This is a special favour for Gabriana, who has written a daily post about something for which she is grateful, for going on 5 years.
You can see the positivity she exhibits through difficult circumstances here: nosyparkerblog.com/
I get so fed up with the dull clothes that are offered up every darn winter. We all seem to meld into a blob of black, beige, grey and other boring, depressing colours. Hence my choice of colour palette for this pullover. And, I will make more that kick over the drab traces for next winter; you can put money on that.
Here you go, Gabriana and Jude:
I am very happy with this project.
Hello World 
I totally agree, colour is energy and we all need some of that ❣️🌈
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Love the sweater! Looks like something I’d wear. I once wore a bright green silk dress to work, with (of course, because of air conditioning) a cream sweater covered with oranges with leaves still attached. Walking down the hall to the elevators, I got caught in a large group of conference attendees being escorted to the cafeteria. Of at least 65-70 people, there were only black, gray, and navy suits. I felt like a tropical bird… And so many shades of black. Who knew?
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Wow, that paints such an interesting picture. We’re such a dull species.
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What about us that are colour challenged?
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Does it all look grey to you, Mark?
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No, but I do have protanopia, basically red green. I still see colours but cannot match them very well. My wife looked after my clothing attire God bless her and now it’s just jeans and a T-Shirt. Any idiot can do that which as you know is an apt description.
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I am taking that seriously and personally! 🙂
My brother had the same problem, only discovered after he spent a few years as conductor on the railway in Canada. He knew which were the red/green lights by their position of the light on the pole. No train wrecks were caused by him; at least none I know of!
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Yes, look me too, I was tested during my nurses training to ensure that I could detect the right colours, especially with diabetic urine tests when you had to add the tablet and relate it to the colours on the bottle. Remember the days of sliding scale insulin tests? Scrub the pan room? Get out of here,, 🙂
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The good old days, eh? Did you have the dreaded sterilizers in the clean pan backs? I was taken aback by that when I started at RAH.
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I remember starting at St Margret’s at Semaphore and being able to write up med charts, those were the days, try and tell young RN’s now days and they just won’t believe ya… 🙂
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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
Gosh, we could reminisce for hours, eh?
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Well done Yvonne! I love the colours you used and, yes, much nicer than what is on offer in the shops. You won’t see anyone else wearing a jumper like yours.
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It’s fun to have something unique. Lou has suggested a Mondrian sweater and I am thinking of how to design that.
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Oh, so beautiful, Yvonne! Great knitting! Such cheery colors that will cheer up everyone who sees it! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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Thank you, gorgeous lady. I did get some nice comments when I wore it. xxx ❤
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Thanks, Yvonne for showing us your beautiful sweater sweater. I hope you’ll show it again with you wearing it.
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Thank you, Jude. It will be a while before I wear it again. I shall fold it and tuck it away for the warm seasons. ❤
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Wonderful. My local general-everything store has just advertised “Spring/Summer the exciting new colours of the season”. I went there and came away with nothing. Everything was black or white or grey.
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Isn’t it disappointing, Bruce. Boring.
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Black grey and white have dominated for years!
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Nice!
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It’s very cheery! Maybe you could knit a Mondrian-inspired sweater next!
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Now, that’s an idea, Lou. Off to the drawing board!
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I applaud totally, Yvonne
Love ❤
Michel
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Thank you, Michel. ❤
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Definitely your colours
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Thank you, Derrick. I even like the colour that starts with the dreaded letter ‘l’, as in lemon. 🙂
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luscious 🙂
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Liver starts with a L. The colour might suit your culinary tastes Yvonne.
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Ugh, BA.
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I’m going to try very hard to only buy bright primary colours this season. Love your jumper!
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It’s really hard to find colourful clothing, at least where I live. Good luck!
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I love the sweater and its bright colours. Good for you. 🙂
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Thank you! I can’t figure out why it took me so long to figure out that I could do my own thing!
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I wish I still had my knitting machine!
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I wonder if we can still find them, perhaps online. They were such a boon when I needed to make sweaters for the kids. I can still hear the whirring sound they made as we pushed/pulled the ‘thing’ back and forth.
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Yes, what a lovely sound! I wonder if our arms will still manage it?
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Oh, maybe we could have some mechanical assistance?:-)
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I seem to remember an extra part that could be purchased for the electronic machines but It was very expensive.
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well done – happy colors
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I absolutely love it, and can’t wait for next winter to wear it … a lot!
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It reminds me of the wonderful UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON clothing line — did you ever see their stuff?
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I sure did, I liked their colourful stuff, also.
You’re up early, I think.
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yeah – off to sleep now – having some warm tea!! – I just finished a project and had a nap earlier today – but off to dream shortly
(maybe dreaming of coat of many colors)
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