We went to the circus on Sunday. I bought the tickets six months ago and have wanted to see the Cirque du Soleil for almost ten years. My last chance was back in the days when I worked in Taiwan and my best friend was going to Hong Kong for the weekend to see them. I can't remember exactly why I didn't go then but seeing these amazing acrobats in person has always stuck with me.
So last Sunday I took my husband to the circus. And as I'm trying to come up with two new designs for my knitwear, I got a whole lot of inspiration from the weekend's events. The circus had so many fun color combos happening. The circus had lots of firey reds, oranges, golds and bronzes--blues of course--but I liked the warm ones. Perhaps its because its so cold here on the coast of the Illawarra where I live in Oz. Then there's the usual naturals I tend to go for; our walks on the beach with the dogs keep these natural shades of browns, blues and moss working their way into my work. And there's often some bit of very bright color that makes its way into one or two pieces when I remember to pull it out from my stash, kept from cats safely under the stairs.
So am going to use my inspiration from the Cirque du Soleil's Dralion acts for my Ravelympics project and use up a lot of the orange, bronzes, mossy greens and olives that I've started to stock up from Posh Yar
ns, Thicket, and "can't remember where I got it" places. What to do with it all will be the challenge for Ravelry's fun event next month. Shall post that project when the three week event is over;)
So last Sunday I took my husband to the circus. And as I'm trying to come up with two new designs for my knitwear, I got a whole lot of inspiration from the weekend's events. The circus had so many fun color combos happening. The circus had lots of firey reds, oranges, golds and bronzes--blues of course--but I liked the warm ones. Perhaps its because its so cold here on the coast of the Illawarra where I live in Oz. Then there's the usual naturals I tend to go for; our walks on the beach with the dogs keep these natural shades of browns, blues and moss working their way into my work. And there's often some bit of very bright color that makes its way into one or two pieces when I remember to pull it out from my stash, kept from cats safely under the stairs.
So am going to use my inspiration from the Cirque du Soleil's Dralion acts for my Ravelympics project and use up a lot of the orange, bronzes, mossy greens and olives that I've started to stock up from Posh Yar
ns, Thicket, and "can't remember where I got it" places. What to do with it all will be the challenge for Ravelry's fun event next month. Shall post that project when the three week event is over;)
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