I'm thinking about designing a capelet/shawl type thing that looks like a flower. I have some red heart super saver yarn I've been using (pale yellow, rose pink, coffee) that I initially intended to make a blanket from, but in looking at the color combination, I thought it would be a good basis for a capelet.
So I set about sketching an idea onto the back of a bookmark because it's what's handy at my desk. I ended up with a 7-petal flower with wide, pointed petals that starts at the center with coffee, changes to yellow, then to rose pink, then to a darker pink used for a border.
I only have one problem: Besides the fact that I haven't even started to design this thing yet, I need a second opinion. I love crocheting, but taking into consideration my age (I'm 21) and style, I try to be careful not to wander too far into the realm of the kitchy. Old-fashioned is okay as long as it still turns out elegant and is adaptable to today's fashions, and I'm open to new and interesting things, I just don't want to start on a project thinking it will be good and have it end up an eyesore.
(I've had this happen twice so far...I made a stuffed earthworm that I think is awesome and everyone else thinks is mostly just ambiguous, and I started making a baby blanket for a friend's 1-year-old daughter but stopped when I decided it looked like a bag of skittles threw up in a pattern. The latter actually took up a LOT of time, and I still haven't finished it. I'm likely to scan the squares I do have done and ask around about whether it's horrible.)
So here's my question to you, my fellow crocheters: Do you think a brown, yellow, and pink capelet designed like a flower and colored as described above would be weird, or cool?
I'm thinking about designing a capelet/shawl type thing that looks like a flower. I have some red heart super saver yarn I've been using (pale yellow, rose pink, coffee) that I initially intended to make a blanket from, but in looking at the color combination, I thought it would be a good basis for a capelet.
So I set about sketching an idea onto the back of a bookmark because it's what's handy at my desk. I ended up with a 7-petal flower with wide, pointed petals that starts at the center with coffee, changes to yellow, then to rose pink, then to a darker pink used for a border.
I only have one problem: Besides the fact that I haven't even started to design this thing yet, I need a second opinion. I love crocheting, but taking into consideration my age (I'm 21) and style, I try to be careful not to wander too far into the realm of the kitchy. Old-fashioned is okay as long as it still turns out elegant and is adaptable to today's fashions, and I'm open to new and interesting things, I just don't want to start on a project thinking it will be good and have it end up an eyesore.
(I've had this happen twice so far...I made a stuffed earthworm that I think is awesome and everyone else thinks is mostly just ambiguous, and I started making a baby blanket for a friend's 1-year-old daughter but stopped when I decided it looked like a bag of skittles threw up in a pattern. The latter actually took up a LOT of time, and I still haven't finished it. I'm likely to scan the squares I do have done and ask around about whether it's horrible.)
So here's my question to you, my fellow crocheters: Do you think a brown, yellow, and pink capelet designed like a flower and colored as described above would be weird, or cool?
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