the other day I posted a picture of yarn in all different colors and asked what color will I have trouble finding in your stash. The first response was orange and I was like 
because I have so much orange in my stash it’s not even funny. I absolutely love orange, the color, the scent and the fruit. It’s warm, bright and represents one of my favorite times of the year; Autumn. According to Wikipedia Orange is often associated with amusement, the unconventional, extroverts, fire, activity, danger, taste and aroma, basically me! Well not the danger part, wait you are always in danger of falling in love with me, so yea Orange is me!
When I look back at the big “firsts” in my knitting….you guessed it, they are orange. My Easy folded poncho by Churchmouse Yarns was made with Blue Sky Alpaca Melange and I have never, ever worn it without getting a compliment.
or my first attempt at Brioche in a pattern called Desirée, I used Anzula For better or for worsted in the color called Canteloupe. This baby sold immediately!
I mean even my very first attempt at color work, omg I was so afraid and let that project sit for a minute. What color did I pick up? yup Orange, well it’s called Citrus from Madelinetosh pashmina, talking about super soft and luscious..OMG!!
My first Cardigan, that I proudly completed during my stay in the Philippines. The pattern is called Vivienne Cardigan and Wool and the Gang calls the color Vitamin C and it is absolutely gorgeous..look
This morning when I got up and tripped over a bag of yarn, including yarn I just got from my weekend at VkLIVE and what fell out was ALL orange. I fell out laughing! The yarns in the pic above are as follows:
~ top left corner Orange U Glad by Brown Sheep company’s Burly Spun
~ bottom left corner this yarn doesn’t have a color name and it comes from Feederbrook Farm sold at String Yarns(vklive purchase)
~ center Harvest Honey by Fable Fibers
~ top right Tangerine thick and thin by Hand Spun Yarn Shop (vklive purchase)
I can see why you love orange- it looks great on you! I love all your knitted pieces but especially the colorwork piece- it’s divine!
Thank you so much, oh that was a labor of love. I had to learn to knit with both hands and how to get the floats just right. It took some time but a kid on a sugar high when it was done 😍
Oh man seconding the beauty of that colorwork – is that a cheetah print? Love love love. Deathly afraid of colorwork myself, but it’s one of my goals for 2015, at least to try!
Thank you and yes you gave to try
Q – What to do when your toddler son picks up every orange shirt, pair of pants, shoes, socks, etc in the store when asked what does he want – and the mom does not like orange? Change her mind of course! Now I love orange and it’s a good thing since one grandson loves it too! Love all of your orange. Curls made the prettiest orange shawl for our mom out of different orange yarn. It’s on the blog somewhere. Keep wearing that orange, you look great in it!
Aww of course you changed your mind, what other choice is there. I will check the blog out as I want to see. Thanks for the compliment ☺️