piles of wool, for a few early-90's era couples
In celebration of Valentine's Day and inspired by couples the world over, I've been spinning this couple-inspired yarn. We're calling this the Month Of Love series, at the end of it, I'll have exhaustively explored the connection between personalities and color. For the next month, starting tomorrow, January 16 through V-day, February 14, I'll be posting 1 new yarn/weekday.
However, my imagination (and my knowledge of pop culture) in limited and I need a few more couple-ideas to spin and/or dye. I think a contest is in order!
Contest Instructions:Please leave a comment (to this post) with a couple (romantic or platonic, real or imagined) AND what colors you believe symbolize them. If I choose your couple, you will receive 25% off ANY 1 skein currently available in the shop. I'm having the entries left in the comments so that I don't get duplicates, so be sure you're posting a couple NOT already in the shop and NOT already mentioned by a previous commenter. There may be more than 1 winner, as I'll probably choose more than 1 couple from the suggestions. Each commenter is limited to 1 suggestion, so make it a good one!
54 comments:
How about Brangelina? It could be a mix of black (for Angie, because it's what she always wears) & red (for Brad, because he's red-hot)! : )
Oh, I like that!
Have you got: (I apologize, I've got my Disney collection sitting in front of me . . . )
* Jack and Sally? Black and white probably.
* Westly and Buttercup? Um. Dread Pirate Roberts Black and Yellow.
* Beauty and the Beast? Brown and Yellow?
* Aladdin and Jasmine - Purple and Blue
* Lilo and Stitch! Do it Pleasepleaseplease? Hawaii orange and blue!
* Shrek and Princess Fiona - Shades of green
* Harry Potter and Ginny - Emerald green and red
Here are some:
1. Oscar and Felix (the Odd Couple) - green and brown come to mind.
2. George Clooney and Katherine Zeta Jones, starred together in Intolerable Cruelty - major eye candy couple
3. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
I can't believe no one has said this but Romeo and Juliet? Pinks, blues, hinted with red (for blood!!) come to mind.
Robin Hood and Maid Marian? Definitley would need some green in there.
Samson and Delilah? That's kinda twisted but they are a famous couple.
How about Lucy and Ricky--reds (lucy's hair) and Fred and Ethel (muted --grays).
Also--Fred and Wilma, or Barney and Betty--earth colors--stone grays, beiges etc.
Gable and Lombard--blacks and blues
George and Martha--red, white and blue
You are so GREAT! I started a contest on my blog today too... http://threadsinmystash.wordpress.com/ Great minds think alike I guess.
How about these couples:
Paul Newman (baby blue) for his eyes & Joanne Woodward (yellow/orange) she had great strawberry blonde hair. Great love affair!
Adam & Eve, shades of green and red for the forbidden apple.
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, this could be FABULOUS and bright. Like all their western clothing they wore.
JFK & Jackie, some great navy with that famous pink of her suit.
John & Yoko Lennon, groovy colors for a sign of their times.
Lady & the Tramp, warm browns all the way!
Fred and Ginger: black and a sandy golden yellow from their costumes from their last dance together.
Cleopatra and Marc Antony: rich golds, reds and blues, maybe with a rich leathery brown thrown in.
Bert and Ernie [even though they're not really a lovey couple]. blues, oranges, yellows and reds.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter: Gold and deep brown, mmm.
Charles and Ray Eames: Grey, red, black and orange.
Now, my pick for the red and black would be Rhett and Scarlett.
Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy: pale lavenders, blues, greens with some pearl grey thrown in.
Veronica and Archie: bright candy type colors
Victoria and Albert: any jewel toned combination
This was FUN to think about!!!
Mindy
Josephine and Napoleon: blues, rich deep golds, pale purples
Abelard and Heloise: garnets, reds, amber, pistachio
Love the suggestions for Adam and Eve, and Romeo and Juliet!
Mother Earth & Father Time: greens & greys
Winter & Summer: snowey white & sunshine yellow
Scooby and Shaggy- browns and greens
I was a huge Scooby fan growing up!
Wow! You people are creative!
Of the your suggestions, these are the ones I had already come up with (and dyed), so they're not eligible:
Lucy and Ricky
Wesley and Buttercup
Right now my favorites of the one's you've suggested are:
Burt and Ernie
Shrek and Fiona
Chocolate and PB
However, we'll see what strikes me when I pull out the dye pot this weekend!
Keep 'em coming!
What about Harry and Sally from When Harry Met Sally - pink and black for her optimism and his pessimism.
Rhett and Scarlett from Gone with the Wind - Deep Green and black with gray
Buffy and Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer - pinks, reds, and browns
Superman and Lois Lane? Superman would be the royal blue cape with touches of yellow and red, with black for Lois Lane's (cartoon) hair...
teabird / ravelry
ah yea, that was my husband's idea (although he couldn't come up with colors, so if I use it, you'll get the credit!)
I have another idea -
Mulder and Scully (from the X-Files) --
black and silver (the colors from the movie logo) and blue-gray for Scully's eyes (close-up in the opening credits...)
teabird
Daisy and Gatsby? yellow and white (or maybe off white is more accurate!)
Elvis and Pricilla -- black and pink
This is fun -- can't wait to see what you come up with!
the sci fi geeks in me says ....
The Doctor and Rose .... blue or brown and multicolor
okay I have two that have already been suggested, but my colour combo thoughts were a bit different.
Mr. Darcy and Elisabeth Bennet> forest green, creamy white and pink.
Romeo and Juliet> a shocking red and shocking blue with spaces of purple intermixed (very passionate, and finishes with poison)
Also I thought that prehaps a Stardust one would be great. Have you seen that movie!!! Awesome!!
So my only original suggestion is
Tristan and Evain > white base, into soft blue, into a more intense blue ending in a royal blue or purple. And I don't know if it is possible, but a bit of sparkle in there wouldn't hurt (for stardust) ;)
Wow, there are some great ideas!
I was thinking
Arthur and Guinevere (true love, sweet and gentle pinks, mint and lemon)
and then Guinevere and Lancelot (forbidden love strong pink, midnight blue, silver)
Or maybe Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain? (tragic modern love sherbet orange, hot pink, chocolate brown and black)
Lessee....
* Adam & Eve - peachy "fleshtone" & fig-leaf green w/splashes of pomegranate
* Bill & Monica - navy w/streaks of white
* Aragorn & Arwen - grey & green
* Lady & the Tramp - dark & light grey + light & darker brown
* Navarre & Isabeau (Ladyhawke) - golden brown, darker brown, shades of wolfish grey w/spots of white
* Frida & Diego - bright cobalt blue, bright yellow, orangey red, white
Oh, I thought of some more:
- Cheech & Chong: smoke grey & cannabis green with some splashes of La Raza colors
- Georgia (O'Keefe) &
Alfred (Steiglitz): black, white & grey with splashes of pink, blue & poppy red
- Batman & Batgirl: black & purple
- Bobby & Whitney: medium brown, black & blue, and snow white
And...I thought of some more:
* Thelma & Louise - pink, purple, silver
* Stiller & Meara - I can't decide which colors
* Penn & Teller
* Wendy & HWWV - Knit & Tonic purple & green w/smoky, mysterious grey b/c she never shows his face on her blog
* Mickey & Minnie - red, black, white & pink
* Amy & Jillian - almost any color, but IT CAN'T BE WOOL! ;-D
* Peas & Carrots - uh, green & orange (duh)
Morticia and Gomez (Addams Family)- shades of gray and black
Simba and Nala (Lion King)- shades of brown
Hercules and Megera (Hercules)- white and purples
Marlin and Dory (Finding Nemo)- oranges and blues
Miss Piggy and Kermit (Muppets)- pinks and greens
Well, they never got to be a couple per se, but there's Firefly/Serenity's Malcom and Inara.
For this (and if you don't use it, I think I will...) Mal's all browns ranging from rusty golden yellow to rich chocolate. Inara is the red/violet spectrum from (please excuse the term, I use it because its accurate) circulation-has-been-cut-off deep violet-blue to blazing stormy-sunrise scarlet.
I'm thinking stripe them out in a whirlwind of varied width stripes pushing and pulling at each other. As the quote goes (Mal to Zoe about the conversation he's just had with Inara):
M -"It's a trap."
Z -"How do you know?"
M -"Did you see us fight?"
Z -"No."
M -"Trap."
Jack Sparrow & Elizabeth Swann (When they "met")
Reds and Browns for Jack and Cream and Gold for Elizabeth
Or
Will Turner & Elizabeth Swann
Blacks and grays with silver (Swords and Soot) and the Cream and Gold for Elizabeth
How about Raggedy Ann and Andy??? They've been together along time and I don't think they will break up. They are timeless.
Colors-Red,Flesh,black, and blue
Ficklefiberdiva
Here's another one. Sonny and Cher. The color possibilities are endless, with Cher's tatts, and wigs. As far as Sonny goes, I can't think of any colors but somewhat dull ones.
Ply it with some bling for Cher.
Color suggestions. I think use 70's colors like yellow,orange,lime,brown,and purple (bright tones)
Ficklefiberdiva
oooh, what happened to my comment...
my suggestion Romeo & Juliet; Romeo would be violet and periwinkle with a touch of gold. Juliet would be a warm golden sand mixed with a bit of deep chocolate and creamy white.
and, i’m talking about the 1968 R&J, Olivia Hussey and that lovely Romeo with the beautiful eyes… :)
How about Grease...Sandy and Danny, Black and Pink!with a smattering of white, and some glitz!
Ever since I read about the contest, I can't get the song "Jack and Diane" out of my head.
It makes me think of amber fields, green grass, blue skies -- sweet, earnest colors of the heartland landscape.
Ferdinand and Isabella: The warrior king & queen. Blending the Spanish and Moorish culture: Rich scarlet, warm gold, maybe a hint of steely grey for the swords and armor.
chocolate and peanut butter suggestion...
What about Tristan and Isolde - sea colors, greens and grey and blue... mixed with royal purples and darker blues.
Sorry if this is a duplicate, I got an error...
I love the PB and chocolate, by the way!
My vote is for Jack and Rose in Titanic: brown for his commoner attire and a rosy color (duh!) for her
Since this is Primary month (and Super Tuesday coming up Feb 5th) a Bill and Hillary yarn would be appropriate, don't cha think?
Maybe red, white and blue or yellow with blue since Hillary wears a lot of yellow/gold and Bill wears a lot of blue.
Not a famous couple but some yellow and green for the "Cadbury chicks".
Ozknits
How about Monroe and DiMaggio? They were a classic couple - White for her dress in 7 year itch and Blue for his team?
Also, How about Rhett and Scarlett? Maybe a deep green and Scarlett red?
Sonny & Cher was my first thought, but someone already mentioned them (though I was thinking red and yellow)
There's Donny and Marie - purple & pink?
Bogie and Bacall - I'd think black, white & grey
Bambi & Thumper - brown, white & grey
LOL! reading though these just makes me laugh!
The ones I have thought of are
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Thinking Black history month starts in Feb. and the colors should be black, pinks and reds or a mix of flesh tones for the "I have a dream" speech.
Sonny and Cher. All sorts of mad 70's colors. Just have fun!
Lancelot and Guenevere: Slivers for Lancelot and green for Guenevere with some pink for the union.
Homer and Marge Simpson. That yellow color that is skin tone on them and Marge's blue hair!
Superman and Loise Lane. Superman needs his suit so read yellow and blue for him, not so sure on Loise though. She changes so much from movie to movie...
And
Adam and Eve. Come on the first couple... ever. flesh tones and lots of greens.
Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth from Bones. I see their colors as being a couple of shades of medium-to-dark blue coupled with bright orange and bright yellow.
Here's one I don't think I saw mentioned... How about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (or any of the other husbands/suitors)? I see Violet for her eyes, white for the diamonds, and rich berry pink for roses & rubies and maybe a hint of green thrown in for the emeralds Now that's a color scheme I would love to knit
How about King Kong and Fay Wray?
How about McDreamy and Meredith. The colors? well, it would have to be gray and red. Gray's anatomy and valentines.
how about carrie and Mr. Big--yellows and pinks for her hair and the girly outfits and black and whites for his suits (and maybe some red for the red wall)...yes I'm a not-so-closet addict to sex and the city.
Another one I was thinking was Jay and Silent Bob...greens for Bob's long coat and yellows for Jay's hair...maybe some bright orange for his "colorful" language.:-)
LOVE the Marge and Homer yarn.
Nicholas & Alexandra - The tsar and tsarina - purples with hints of gold, and then some jewel tones - sort of a Faberge egg based color since that's what they were famous for owning.
Dr. Zhivago & Lara - white, fuzzy yarn, for all the fur in the movie and snow, with blues b/c of the sadness of the story.
George (Burns) and Gracie--black, white & gray since I remember seeing them on tv that way.
oooh, the fiber in the picture? Madonna and Sean Penn...all Material Girl era...
Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. They had over a 40 year love affair. I think classic colors when I think of Hepburn .... maybe a deep red (for her lips) and I don't know for Tracy - maybe a cream.
Fred and Wilma - with blue and orange, maybe through in some white for her rock necklace.
Barbie and Ken - that would be pink and tan
peas and carrots - grean and orange
sorry, not a 40 year .... hepburn and tracy I'm thinking was a 20 year love affair.
Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
I'm thinking a deep, but kind of shiny green for her, and a mix of light and dark purples for him.
How about Angel and Tom Collins from Rent? Angel would be hot pink and pale blue and Tom would be a mix of golden-yellow and brow.
How about Bonnie and Clyde? I'm seeing soft green and cream for money and a gun metal gray to anchor the colors.
I say reds and grays for my favorite movie couple of all time Christian and Satine form Moulin Rouge!
How about Sid and Nancy from the Sex Pistols? Black, silver, white...maybe even a blast of hot pink or bright red? Very rock n roll!
Ooh...Prince and Apollonia...different shades of purple, black, silver, bright aqua.
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