Summer beckons us outdoors to bask in the warm sunshine, breathe in the lush greenery, and feel breezy blue skies. For knitters and crocheters, summer is the perfect time to express creativity. It's time to take up beloved yarn, knitting needles, or crochet hooks to make lightweight garments, trendy accessories, beautiful home décor, and other creative projects. The season is perfect to explore the vibrant world of hand-dyed yarns. The unique colors and variegated hues give us summer vibes that inspire us to get creative.
Knitting and Crocheting for Summer
Summer is pure bliss. However, more warmth may make you feel uncomfortable if you are headed outdoors. Knitting and crocheting summer wear is a worldwide trend, with more and more makers joining in. Knitted and crocheted summer wear is making headlines as it features on top fashion labels, runways, and celebrity wardrobes. If you are joining the revolution of slow fashion, we are here to help.
So, choosing the right colors and working with lightweight yarn in the right fiber is essential. Lace, fingering, and even DK-weight yarn fall into the lighter segment of the yarn weight scale. Wool is an all-season favorite, as the fiber is thermoregulatory, cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Get ready to beat the heat or embrace the warmth. In this blog, we have some interesting color options that are summer favorites.
Why Hand-Dyed Yarns for Summer?
Before getting to the colors, let's see why you must choose hand-dyed yarns for summer. The yarns are favored over commercial counterparts for the simple reason that are dyed by hands of skilled artisans. Hand-dyed yarns bring unique magic to your projects. The dyers use a variety of techniques to create spectacular color palettes. Explore saturated solid shades to dramatic variegations. The options range from colorways inspired by nature, such as calming ocean hues to summer fruits, blue skies to spices; sunsets to starry nights. These unique color combinations not only refresh your senses but are also perfect for beating the summer heat. Plus, you get them in DK-weight options as well as fingering yarn that is perfect for the weather.
Cool and Refreshing Color Palettes:
Now, let's dive into the world of color! Here are some hand-dyed yarn color palettes.
Pastels: The pale tones of colors are soothing and ideal when the temperatures go high. Pastel shades like mint green, lilac, baby blue, and blush pink are perfect for summer projects that need a light and airy touch.
Neutrals: The calm vibe of neutral colors is impressive. White never goes out of fashion. For summertime, it is a favored shade as it keeps the wearer cool and comfortable,
Aqua Shades: Summer means beach time. You think of heading to the shores, lake, river, or anywhere you can splash in the water. Think blues, turquoise, cerulean, emerald sea, seafoam, greens, and kelp green.
Fruit Splash: Summer means juicy, tempting fruits. And why should the yarn be behind? Explore vibrant citrus tones like lemon yellow, lime fizz green, and juicy orange. Tropical mangoes, java plum and tangerine are delightful. Add a touch of white and you have the perfect fruit summer platter.
Green Melody: Greens have a calming effect. Look for shades of mint green, rainforest and moss.
Lavender Fields: Shades of lavender, lilac, and soft violet transport you elsewhere.
Sunset: Capturing the warmth and beauty of a summer sunset is possible with dreamy shades of peach, pink, gold and yellow. You can create a palette or choose a hand-dyed shade.
This summer, there is no need to put down your needles or hooks. In fact, it's time to be creative! Hand-dyed yarns in cool and refreshing color palettes paired with lightweight fingering weight yarn are perfect for beating the heat.
Symfonie Yarns offers hand-dyed yarns in solid colors and variegated hues. The superwash wool base that all yarns are machine-washable makes frequent outings nothing to worry about. Terra, the fingering-weight yarn, is the ideal blend of merino with versatile polyamide. Viva is a pure superwash merino wool delight in a vibrant color palette. Luna brings the grace of silk to merino wool, creating a range of radiant hues that are summer's best creations. From colors of a summer sunset to crisp ocean breeze, and tropical greens and yellows that transport you to a lush paradise, dive into a world of breathtaking colors. What are you waiting for? Get ready for summer knitting and crocheting!
Wool as a cottage industry more developed in Uttar Pradesh, mainly carpets and indigenous blankets are made in this industry.
The main places of this industry are Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Allahabad, Jaunpur and Pratapgarh etc.
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Some large companies also use it in industrial sectors, such as the automobile, synthetic industry, and filtration.
According to the recent statistics of the Asian Non-woven Materials Association (ANFA)*, acupuncture still accounts for 25.6% of the total production of non-woven materials.
Ranking second among the four major nonwoven material producing countries in Asia.
In South Korea, needle-punched nonwoven products account for 35.7% of the value.
The overall growth rate of non-woven products of 5.0%, with the annual growth rate of acupuncture products.
Compared with the overall growth rate of non-woven products in Taiwan, the growth rate of acupuncture products is 3.7%, which is higher than the average level.
