Color Grid from kangaroodyer.com
I read about this tool in the Summer 2013 issue of Crochet! magazine and can’t wait to get my hands on one. I am not great with color. I know what I like but that’s about as far as it goes. I usually make the safest color choices since I’m not adept at complements and contrasts. This tool promises to take the mystery out of color selection. Finally! Apparently, you choose a base color (main color in crochet) and place the template over that color. Then colors that work with that main color will be identified – from colors that are very close to the base color on the color wheel to those that will stand out and add that little extra something to make your colors pop. That’s what I need!
The tool is small enough to carry in your purse so you can tote it to the store when you are yarn shopping. It’s inexpensive enough (about $10 with shipping) that it would make a nice stocking stuffer (okay, I know it’s not near Christmas) or gift – or to pick u[ for yourself. It is, after all, exactly a tool of our trade. I think I might wonder how I ever got along with this thing!
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE EMAILED ME PERSONALLY ASKING HOW TO OBTAIN THE COLOR GRID. I was remiss in not adding a link to the site because I assumed that the tool would be widely available in big box stores. Wrong! So far, it seems the stores have been slow to order this very useful tool. So, please ask your retailer to stock these for you. In the meantime, you can mail order yours from Gail Callahan herself here. She is easy to deal with and ships very quickly!
UPDATE: I received my Color Grid in the mail today and just had a chance to play with it. It’s genius!! It totally takes the guesswork out of color selection. The tool is very easy to use and will be a permanent fixture in my crochet bag. I won’t be making iffy color choices any more!
jd, isn’t that sort of like a color wheel?
would love to see it at the next meeting.
I won one online last year. I guess I’m not the target audience for it, because I haven’t been using it at all.
Ambar,
Good observations, but this is better than a color wheel for me. The grid shows 8 colors surrounding your favorite or base color that are gradients of the color (not sure of the proper term so I’ll use ‘gradients’). Then, in the bar across the bottom of the grid, you see FIVE colors that would function nicely as contrasts or to make your original 8 colors ‘pop’. Those colors are on a color wheel, but I like the way Gail presents the color options. Works well for someone like me.
jd
Where can we get these tools?? I would love to try one. I am terrible with colour co-ordinating!!!!
Thanks for asking – and reminding me to add a link to purchase the tool. It’s in the article now. So, please take another look.
jd