Here is the color:
gray(lt. to dark) and bright red
The rules are the same:
- Leave all entries in the comments of this post.
- You can submit as many entries as you want.
- Make sure to leave an email address or blog site or Ravelry user name with your entry.(No contact info, no entry)
- The winner will receive on skein of handdyed yarn in the colorway of your choice from starbugknits.etsy.com.(I will also do a custom dye if you wish)
Now, have at it!
ETA: Contest ends January 10 @midnight EST.
114 comments:
Huh.. That's an interesting colourway! Very nice!! :)
How about.. "postman"? Reminds me of those red postman coats with grey lining that they use in the winter. Or maybe that's just here in Denmark?
Or some gothic kind of name. Like "Vampyrica" or something. ;) That's a kind of bloody red!
Or "Silver Bullet" or "Murder". It's kind of twisted.. I might come back several times with more lame names; I go nuts over these kinds of contests. :D
What about "Newspaper" - because it's "black and white and red all over"?
Or, something like "Firetruck" Something about the red mixed with greys always reminds me of fire trucks.
In any event, it looks great!
It looks like Ohio State colors to me so how about Brutus for their mascot!!
how about "Hot Charcoal" thats what it made me think of. Valérie
These are MIT colors, so I'm going to have to throw in for "Blood and Concrete". The official names for the MIT colors are "cardinal" and "steel gray", but the students like the other name better.
Anisa
anisa@alum.mit.edu
ravelry: naiaha
http://anisaknits.blogspot.com
I thought of the University of Georgia, so my first suggestion would be "Bulldog."
A few more that play on the blood/goth thing:
"Stiletto"
"Sweeney"
"Excalibur"
"Rose Among Clouds"
"Blood and Thunder"
this is fun!
This makes me think of the fireplace at my parents, maybe call it "Cinders" or "Cinders and Ash"
Kcatt79 is my ravelry name
kcatt79@hotmail.com
what about Forge Fire?
or just Forge?
Fire and Steel?
Hearth Fire?
Hephaestos (aka Vulcan - god of fire and the forge)?
Hestia (goddess of the hearth)?
Apparently I'm not the only one who thought of university colors (OSU in my case), so how about 'Collegiate'?
Ravelry: brineydeep4
LOL - I swear I thought of this before reading the similar one in donna b.'s list:
"Rose In Gloom"
Also: "Film Noir"
And for really bad advertising - I don't think even the Goth-inclined would go for these:
"Dead Rat"
"Roadkill"
I think I'd better stop while I'm ahead. ;)
On Rav: monicapdx
This totally reminds me of fire and smoke. So my nomination is "No Smoke Without Fire"
Ravelry: Nordly
I had a similar thought as a previous poster: Thinking of "black and white and red all over," I was thinking of the name "good book."
Alternately, and for no reason, the name "Frenchie" popped into my head.
Corey
CLAFLAMME @ SUNJOURNAL . COM
coreydina on Ravelry
How about "Bloody Sunday" or maybe, because it reminds me of a volcanic eruption, "Pompey".
Ooooorrrr.. (I love trying to name things =D ) how about "Pleasantville." Or "Welcome to Oz." Both from the same inspiration: black and white movies turning into color flix.
Corey
rav: coreydina
I would call it 'Jupiter'
Whoops, that should be spelled "Pompeii," I think.
Seeing as the grey looks almost faded blue on my screen, how about Ol' Glory?
Ooh! Thinking more about it, it looks like a mix of old war uniforms, so how about Revolution?
What about "Sock Monkey"? It immediately reminded me of the colors in that oh-so-kitschy stuffed animal.
Ravelry: detritus
howsabout "sock monkey"?
Sweeney as in Sweeney Todd. Dark story with lots of bright red blood.
I'd go for "Vamp" or "Fatale" (as in femme fatale). Perhaps also "Horror Movie".
(I'm pistolera on Ravelry.)
This reminds me of Ohio State colors, so I say name it "Go Bucks!" or "Sloopy."
I love the colors. Winter Cardinal-it reminds me of the cardinals against the grey winter sky.
tiggernelsie@yahoo.com
Queen of hearts? The colors just remind me of the disney cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland. "Off with her head" I like too.
Of course the Alaskan in me says "mosquito" as in greyish until you smack it.
So pretty!
Love that colorway. It reminds me of Cylons from Battlestar Galactica, so how about Centurion?
(midnightpurls on ravelry)
I also thought Newspaper. How about "Minuet" - it's a Star Trek Character that the color reminds me of. My husband just got all the episodes... Oi!
Some others:
Scarlet Storm
Stormy Rose
Deception
Cinderella
Ravelry: XbelovedXoneX
It definitely reminds me of Civil War colours united together.... (or was that blue and gray?)
"Peace", "United" "Yanky-doodle" "Gettysburg" "Shenandoah"
Forgive me if I'm wrong on the Civil war colours....I'm Canadian:-)
Dianepurls (ravelry)
How about Big Apple? The grays remind me of sky scrapers and the red reminds me of ...an apple.
Really pretty color btw.
Rav:lemonfresh
Cool colorway!
Hi, I'm mtlaise on Ravelry.I sort of saw this in 3 veins, depending on the specific shades (so hard to tell accurately on a monitor) - fire, volcanoes, and blood for the red, and smoke, ash/rock, and concrete for the greys.
Here are a few ideas that ran through my head based on those: Fire and Smoke, Live Embers, Molten Rock, Lava Flow, Crime of Passion or Crimescene.
Love the colorway!!
I'm thinking "Checkers" for some reason it makes me think of the game of checkers. Or perhaps "Ladybug".
Sleepy Hollow!
For some reason, I can't help but think "Cruella de Vil" when I look at it. =)
The color reminds me if steel and fire so how about Crucible
This won't get me any free yarn, but, I vote for the previous poster who said "cinders & ash" I think it's perfect :-)
Peglett (ravelry)
"Winter cardinal" perhaps. Beautiful colorway. I'm needleclicker on Ravelry.
I just saw Sweeney Todd last night so something in that theme, like "Demon Barber of Fleet Street".
I thought of Ohio State immediately. Given last night's game I am tempted to call it "Choke."
I may perhaps be a little frustrated.
chocolatesheep
Argyle
or, in tribute to those driver's ed shock videos, Red Asphalt
It reminds me of wintery pavements and stop signs.
Urban Winter
or
Pele's Passion
Pele is the goddess of the volcanoes. Her color of passion would necessarily be red. :D
... although "Newspaper" is awesome and already taken.
ldpaulson ... ravelry
Braided Rug
Raverly name: sapphyre24
I'm such a nerd the first thing I thought of was Star Trek! How about "Enterprise". It makes me think of a ship.
Ravelry: Ltrain
This yarn is just perfect to knit socks for Christmas Elves (Santa's helpers) so name for yarn will be Tonttu (elf in Finnish).
Other suggestions:
Warm winter
Cherries for Grey day
I'm Hanna also in Ravelry
WEll I am liking the name Ravelry in honor of a very cool website.
Another name I like is Secret. I don't know why but the red just makes me think that.
MamaMay on Ravelry.
"Sanguine" cuz it's got all the colours of blood cells!
Sandie on Rav
Ok, so I just watched "Steel Magnolias" last weekend, and the colorway looks like:
Bleeding Armadillo cake (the "cake" is optional in the name)
How about "Fly Away Home" (the first thing I thought of was Ladybug, but that's already been suggested).
Ravelry: wenat
Painted lady - like the old days where women rouged cheeks and lips, blackened eyelashes, and powdered already pale faces
What about Gred? Or Grouge (pronounced with an "oo" sound, as in "groove"), which is the French version of Gred, a mix of "gris" (gray) and "rouge" (red).
Josiane
(kimianak on Ravelry)
Blood thirst.
(BabyBeth on Ravelry)
I thought of a school jacket, so my suggestion is "Blazer" also has the fire connotation.
purplestitches on Ravelry
Steel Bordello
or
59 Mustang
Wallstreet. This colorway makes me think of businessmen and women in their gray pinstriped suits with red ties.
"Sockeye." They're silvery in the ocean and turn bright red when they spawn.
This would be especially appropriate for the sock yarn.
ikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca
I'd call it "The Girl in the Red Coat".
The combination of red with a background of greyscale reminds me of the girl in Schindler's List. It might be a bit of a depressing film, but that image comes to my mind really sharply when I look at that yarn.
http://course1.winona.edu/pjohnson/h140/schindler/redcoat2.jpg
e-mail: darklighter_solo-AT-hotmail-DOT-com
Ravelry: wanderlustlost
Had to come and look...
First thing that popped in my mind was "Sin City"
The colours remind me of the movieposter...
I'm annariu on ravelry
Queen's Guard.
Assassin.
Sweater Punk.
Sooty Bricks.
Chassis.
Crime Scene.
I'm melissa on Ravelry. Can't wait to see what you go with!
I was totally thinking "Girl in the Red Coat" before I read the above post suggesting the same. Great minds thing alike :-)
Some other suggestions:
Hot Lava
A Rose Among Thorns
I'll Be Seeing You
Lunar Eclipse
Venus
Tears of Cupid
Peppermint Bark
Worlds on Fire
American Beauty
I think that's enough :-)
I'm CurlsNPurls on Ravelry
Devils Advocate
invisible.insanity@gmail.com
So I thought of another one. Then that's it. I promise.
Racing Stripes
I have to second the awesome "crime scene" but since that won't win me anything, how about Slayer or Helsing. Can you tell I've been listening to Dracula on audible?
ravelry: katiemcg
You've gotten some great suggestions! Here are my contributions:
Kraken (the deep sea monster)
Mordor (from Lord of the Rings)
rav: luci99
Victoria (Victoriana) - it reminds me of victorian-era clothing and those roses that are so emblematic in our minds of that era.
Safety - the remains of a fire.
And, of course, like many others, my mind went to Sweeny Todd, so maybe "Fleet Street" or "Barber."
Ravelry name: knititblack
Graffito
Pop Art
Candy Warhol
Duotone
(Clearly, this colorway makes me think of all kinds of interesting graphic design!)
Er... That was me in the last comment above. I think the Blogger profile linked in my name provides enough contact info, but in case it doesn't... I'm at www.pinkargyle.com and am "argyleandrea" on ravelry. Thanks!
It makes me think of Rocky Horror Picture Show.
-Rocky
-Time Warp
-Columbia
-Junior Chamber of Commerce
-Riff Raff
JLa on Ravelry
OMG, I love the poster who said Bleeding Armidillo! However, it reminds me of the British soldier uniforms from the Revolution, so how about 'Red Coats' or 'The British are Coming' or 'One if by Land, Two if by Sea' or something along that Paul Revere theme!
"Blood on the Tracks"
How about "Gotham Candy Cane"? The red and white reminds me of a candy cane. The grays remind me of NYC in the Batman movies. It's a very yin and yang kind of colorway.
Whatever you name it, it's beautiful!
Those colors look very urban to me...
urban nights
urban
urban chic
urbanite
or
gothic
goth dreams
Alaska on Ravelry
The colors remind me of Harley Quinn from Batman: The Animated Series, so...
Harlequin
Harley
Quinn
Also, "Ladybug" came to mind as well.
~Erin (Stitchuesque on Ravelry.)
CSI
Wicked
Femur
Burned Love
Archymomma on Ravelry
"Molten Steel"
Because of the steel gray, but mixed with red it's partially molten.
Ravelry username Kyamo
Balrog
(the fire monster from Lord of the Rings!)
website: www.pinkargyle.com
ravelry: argyleandrea
Hell's Kitchen
Zombie Crush
Fuego
Smolder
Blacksmith
pinkargyle.com
argyleandrea on ravelry
(This is way too much fun...)
So the monsters mentioned made me think of another one:
Chimera
Ashes to Ashes
How about Steel Roses?
Sailor's Delight. As in Red Sky at Night, Sailor's Delight.
Cdaniele from Ravelry
I should probably read the posts to make sure I'm not repeating anyone. But that is a lot of posts so:
Sin City
Film Noir
Lady Macbeth
Rosebud (like from Citizen Kane)
Kiss of Death
I'm CSIcrafter on Ravelry
What about:
-Ring on the Moon
-Cherry Coke Float
-Eternal Night
-Kiddie Scissors
-Field of Poppies
~Jeanne
lilpixiestix on Ravelry
Looks like OSU colors... such a disappointing team the last 3 championships. Disappointment?
ballewal is my Ravelry ID and also email if you add a yahoo.com to the end.
As soon as I saw it I thought "Queen of Hearts"! It is a lovely colourway.
Pirate
Die!
Winter Cardinal
Dusty Peppermint
Moldy Tomato
Sock Monkey
Albino Dust Bunny
Winter Berries
Old Raspberry Pie
Gred (grey+red)
Brick
Misty Cranberry Bog
Foggy Stop Sign
Icy Hearts
Someone in the Fog
Cold-Hearted
-stringcat on Ravelry
Orion's Belt (there's a great pink nebula there)
Blood Drops/Snow Drops
Red Moon Rising
Cindersmoke
Cardinal Sins
Black Adder's Folly
Yeah, I don't know where that last one came from
Steel Kiss.
-hairpin on ravelry
Roses in the Rain
OK. I'm done now.
prep-school punk
Superhero!
khakigirl (on rav)
"Granite," Rock Berries," "Night Light"
CulturedPurl on Ravelry
Ooh, so pretty! A few ideas...
Noir Love
Ashes and Rubies
Pleasantville (it reminds me of that movie -- the town is black and white at first, then bits of color begin to appear.)
My Rav username is Caryatid. Great contest!
Man's yarn,
"Macho" color
Carla Willingham
thislittlepiggyknits@yahoo.com
Embarrassed Zebra
I made a glass bead by that name last fall that would match it!
Ruby Twilight
dmedley@knolgy.net
or
deesamnhank at Ravelry
Whoops - it's dmedley@knology.net for Embarrassed Zebra or Ruby Twilight.
"Navajo" because I see those colors in pottery and woolen navajo rugs.
Lynn (Durango on Ravelry)
Love on the Rocks
Rossetti Confetti
Foxfire
These are my suggestions.
This was fun, thanks :-)
zarzamora on Ravelry!
I'm KnitaStitch on Ravelry.
My immediate impression was of British uniforms.
Brit & Gray
"Krakatoa"
And I notice the post above me, but I originally posted to say "British Redcoat" or "British Invasion"
I especially like the play of the different shades of grey.
Ravelry: mh1982
Lovely color.
Ashes and Roses
Good luck choosing, so many great suggestions.
Champer on Rav
First thing I thought of was Dragon's Breath - how weird is that, lol.
hifidi@citlink.net
same hifidi at Ravelry
lets try firebug, or how about Volcano
Raverly ID yarnlady40324
How about Blood Shadow or Bloody Shadow?
Rischknitter on Ravery.com
Nightrose?
Darn... someone took my "cardinal sin" thought.
BUT, my other thought was "Miranda" from Serenity. Half the world went grey (laid down and died) and the other half went red (became reavers).
Ravelry: ScarletKnits
my first reaction was.. that's a woodpecker.
so.. I'd probably name it something woodpeckerish. like.. woodpecker. :) or woody. or.. something else woodpeckerish.
Dammit - I thought "Sin City" but someone beat me to it.
How about "Ventricle?"
Oh! "Jumper" to go with the blood & concrete. :)
My GF said "Tiennamen Square" or "Zombie."
how about "School grey & blazer"
I am always a day late and a dollar short. It does look like Ohio State Colors. How about Go Bucks or buckeye luv
http://luvtoknitandmuchmore.blogspot.com/
Immediately thought "Hahvahd" though I don't know if those are the correct colors (I know the red is).
To finish the old joke, how about "Embarrassed Zebra"?
"Blood and Ticking": looks like an old ticking (grey and white) with blood
Fabulous colorway! If don't win it, I may have to buy it!
Technoknitter on Ravelry.
Sock Monkey!
I saw it and I new instantly it should be called Sock Monkey! =)
I'm craftylulu on Ravelry.
Beautiful yarn! But, a name ...
Hmmm ...
Cherries in the Ashes
Roses in the Ashes
Steel Becomes Molten
Whoops! The Razor Slipped
I'm emeraldmaiden on Ravelry.
How about "BEEFCAKES" or "MANLINESS" The colors are great for a guy. Which are hard to find
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