too, if we ever sell this house and move!
I’m in, Lolly! I’ve already got some ideas to get me started!
What a fabulous idea!!! Count me in!!!! Thanks, Lolly!!
I’m in too! Great idea!
Neat idea! This will be a great way to get back into being crafty after having all of my creativity sucked out of me by school. Thanks for setting this up.
Please add me to the list too.
Count me in. I decided that I can do it and it will be fun. There’s always a purse to sew or a cake to bake it I’m stuck on a knitting project. Thanks for what promises to be a great create-along.
Fabulous idea–count me in! I love that you can use different media–I have some major cross stitch projects that fit into some of the color months
What a fabulous idea. I’m going to try for some pictures of said colors, maybe that will help open my eye to the colors around me and take better pictures. Does that count??
Just what I needed, an excuse to delay the second sleeve of Russian River till March.
I love your idea! Count me in!!! By the way, I love your blog. I read it regularly.
Oh Lolly, dear, why do you rock so?! Of course it would be you to come up with this spectacularly cool and amazing idea of project continuum! I would LOVE to join in. Does this mean I must wait until July to finally wallpaper my bathroom in purple hues? Oh bummer (I’m being horridly sarcastic). Maybe with this project, I will actually and finally finish it. Thank you for thinking of THIS! Yay, you!
wow, absolutely love the whole color creative explosion theme, as well as the fact that it encompasses so many ways to go with this create along. count me in.
this is such a great idea! count me in! and thanks for thinking of us olympians. after all, we have been training for this for all our lives – or at least for a few years.
Oh, this sounds like total fun!!!! Such a way to use up the stash that is taking over my apartment!!!!
Count Me In – & thanks for the inspiring and limitless challenge.
What a colorful idea! I like it. Guess 68 others did ahead of me, too
ooh…this will inspire me to add more color to my projects – please count me in!
This is so fun…I love color and get so inspired by it, but I mainly knit with the same 2 or 3 over and over. Thanks for the encouragement and inspiration to step out of my box!
Great idea – I am not sure I will have time to participate but I will certainly watch everyone’s results from the sidelines!
Great idea Lolly. I am always amazed at people’s power of creativity. This will be a very interesting knit-along…
me, me, me! I want to join. I will have to unravel my salmon sweater and will make reknitting it the March project with red/pink. I also have some orange wool that will do for April. Maybe a Samus from Knitty if the gauge works.
I am looking forward to this project.
I read about Project Spectrum over at MArgene’s blg, and I would love to join (thanks for waiting till after the Olympics!). I can think of lots of outlets for color crreativity already — thank you for coming up with such an inspirational idea!
You have the BEST ideas, Lolly! I’m already thinking . . .
I’m totally in! Great idea Lolly!
What a great idea! Count me in
Great idea, Lolly! I am already excited to see olour-related creativity exploding all over in the blogs. When I read the post, I was sure that I wouldn’t participate because I just felt like it needs more commitment then I could spare for ANOTHER CAL (create-along). But now I think I will be swept away by the wave of participants sooner or later. We will see. In any case, this is a fantastic idea!
Very neat idea. Please add me to the list.
Thanks!
I would like to join too. It sounds like fun. Also, will there be a little button for us to add to our sidebars?
I’m in! Sign me up! The hardest month for me will be the neutral color month…. maybe a pair of socks?
Ooo, COLOR!! I love color. I gotta do this!!
Awesome idea Lolly. I’m in!!
This is such a great idea! I’m already inspired. Count me in.
Yes yes yes!!!! Count me in! I think it’s great that you are encouraging the exploration of other crafts as well as knitting. I’m going to make it my goal to do something other than knitting for a couple of the months. Like maybe something on my great sewing machine Pea got me for Christmas 2004 . . . which I’ve used once to make a pillow cover and once to mend a ripped pillowcase. Shame on me!
Wonderful idea Lolly! I’d love to participate =)
not that i have time for this, but i love color, and now that i know how to make socks, who says i can’t make socks in the color of the month? no?
so sign me up!
This sounds great – count me in.
I love this idea, especially the no pressure part. It’s a great way to use some of my stash since I’m on a yarn diet…and to look at other crafts that I toy with in a new way. Thanks for a fun project xxx.
I’m in! Where do I sign?
Oh Lolly this is great. I love color and love the fact there is no pressure. Count me in.
Count me in, please! Thanks!
Wonderful idea. I’m in!
What a great idea. Lucky for me, I have something in red and something else in pink that I can finish in March!
That’s a great idea! I am in.
Lol, I am in. I am already planning my knitting and lei plans for those months. You were always a smart one…:) I need to finish my cross stitch with all the yellow for April, good stuff.
This really looks like a great create-along! I’ve never visited your blog before (I’m probably the only one) but I really enjoyed reading here. Thanks for hosting this fun project – please add me to your list if you’re keeping one!
call me a broken record, but great idea!
count me in
I am in! Great idea Lolly!
Lolly! I *love* this idea! This very morning I was thinking about how I would love to explore dying yarn..Project Spectrum could not have come at a better time! count me it
Fab idea! I already have a March pink project in the planning stages. Hope you’re doing well! Cheers-
sign me up! i think this is a great idea.
The single most important part of any project for me is the color. How could I not join in?
This is a great idea! I think I’ll have to join. You sure are a clever gal!
Fab idea! Count me in
What a great idea! Here is my pink project for March:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lux2night/89447565/
This is a great idea. please count me in~ I have some pink and some red yarn waiting to be used, just in time.
Should we set up a Flickr Group to show off the works? or how will we get to see what everyone is doing?
Thanks for inspiration~
Please count me in!
Lolly,
What a terrific concept! Please count me in too:D
What a fun join! I’m in, Lolly. In March, I think I’ll do a red and pink Flower Basket Shawl.
I love this idea, it rocks! Count me in!
This sounds like something I would enjoy, with the object to use other crafts to express ourselves. Definitely count me in!
Lolly, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your idea! Yes, please sign me up! I’m excited about exploring other avenues of creativity and seeing what everyone else delves into. And with the spring coming upon us quickly (I’m optimistic, gosh darn it, in spite of today’s sleet and snow flurries in the DC metro area!!!), there will be even more color EVERYWHERE! Perfect timing! I will try to follow your monthly color suggestions because it will force me to experiment with colors outside of my comfort zone (I love jewel tones)…like the oranges and yellows.
Super idea! Thanks for organizing this, Lolly! BTW, have you read The Artist’s Way? I’m just starting to read it. Very interesting!
Count me in, too! This sounds like so much fun, and I’ve already got loads of crafty ideas just from looking at the color list!
lolly, count me in!
I’d like to join too . . . that’s me . . . a joiner.
ohhh i’m in Lolly! Could be a good stash buster as well!
Yup, I need to be part of this! Such a great idea
I love the way my perception and enjoyment of color shifts as life changes. I have noticed a difference in the way I see color this year–Project Spectrum will be a great way to explore that a little further and keep me from remaining completely stuck on the color group that currently has my fancy.
So I’m in!
This is a great idea! I would like to join please!
Hi Lolly!
I’d like to join Project Spectrum, what a great idea!!!
Hi, my name is Jenn and I’m a joiner! Count me in!
I’m definitely in . . .what a great idea!
I’m in!
Lolly, what a great idea and what inspiration! I would love to be a part. The wheels in my head are already turning!
Count me in! That sounds like lots of fun. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to participate in more knit-alongs so here I go! I was an art major before I became an accountant and it would be a great exercise to awaken my passion for color.
i am in! colours are wonderful, if i do say so myself. spectrum at dandelion spinnery!
melanie
Yikes! I ignore the internet for a few days, and here you’ve posted a great idea with 128 comments! I’m already thinking of colorful ideas… count me in.
Lolly, this is a GREAT idea for a million reasons, but I think participation will be huge (hooray!) because you have set the pressure to “low.” Your generous heart and mind shows when you are willing to take into account the fact that we all have *other things* to do besides knit (sadly).
I think it’s funny that you note the importance of color on the dinner plate; I always consider the colors of a finished plate when critiquing it, and since I work in a restaurant I have plenty of opportunity.
Lolly, I think this is a great idea! Count me in.
Great idea Lolly, Count me in!
I would LOVE to join. I think I sent you an e-mail but then couldn’t remember if I did or not. I have been doing this whole colour series thing with symbolism andn yada yada and pictures, so this is so cool.
Count me in!!!
I would love to be involved in this…my first real knitalong
I’ll do it! I like the no-pressure aspect of it, too. You always have such great ideas, Lolly!
I made another button for Project Spectrum. You can grab yourself a copy if you would like over on my blog
http://www.nessienoodle.blogspot.com
Still thinking of a project for RED~
This is one of the niftiest ideas I have ever seen… count me in!
Hmmm… thought I commented already, but I don’t see it here. I think I said something along the lines of, “great idea, count me in.”
At first, I wasn’t so sure about this idea, at least for me. I guess I thought it was more about doing lots of other crafts, and I really don’t. But at the same time, that gives me the freedom to try something different and I like that this is no pressure and not really any rules. If you want to do something, then do it, if not, that’s fine too. I think I’ll give it a try. Another reason to bust through the stash as well. I’ll hold the Hourglass sweater to March!
Sounds like a great idea, Lolly. Please sign me up!
Great idea!! Can you stand one more participant?? LOL! I am all about color – I would love to find some new ways to express it!
I love this idea, Lolly! Please count me in!
Add me to the list! Sounds like fun, and it will make me do something with that pink yarn I find myself with!
Please add me as well. Sounds like a great idea!
It’s such a simple but wonderful idea. I’m IN … I’ll be working on UFOs (knits or quilts) in the appropriate colors for the first few months.
What a great idea!! Please, count me in! =)
It’s sounds cool. I just got started knitting so this sounds like a good way to do some crafty things that I wouldn’t normally do. Way to think outside of the box. I can’t wait to see people’s stuff!!
I had to move my blog would it be too much trouble to change it in the links? http://www.knittingnyxxie.com
Sounds like fun! Count me in Lolly!
Would you add me, too, please? Thanks!
Count me in! I love this idea.
Okay, I’ve been thinking about this for a while and have decided to join. Please count me in.
This sounds simply wonderful – definitely a new take and I’m definitely interested
Oh my gosh, what an awesome idea! Count me in! My blog is floofle.com.
i’m in!!!!
I’m tickled to be in it! It’s such a great idea. I’m going to try to encourage some of my non-knitting creative friends to participate too.
And of course you can use the button! I’ll try to link it here, but if that doesn’t work, just snag it from my page…
Count me in too!
ME TOO!
I saw your post on craftster about this–it sounds like a lot of fun! Sign me up!
Oooh, this sounds like fun. Can I join?
I want to participate too!
ditto!
I want to be part of this! Thanks for signing me up!
Hello, Lolly! What a great idea! I would like to join also!
OKay…. I’m IN!
Wanna know why? I love the button! LOL!!!
What a great excuse for me to use up some of my yarn stash. Count me in!
I’m in!
What a great idea! I’ve been wanting to venture outside the knitting realm and this is just the push I needed. The wheels are turning already… I’m in for sure!
I’m inspired and ready to have fun! Thank goodness the colors are already chosen. Now all I have to decide is the medium: shall I bake, crochet, paint, embroider, sew, knit, or try something new? Oh, the possibilities are endless! Thanks for cooking this up:-)
I’d like to participate! Thanks.
Count me in! What a great idea. I’m in dire need of inspiration and this might be just the ticket!
Thanks!
OK I’m in. This will officially be my first internet “a-long”.
I love this idea … I’m so in!
I love this Idea! I’m in.
sounds like a great idea! off to collect reds and pinks…..lee
Count me in! Sounds like great fun!
I love your idea. Beautiful colours, many fun projects. Planning them is almost as fun as doing them. Please count me in!
Thanks,
Shari
Sounds inspiring, can I join???
Coolio idea! I seem to get stuck on colors…maybe this will help me to step outside my preferences and find that I like all kids of colors! Count me in please! Thanks to Casey (gonnapurl.blogspot.com) for the link and idea…
Kirsten
I’d love to join please! Awesome idea! One day a couple of months ago, I got tired of picking just one favorite color, so now whenever anyone asks me what my favorite color is, I tell them “rainbow!”
Awesome idea; count me in. I seem to get stuck on colors so this will be a good way to encourage diversity.
count me in!!
(thanks to pressure from moderngypsy AND miri at jinxed minx. i was doomed from the start!)
what a great idea! I’m in!
Hey, I found you at 52projects.com–count me in, this sounds like fun!
*goes off to untangle pink yarn*
count me in, i’m excited about this!:D
I followed a link from the Knitting Zeal blog. This sounds like a great idea!
Me too! thx!
count me in!
Woo Hoo…I’m in!
As a dyer, spinner, felter and knitter I reckon a different colour scheme a month is a great idea! Sign me up, baby
What a great idea – you’re so creative! Count me in!
I was dragging my feet but a little “colores” sounds like a good time!
Heya! Like I mentioned on craftster — great idea! Count me in!
Great idea, Lolly! Count me in as well!
I love colours. Count me in!
What a wonderful idea! Please count me in!
Lolly! Please count me in for this great colourful adventure!
I think I’m already signed up, but if not. Definitely count me in. Thanks for organizing Lolly!
Sounds great! I’m in!
Great idea ! Count me in !
I may be crazy, but this does sound entertaining! Am I too late to sign up? My planned projects for the year include just about every color in the spectrum, and most of them don’t have deadlines.
I’d love to join Project Spectrum…my creativity vibes need a HUGE boost lately. Such an inspiring idea…well done Lolly!
Sounds great, I’m in! I’ll need something to do after the Knitting Olympics!
I like it! Gives me an incentive to dig into my stash. Count me in, please!
Great idea, sounds very funny. Please count me in.
Heidi
I love this idea, and I am very excited. Count me in. I am overflowing with ideas
Great idea, Lolly! Add me to the list.
Found this on Craftster…Neato idea! Sounds really cool, I’ll do it!
Please count me in! I love your idea : that’s great!
I saw this on Crafster (kraphtee87), and I absolutely have to participate! Count me in!
What a wonderfull idea. I´d like to participate too.
Greetigns Ute
Please count me in.
Greetings from Germany
You’re a genious! Thanks.
saw this out on a few site, what a wonderful idea. I’m in.
hi there, found out about this surfing some faves of mine. I’m in for this, it’s a wonderful concept!
hi lolly, your sock scrap swap pal here.
i would love to participate, so please count me in! do i have to put a button on my blog? i don’t know how to do that in livejournal.
This sounds like fun! I’m in.
This sounds like a great idea, and just the thing to light a fire under myself! Count me in.
I´m in! It´s a groovy campaign…
Greetings from Germany, Jana
Hi Lolly,
a wonderfull idea, please count me in too!
Greetings from Germany, Ester
Hi Lollie
I just LOVE this idea !!!
Please count on me for this terrific project !
from France,
Please count me in! (From France)
I’m in, Baby!! Fantastic fun!
Sign me up! I love working with color!
brilliant idea, currently do not have a blog but would love to participate as and when, busy lady so no pressure to complete or compete sounds wonderful
I want to be in too, your project looks so great !
This sounds like a wonderful idea! I am very inspired by colour and have just started a textile arts course, so this would be perfect for me!
please put me on the list!
GREAT IDEA by the way!
Sign me up!
Ohhhh, can I still join? I have been hesitating, but I’d love to play!
Hi Lolly,
do you still check the comments? ;o)
I love your project spectrum idea and I’m just about to set up a blog, so it would be great to start it with this project.
Would you please put me on the list?
Thank you
))
Please count me in.
Greetings from Germany
neat idea! I’d like to join. (says someone with a violet and white bathroom & a guestroom/office known as ‘the red room’)
Hi! Please count me in, too!
Greetings from Germany!
I would like to participate, too
Count me in hun! Sounds awesome!
i am SO in and way excited!
can someone tell me how to post a button in my blog for this? thanks!
It´s a great Idea! Please Count me in
and greetings from Germany
Sounds like a fantastic idea! I woul very much like to participate
Great idea! Please count me in. Thanks!
I love this idea, and I love the idea of “playing” along with others! Count me in, more likely for busting into my fabric stash than yarn just because, well, that’s where the real need is! Thanks for this fun!
I would love to participate! Such a great idea … I’m also game for the postcard swap, if it’s not too late.
What a wonderful idea! I would like to be a part of this project! Please count me in.
Is it too late to join?
What a great idea. I’d love to participate.
would love to join! thanks!
I’m in
Thats a great idea!!!
Count me in.
Ohh I love this idea; thanks for thinking of, sharing, and organizing it!!!
Hallo Lolly,
count me in, please! I hope it is not too late.
Tolle Idee, viele Grüße aus Deutschland!!
is it too late to join still??
Wonderful idea Lolly! Please count me in!
Sign me up!
This is such a great excuse for more yarn shopping…
That´s a brilliant idea and I am looking forward to see all this inspiring things and what comes into my mind.
Hi, Lolly,
I would love to be part of the project. Please count me in.
Thanks for this wonderful idea.
Kristin
What a fantastic idea! Count me in!!!
Sign me up too!
this idea is really cool
. love the fact that its no pressure….great for the insanely busy college student like myself…sign me up please and thanks!!
I would love to join in! And I’ve already got a project for March as I have taken a break from my RED Cul de Sac vest to participate in the Knitting Olympics. I can hardly wait to get back to it and I will certainly finish in March, woo-hoo!
I’m so into color in my knitting and spinning these days, count me in!
Can I still join at this late date??
I hope that I’m not too late to join. I love color and this is the perfect excuse to dig out some gems from the stash.
Sounds lovely; I would love to join.
Count me in, please!
i love colors and would like to join with this project too!!
Please add me to the list as well! This is a terrific idea and looks to be tons of fun!
i would love to join.., hope i haven’t missed the deadline for sign up!
me! me! i already know what i’m gonna do for march
Count me in! This will be the first time that I have joined something like this.
I would love to be a part of this! What great inspiration! I’m a new blogger/knitter so this will also give me an opportunity to meet more fellow crafty ladies! Thanks!
If it is not too late, I would like to sign up too.
Thanks!
allelejean
What a nice idea! I guess I’m a bit late, but I’m in too.
I love it!!! Sign me up.
me 274th…count me in as well! this sounds awesome.
I think project spectrum is a wonderful idea. To often I shy away from certain colors. They all are so beautiful and can be used in creative combinations or on their own.
count me in…here I am coming in late to the party
Nah, we’re not late yet!! Count me in too please
I would love to be added to this.
I’d like to be in, too.
I’d like to play along – count me in!
I’d like to join, too!
Projekt Spectrum sounds great! I want to be in!
I know I’m a bit late, but I just found out about this great idea! Please count me in too.
Count me in – and just in time to begin!
eeks! i’ve never seen so many comments. this is a wonderful idea – please count me in too!
Count me in! I just found out about this today, over at boogaj and I am quite excited to get started!!
Hi! If it’s not too late, I’d LOVE to join too! I’ve never done anything like this, so I am ULTRA excited! Thanks for putting it together!
I would love to be part of this fun project!!!
I`d like to sign up please, if it`s not too late?
Let me be the 290th (!) person to say I’m in. I even started a little early without knowing it.
Count me in!!
I’d love to join. I just came across your KAL and love the idea. Great blog. Please add me to the list – sorry for being late.
I’m going to try to finish any UFO’s with Red in to start, but then knowing me, start a few. I’m sure I have some red sock yarn lying around somewhere.
Great Idea!! What a way to get inspired… Will start this weekend!! Red & Pink sounds great!
And let me echo everyone else, I really think this is a great idea, something that will force us to look at color and inspiration differently, and hopefully, through that, grow. Thanks for pulling this together.
Please sign me up!
What a cool idea and I can’t pass it up…….so count me in as well!!
HI
please count me in for project spectrum
India
Is it too late? I’ve been thinking about it for too long now and I really do think I’d love to be a part. Can I, huh? Please?
I´m in! Sounds funny.
I just heard about this today, but I’d like to join if it’s not too late! Thanks!
Me, too! This is a great idea!
I’m in!
Hi Lolly! Look at all the people!
I’d be honored to join the ranks, if there is still room!
Sandy
Am I too late? Count me in.
hi! can i play too? please sign me up for the postcard swap too please!
thanks for the wikkid awesome idea! can’t wait!
doh! i forgot to say sign me up for the postcard swap NEXT month, if it’s not too early?? thanks again!
I would like to join too, even though it’s march 2nd
I would love to join Project Spectrum, just not the postcard swap… I can’t even get Netflix out in a timely fashion.
Woot! I’m working on pink socks now, count me in!
I’ve been hearing about this around the blogs and I would love to join. I have the perfect first project!
i’d also like to join – with all the snow, there is a big need of colour!
Wonderful idea!
eve
Great idea – join you for this project!
I’m in too! Now I have to be creative instead of always using different shades of red
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M
Please countme in.
Please count me in – hope I’m not too late.
What a great idea…count me in and also count me in the postcard swap. Thanks!
This sound like lots of fun. I can already think of several projects that fit in to the timeline and color spectrums. Please count me in. I would love to participate.
Please count me in!
I am in. I have a pink project aleady started that I need to finish ASAP — being that it is a baby blanket for my niece in AZ who was born 2/20!!!!
Hi,
I just joined. I’ve been a lurker for about a year on the knitting blogs. I live in the Northern Virginia area, and have been unable to join any knit groups as of yet. I’m knitting after a 25+ hiatus and loving it. The yarns are so lovely not, and the internet makes it possible to find all manner of tools, patterns and yarn, this was not possible in the seventies.
I’ll be starting out with a scarf and mittens for my granddaughter for the pink and red. Hope to have pictures up soon to my very new blog.
Hope I’m not too late to join this. Me too plz
x
Yay! I’m so excited about this create-along! I just joined up, and have several red and pink things I want to make this month. Thanks for the inspiration!
Do you want any more buttons? I just made a new one – it’s on my site at http://stitchy.zzgallery.com
Just joined in on this and can’t wait to start crafting up some red/pink goodies!
Great idea!! I’m in, too.
I’ve jumped on the bandwagon! Just blogged red stuff in my house. Check it out on my website at http://jennhx.wordpress.com/2006/03/10/color-the-world-red-and-pink/
Thanks for this great inspiration to notice the colors.
I´m in too. I have so many ideas… I like it!!
Just found out about this on Chic Knits. Count me in! This should be great fun!
I’m in because now I can put down my purple ufo and pick up my red ufo without guilt.
This sounds like fun! I’ve just signed up for the project and the postcard thing (whatever it is).
I am working on a red yarn and multi-colored brown twine project at the moment.
The March colors will motivate me to use up the Homespun red/pink (Carribean?)that makes my head spin just to look at it.
Oooh! So happy i came across this! Just signed up and jumping up and down because we’re starting with my fav color: Pink!
I’ll join the postcard swap on a later date okay?
Will post pink & red on my blog soon.
Thanks for the great idea, i share the love of colors.
Any room for a late joiner?
I would like to join! Thanks!!
Can’t wait to get the camera out. As a qualified (but never done anything with it) colour therapist I find anything like this facinating! Colour is THE most important thing in the world to me (after people!)
Pics on my blog very soon!
i’m in
Whee! I’m so geekily excited about postcards and knitting. This is a wonderful idea.
followed from a link what a wonderful Idea. I am in.
What a great idea! I’m in!
http://artesprit.blogspot.com/2006/03/spectrum-project-red-and-pink.html
There is my red and pink for March!
What a great idea. As someone whose name as a camp counselor was rainbow, I think celebration of color is a fabulous idea. You announced the project on my birthday and I have been doing a red top during the month of March even though I did not know about the contest. Further, I have been doing pink and yellow hats this month. I think I am ready to hit the ground running.
LOVE the idea! When I’m done on the computer, I’m even going straight to my studio to finish up a red scrapbook page I started in January or so.
How awesome! Thanks for a great project!
This project sounds wonderful to me…thanks for sharing a great idea!
please add me to the project spectrum project…olivia hernandez and my daughter tyra….and email me any info needed… mstyrarae@gmail.com… thanks grandma oli
Great idea. Can I count my latest colorful creation, retroactively? That is, I decorated my teenage son’s b’day cake using the colors of his lacrosse uniform, orange and blue. Currently working on sewing drawstring bags for homeless kids. Where do we post pix?
Found this blog via http://www.25thingsforcharity.blogspot.com. Lots of color over there!
Guess my first comment didn’t “take.” Glad to join you all. I have been noticing more orange and yellow than ever before around me.
I’ll make my next sewing project (for charity) something orange, how’s that?
Heehee! I just signed up… better late than never!??
I’m in too! And I’m just about to start a yellow sweater (and I never do yellow). How perfect.
Sorry to bother you but please delete the first time I posted my page. I put in an @ instead of a dot. My page is at kaleidoscoptic.blogspot.com
Thanks.
I’m sorry, I’ve somehow messed up my application and am on there twice. One of the Sunshine Pop entries has the url posted twice. Sorry.
Project Spectrum is a great idea by the way!
Hi! I just signed up for my first swap and really excited about it. Thanks for the beautiful idea.
Hi! I’ve joined today.
No time to start a new project this month. So I’ve posted two pictures in April colours on my blog.
Anyone who is knitting a scarf for their PINK month and would like to donate it to a good cause can go here: http://marysvirginwool.blogspot.com/2006/04/think-pink.html
or here: http://pinkchallenge.blogspot.com/ to find out more.
Thanks!
i made myself a lunch with orangy brown and yellow ingredients this afternoon…just before i found out that the colors for this month are just that.
i’m taking that as a sign…i’m in!
[...] Things happen at the darndest times, don’t they? My site goes kaputt just when Project Spectrum May is kicking off – just when I am supposed to be sending out names for the Postcard Swap – just when I have very little time to devote to any of this because I have a final in my class tonight… [...]
I’ve been following along, but is it too late to join?
I’m in! What a great idea!
I’m also in! A great idea. I have a green project started!
Finally started my green project, charting progress on my blog.
Just joined and am going to start my may “green” project!!! will be posting progess on my blog
I’ve just knit two green hats for the Dullan project. I must be a part of project spectrum without even realizing it! Count me in!
I have GOT to knit a scarf to go with a minty green hat I already have made so I have a project. I love colour so count me in please!
[...] These are the #107 and #108 colorways. The prominent color in the #108 is blue, perfect for June’s Project Spectrum! Trekking is my favorite sock yarn – I love the variegations, and the element of surprise in the striping. It is nearly impossible to match the stripes in this yarn, but that is really the beauty of it, in my opinion. [...]
Is it to late to join the project? If not so i vould really like to join.
[...] The guidelines will fit in nicely with my remaining Project Spectrum crafts: I have some great things in mind for June, July, and August. Just to give you (and me) a picture of how much yarn this actually is, I did a little math. I was inspired by Angela, who has been keeping a running monthly tally on her blog of the yardage used, and number of skeins “busted”. So my official numbers (although approximated for the missing tags, leftover skeins, etc). [...]
[...] Speaking of beautiful, I received the cutest cards and a wonderful bookmark from Andrea, my Project Spectrum postcard swapper for May. Thank you, Andrea–the cards made me laugh, and the bookmark is being put to good use! No sweat about the pastel envelope—heehee! [...]
[...] I know that some of you have been eagerly awaiting this BLUE month of June! Honestly, I look forward to each new color month, and I am having such a wonderful time with Project Spectrum! I hope that it is bringing you joy as well! [...]
Blue is my favorite color! Glad I found Project Spectrum in June. I won’t be “blue” while crocheting with blue yarn.
Sherrie
What a great idea. This will help me get back in gear.
i know i’m late but i’d love to play – count me in!
[...] I have loved every single month of Project Spectrum; as if when the clock chimes 12:00am on the first day of the month, I become the #1 fan and proponent of “said” color. I notice the color everywhere - I try to work it into my wardrobe (that was a little difficult in April, but I managed it a few times)… and I do my best to work the color into my crafting. However, this month – this month of BLUE - is just singing to my soul! I am living blue this month! I am wearing the colors everyday, and I can’t stop staring at the gorgeous blue skies, and I am working (and planning) all sorts of beautiful blue projects! [...]
I’am in the blue, and …oups ! the purple is already done … The green one (for my father) has been done too.
I’ll maybe make another tank in dark purple, and then a white summer cardi …
I just completed my project for the month of June. You can see a photo of it on my blog.
http://crochetpieces.blogspot.com/
It was a fun project and a great color choice!
Sherrie
Hi…Project Spectrum sounds fun; would you, please, consider writing about it for the new on-line e-magazine Fiber Femmes? We’re found at http://www.fiberfemmes.com and celebrate, promote, publicize women in the fiber industry/arts.
Thanks for your consideration,
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm
http://www.thistlecovefarm.com
I’m so loving this still! I’m already thinking “What to do after August???”
I will go through Project Spectrum Color Withdrawal…
Will this continue beyound August it sounds interesting and am sorry I just fount out about it
aww…looks I joined as it is coming to an end? Maybe I can do the months retroactively?
I absolutely want to participate… hopefully it is ongoing?
are you planning on continuing this after August, I would love to take it o n then
For the month of July, I crocheted an octagon shaped, purple doily. There’s a photo of it on my CrochetPieces blog. It was fun!! Thanks for the color purple!!
[...] 01.06 : A trip down south and a colorful idea was born [...]
Wow, this is such a great idea! I’ve shown up to the party a little late, but I’d love to do this if it gets a second round.
[...] I could rip back and work the knit math and all of that, but they are still pretty, and I will undoubtedly wear them this way. The good news is that I can start the heel now, without working through 42 more chart lines… and this means I may actually finish a pair of socks this month, for the second round of the Sock-A-Month Club and for this last month of Project Spectrum. [...]
I forget where we were supposed to leave our feedback about project spectrum, so I’m going to leave it here and hope you find it! I would love to see the spectrum roll over and start again, especially since I came in halfway. I’ve often felt like I didn’t have the time to participate, but it did get me thinking about colour themes and I did have a major knitting project in the appropriate colour going on every month (even now, in August, although it’s secret-for-publication work I can’t show) and it’s been really fun. I’d like to see some time set aside for indigo though, it’s a beautiful colour that doesn’t get its fair share of attention, and different enough from blue in my opinion. Although having the purple month be indigo/violet month instead would suit me fine. Having a month set aside at the end to finish up lagging projects from the previous months is a good idea too. What about a raw materials swap, organized a month or two in advance, sort of like what backtack does, put together a small care package of yarn, fabric, dye, trims, whatever in a colour scheme and have it so that it will get to your swap partner at the beginning of the month for that colour? Might be a fun way to kickstart the creative thinking around that colour.
[...] And as Project Spectrum comes to a close (can you even believe that six months went SO fast?), I just want to thank all of you who participated in this project, and shared your energy and creativity. The Project Spectrum Flickr group is a constant source of inspiration for me – please check it out if you want to see the work of other participants, or if you would like to include your project photos for any month. September will be a Project Spectrum Clean Sweep month – pull out any of those lingering projects you have from color months past and get cracking, my friends! I will be working diligently on some of my previous projects, in particular my Sesame, and my Pomegranate Hoodie… September will be a virtual Craft Parade of Color! What are you planning to finish? [...]
[...] I now have the pattern and I can’t wait to knit it. One of the yarn stores near me is selling everything at 50% off, so I have the yarn and am ready to knit! I’ve decided on white merino. Everything is white right now because I’ve realized that I have nothing to wear if I knit everything in different colors. Hey, I guess I’m subconsciously knitting in project spectrum once again this month. [...]
I really hope that this runs again next year! Such a fabulous idea, with so much room to accommodate everyone’s enthusiasms – I am devasated to have missed this year’s Project Spectrum!!!
[...] Since Project Spectrum is over, and Lolly has deemed September Clean Sweep month, I decided to finish up some projects that I still had on the needles. Though I’m not “finished” with my ribby cardi, I’m done with most of the knitting. Here is the sleeve, in its very LONG glory. [...]
[...] I started this scarf last month, in the neutrals month of Project Spectrum. I never got around to finishing it until last night – when I finally got the chance to catch up on my TV (Project Runway! oo la la!) It was a quick and fun knit, especially on size 13 needles. It is quite long, but I like that, more to wrap around on those cold winter days! [...]
Am I too late?? I’m a late bloomer to blogging et al, but just wanted to let you know I finished an “August” spectrum….a black and white sweater I’m so proud of! I just love this idea of yours! But help! My husband’s allergic to wool! A friend gave me stashes of beautuful stuff but as soon as I start rolling a ball out of one of her hanks, there he goes sneezing and wiping his eyes! Any suggestions! All the stashes are pure wool, feels like rug yarn too!
[...] When Project Spectrum ended last August, I received lots of feedback about what to do (and when to do) the second round. I knew that I needed some time off to focus on my last semester of school, and to prepare for the other blog-related extravaganza of Socktoberfest Luckily, things went smoothly, and now here we are looking onto a whole new year, and the prospects of more crafty colorful creations! [...]
[...] 22. Most Popular Meme: Project Spectrum, and yes, this one almost killed us too. But your entries were really interesting… [...]
[...] Lolly’s Project Spectrum has had me looking at colors in a new way – in my knitting, in nature and all around. I look forward to what Project Spectrum 2.0 will hold in 2007. [...]
Been searching for days for something …. exactly …. like Project Spectrum. I hope that we can get this moving for 2007 as it would really feed my passions! Im not a knitter, but I am a shadow puppetter, matchbox shrine maker, stitcher and illustrator – and just launched my blog on the 1st Jan.
[...] The general inspiration is the same as the first incarnation of Project Spectrum. Creative expressions of all kinds are welcomed and highly encouraged. Bust out of your crafty routine and challenge yourself to see colors in a different way! If this means dipping into a new craft, or simply seeing your own craft through a different lens, Project Spectrum is all the impetus you need! [...]
Hallo Lolly,
count me in, please! I hope it is not too late.
Tolle Idee, viele Grüße aus Deutschland!!
liebe Grüße
Lore
Ich bin zum ersten Mal dabei. Freue mich schon:-)
Just starting my blog!
http://cookiestitches.blogspot.com/
Nothing there yet, but if I can pull my husband away from The Burning Crusade, there will be this weekend!
Cookie
an great project to meet new knittingpeople around the world.
[...] My new toy got here yesterday and I spent the bulk of the day setting it up. The toy is currently displaying the knitting instructions for my 2.0 Project Spectrum 2.0 February March project. These are RPMs in Socks That Rock, Crazy Ice Agate from Blue Moon Fiber Arts. I actually began it Wednesday night. [...]
[...] am also submitting these socks to Project Spectrum, the Feb/March colours being blue, grey and [...]
[...] This was one of my projects for Project Spectrum. [...]
[...] Project Spectrum from last year? Lolly came up with the idea to be inspired by color through the year and chose a color for each of [...]
My new toy got here yesterday and I spent the bulk of the day setting it up. The toy is currently displaying the knitting instructions for my 2.0 Project Spectrum 2.0 February March project. These are RPMs in Socks That Rock, Crazy Ice Agate from Blue Moon Fiber Arts. I actually began it Wednesday night.
[...] is my first contribution to Project Spectrum’s Fire element. Bisquick Bacon Biscuits soon to be a new favorite around our house. Despite many [...]
[...] though, I feel like I should embrace the other reason Project Spectrum turned me on in the first place — the chance to try out colors I don’t usually go for. [...]
[...] Project Spectrum is a pretty cool idea… but I feel like there should be a Project Googly, where participants try to make as many things with googly eyes as possible. [...]
i want to join to
Omg, I must say this is truly owning… Thanks for giving such a nice read, you made my day.