Check out the Pantone Colors for Spring ’15

I know, I know, we just started talking about knitting for fall and winter and now the “experts” want us to start thinking about spring? So it is in fashion, and with New York Fashion Week in full swing, Pantone has released its color report for spring 2015.

There are a lot of cool blues and greens in the collection, along with a cool pink called Strawberry Ice (if I had to guess, I’d say this one might be the color of the year). Tangerine is back as the big bright color of the season, while Toasted Almond, Glacier Gray and a rich red-brown called Marsala round out the palette with neutrals.

Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said the colors are meant to be relaxing and encouraging people to unplug as they might when seeing these semi-tropical colors in nature. Sounds good to me.

I love gray as a neutral (and actually used a lot of it in my upcoming book, so trendy am I) and I’m a big fan of all those cool blues, too.

See anything you like that you might add to knitting or other craft projects? I’d love to hear about it.

[Photo via Pantone.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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