Hi there! For today's video, I'm pulling out all of my 'color inspiration' books and sharing them with you. I LOVE finding inspiration for new FFTP colorways, watercolor sketches, home decor, and knitting projects in the pages of actual, physical books (gasp!) and these books are some fantastic sources of that inspiration. I've linked to them all in the description box and I'll link to them here as well. Enjoy! Ode to Color: amzn.to/43fxyPd Flower Color Guide: amzn.to/3IP23Dc Palette Perfect: amzn.to/3BZn0I1 Patterns of India: amzn.to/3Mz4FpO In the Mood for Color: amzn.to/3N3EqcE The Secret Lives of Colors: amzn.to/42hI47b True Colors: amzn.to/3MHqsvR
Leatrice Eiseman actually invited me to her home in the late 70s to do a color analysis for me. She was wonderful and at that time she was a classic optimistic personality. I see she is 90 now . I have ordered her Pantone book for my library. Thank you.
Love this video!! It is so easy to get overwhelmed with color combination choices!! One of my favorite books for inspiration is Kaffe Fassett’s ‘Glorious Inspiration for Needlepoint and Knitting’. I also have a couple other books by him - he is a master with color!!
as someone who is mexican, color is my life. i grew up seeing colorful houses and clothing. highly recommend looking into the plaza houses and adobe houses mexico is known for having. there are so many beautiful colors, textures and all types of textiles incorporated into the houses. all sorts of different crafts go into making a house a home for a family. most houses are custom built to the people who live there
I absolutely love this episode full of inspiration, from you, from the books, from your suggestions, all of it❗❗❗😊 Thank you for sharing, Tayler ❣️ Once again, you hit the mark I didn't know I had in front of me 🤗💕. Between you and the beginning watercolor course I'm taking, I've been soaking in so much creative energy 😊 Thank you ❣️
Oh, thank goodness your video dropped now! I've been up all night finishing a knitting contract, and I've binged *a lot* of crafting podcasts. Always thrilled to see a new video from you 😊
You are such an enabler, Tayler. So dangerous! I just watched the plant fiber episode and wanted (badly) to purchase some of the yarns you showed (that one by the Swedish dyer, The Librarian!!! Too beautiful) and now this. I used to draw and paint, and now with yarn needs, color is a huge interest. I will "have" to check out a couple of these books... darn it.
You are such an intelligent, interesting, smart person. Your mind is truly a Palace! It's a wonderful thing that you take us there, in some of the rooms, because it must have so many interesting rooms, that Palace! ( and you are beautiful, and the way you talk is also very attractive, but that is not that important compared to the rest....) . I loved this episode! ❤️ love from Lisbon!
Well this inspired me to buy two of the books and as a natural dyer I have a third- True Colors. I can get deep, bright saturated colors with my method of natural dyeing and all of these are inspirational. But I had to grab Patterns of India and In the Mood for Colour. Gorgeous books. And I concur with the comment about Kaffe Fassett. Back in the 1980's when Glorious Knits came out, everyone was grabbing it for its lush color work. Even non-knitter fiber artists and craftspeople latched on to his work. There was a tapestry quality to it that spoke to weavers as well as knitters.
Thanks! If I ever got into dying yarn, I think I would turn to 4 recipe books I have that have the most amazing photos. If one didn't cook, they would easily be coffee table books. My fave type of pics are markets with spices, fruits, veggies etc.
“In the Mood for Colour” was my favorite book that you showed. You said you enjoy shots showing people in them. I am the opposite. I enjoy landscapes and still shots with earthy colors. Also very muted pastel colors. Calming to me. 🙂 Thank you for showing the books. 🧶
Great episode! It made me think of The Last Roll Of Kodachrome, which was used by National Geographic photojournalist Steve McCurry. In 1984, he was in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan and took the picture of the green-eyed girl. That picture ended up on the cover of National Geographic's June 1985 issue. "The Afghan Girl," which became one of the magazine's most widely recognized photographs I saw the photos in an exhibit. The colors were amazing! The exhibit was in Italy! National Geographic has a documentary about The Last Roll Of Kodachrome. There is a book about this, "Kodachrome, End of the Run: Photographs from the Final Batches."
One of my favourite books in my library is ‘Earth from Above’. It is full of glorious colourful photos of nature taken from the air. The colours are stunning! It’s worth a look. Great video - thanks Taylor. 💕🇨🇦
Just ordered Secret Lives of Color and Palette Perfect to help me redesign a den / craft space and to help brainstorm yarn colors for a future striped pullover. Thank you!
Such an interesting post today! I love seeing where you get inspiration. I love to look around as I walk in nature and see shades of sky, cloud, trees and pops of colors from flowers, shade and dappling. I notice that more since taking watercolor classes. The yarn color I'm using for a baby blanket is called "Lambs Ear" and I love growing lambs ear, feeling the softness of it and the color. So much inspiration out there! Thanks so much for sharing yours.
Um...the out-of-focus painting/print on the wall behind you, is that a Tarkay? When talking about color inspiration, I really like the color combinations he used!
oooh, my major hobby is reading so I'm very intrigued by The Secret Lives of Colors! sounds like such a creative way to approach historical nonfiction and as a lover of dramatic makeup that Pantone one is also really intriguing!
I loved seeing your beautiful books! Pat Sloan, a well know quilted, used The Secret Lives of Color as inspiration for a quilt-a-long. I loved hearing the stories about each of the colors. The quilt was great too!
Good topic to talk about I love colour but tend to stay in colours I love like blues, reds, pinks instead of branching out more … great Pod !!! Have a great weekend that’s just around the corner 😊💝🇨🇦🇨🇦
I so know what you mean and I think we tend to stay in that comfort zone until we see new combinations that intrigue us. Not that we NEED to branch out and it’s ok to return to our comfort zone, but exposing ourselves to variety is always inspiring. Have a great weekend Dennie. ❤️
Random fact time: when I was a kid, I loved going to the paint store with my stepdad and collecting all of the color booklets. The swatches were fine, too, but the booklets really captivated me. Many of the books you showed have the same vibe they did, and now I want to add them to my library. I just really enjoy color. Color was always the element driving my paintings, and now I use it to drive my yarn palettes. Loved this video! Super inspired from these colorful books!
Same! Exact same experience for me as well with my dad at the hardware store. I had soo many color chips and pamphlets collected! When I first started dyeing yarn, those pamphlets were my first sources of inspiration. Now my boys do it as well. And the smell of that section! Intoxicating. Probably not the greatest for you, but I don’t care. I love paint and color. ❤️
For me color is everything. 🦚I dress in the colors my mood suggests. It would be a punishment to me having to get dressed in black or any uniform everyday. My husband is very different. He would love to have a uniform. Color makes me feel alive and allows me to feel myself. A beautiful color combination makes me go into a rapture. 🦜And nature is a never ending source for color compositions. I really agree with you that not only the obvious combinations are the best. So often I found new amazing color partners by accident. It only shows that the composition of colors is an emotional thing. I love it!🌈 I´m now dreaming of a dusty pink sweater with olive green accents.🥰
Great episode, so many beautiful books 🤩 My go-to colour resource at the moment is 'Colour Harmony for Artists' by watercolour artist Ana Victoria Calderon. She uses a photo to inspire a colour palette and then uses that to create her own piece of work. Some amazing colour combinations that would be suitable for fibre folk too. Thank you!
My “day job” is web design so I am always looking for color inspiration. The Palette Perfect book looks very interesting to me. She has a newer one with colors broken out by seasons which looks great, too. Might need to do some shopping. 😊. Thanks for the suggestions!
This is without a doubt my favorite video so inspiring now could you carry it one step farther How to pick colors that work for yourself I find picking yarn I find to be beautiful in the skein but knitted up look bad on and therefore I give them away or frog and put back into stash love your esthetics and humor
Love this video! I own the Secret Lives of Color and enjoyed it so much. I have A Dictionary of Color Combinations that sits on my desk, similar idea to Palette Perfect but much more minimal. I really love that Palette Perfect and Pantone have more photos and grouped by mood, totally adding them to my collection!
I LOVE the Dictionary of Color Combinations! I have this as well and regret not including it. It’s such a small little book that I think it slipped my mind, but it’s a fantastic reference. But yes. I love it when things are grouped by mood/vibe. It aligns soo much with how I perceive and gravitate to color. Thank you for watching Kimberly! I’m glad this provided some additional inspiration.
Hi there. Lots of great info, but what I really want to know is gow did you cover your work table? I want to do that with mine. I don't like the current color of my table.
Ooo yes! This is actually peel and stick wall paper. I really love it. And you don’t need to be too precious with it when you apply it. Just do the best you can to line everything up “well enough” and keep bubbles to a minimum and you’re good.
Hmm... Any books on the diff of colors between men and women dyers? It's always been interesting that haute culture started w men and their colors. Slowly women have been allowed into this segregated profession. Thanks for sharing.
When you do pods like this one, I feel like I’m getting to be part of a fun class, where we get tons of great inspo info to explore and enjoy. Thank you so much for sharing and taking the time and thanks to the person who suggested this on the tip line! 💚🧶🤓
Hi there! For today's video, I'm pulling out all of my 'color inspiration' books and sharing them with you. I LOVE finding inspiration for new FFTP colorways, watercolor sketches, home decor, and knitting projects in the pages of actual, physical books (gasp!) and these books are some fantastic sources of that inspiration. I've linked to them all in the description box and I'll link to them here as well. Enjoy!
Ode to Color:
amzn.to/43fxyPd
Flower Color Guide:
amzn.to/3IP23Dc
Palette Perfect:
amzn.to/3BZn0I1
Patterns of India:
amzn.to/3Mz4FpO
In the Mood for Color:
amzn.to/3N3EqcE
The Secret Lives of Colors:
amzn.to/42hI47b
True Colors:
amzn.to/3MHqsvR
This has got to be one of my all time favorite episodes. Bravo!
Leatrice Eiseman actually invited me to her home in the late 70s to do a color analysis for me. She was wonderful and at that time she was a classic optimistic personality. I see she is 90 now . I have ordered her Pantone book for my library. Thank you.
Love this video!! It is so easy to get overwhelmed with color combination choices!! One of my favorite books for inspiration is Kaffe Fassett’s ‘Glorious Inspiration for Needlepoint and Knitting’. I also have a couple other books by him - he is a master with color!!
as someone who is mexican, color is my life. i grew up seeing colorful houses and clothing. highly recommend looking into the plaza houses and adobe houses mexico is known for having. there are so many beautiful colors, textures and all types of textiles incorporated into the houses. all sorts of different crafts go into making a house a home for a family. most houses are custom built to the people who live there
Very much enjoyed this one. Thanks, Taylor!
Thanks-I just added all these books in my cart. I have an obsession with books 😂
I absolutely love this episode full of inspiration, from you, from the books, from your suggestions, all of it❗❗❗😊 Thank you for sharing, Tayler ❣️ Once again, you hit the mark I didn't know I had in front of me 🤗💕. Between you and the beginning watercolor course I'm taking, I've been soaking in so much creative energy 😊 Thank you ❣️
Oh, thank goodness your video dropped now! I've been up all night finishing a knitting contract, and I've binged *a lot* of crafting podcasts. Always thrilled to see a new video from you 😊
I’m so glad! Congrats on finishing your knitting contract! That sounds like quite a task. 💪❤️
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS Massive cardigan for a coworker. Never again! 😂
You are such an enabler, Tayler. So dangerous! I just watched the plant fiber episode and wanted (badly) to purchase some of the yarns you showed (that one by the Swedish dyer, The Librarian!!! Too beautiful) and now this. I used to draw and paint, and now with yarn needs, color is a huge interest. I will "have" to check out a couple of these books... darn it.
You are such an intelligent, interesting, smart person. Your mind is truly a Palace! It's a wonderful thing that you take us there, in some of the rooms, because it must have so many interesting rooms, that Palace! ( and you are beautiful, and the way you talk is also very attractive, but that is not that important compared to the rest....) . I loved this episode! ❤️ love from Lisbon!
Thank you so much Paula. This is a very generous compliment and it means a great deal to me. ❤️
Well this inspired me to buy two of the books and as a natural dyer I have a third- True Colors. I can get deep, bright saturated colors with my method of natural dyeing and all of these are inspirational. But I had to grab Patterns of India and In the Mood for Colour. Gorgeous books. And I concur with the comment about Kaffe Fassett. Back in the 1980's when Glorious Knits came out, everyone was grabbing it for its lush color work. Even non-knitter fiber artists and craftspeople latched on to his work. There was a tapestry quality to it that spoke to weavers as well as knitters.
Beautiful collection of books.
Thanks! If I ever got into dying yarn, I think I would turn to 4 recipe books I have that have the most amazing photos. If one didn't cook, they would easily be coffee table books. My fave type of pics are markets with spices, fruits, veggies etc.
“In the Mood for Colour” was my favorite book that you showed. You said you enjoy shots showing people in them. I am the opposite. I enjoy landscapes and still shots with earthy colors. Also very muted pastel colors. Calming to me. 🙂 Thank you for showing the books. 🧶
In the Mood for Color/Colour is fantastic. It has a whimsy to it that I love!
Great episode! It made me think of The Last Roll Of Kodachrome, which was used by National Geographic photojournalist Steve McCurry. In 1984, he was in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan and took the picture of the green-eyed girl. That picture ended up on the cover of National Geographic's June 1985 issue. "The Afghan Girl," which became one of the magazine's most widely recognized photographs
I saw the photos in an exhibit. The colors were amazing! The exhibit was in Italy!
National Geographic has a documentary about The Last Roll Of Kodachrome. There is a book about this, "Kodachrome, End of the Run: Photographs from the Final Batches."
One of my favourite books in my library is ‘Earth from Above’. It is full of glorious colourful photos of nature taken from the air. The colours are stunning! It’s worth a look. Great video - thanks Taylor. 💕🇨🇦
Oh gosh, I need to have this book. It sounds gorgeous!
Just ordered Secret Lives of Color and Palette Perfect to help me redesign a den / craft space and to help brainstorm yarn colors for a future striped pullover. Thank you!
My book club read The Secret Lives of Color. It's a very interesting read!
I never thought I'd be interested in this. But now I'm over here adding books to my wish list. Ive always been bad at choosing colors.
Such an interesting post today! I love seeing where you get inspiration. I love to look around as I walk in nature and see shades of sky, cloud, trees and pops of colors from flowers, shade and dappling. I notice that more since taking watercolor classes. The yarn color I'm using for a baby blanket is called "Lambs Ear" and I love growing lambs ear, feeling the softness of it and the color. So much inspiration out there! Thanks so much for sharing yours.
Um...the out-of-focus painting/print on the wall behind you, is that a Tarkay? When talking about color inspiration, I really like the color combinations he used!
I love Tarkay paintings. Very bold and saturated. This is not by Tarkay, but is actually a print of 'Aperitif in a Studio' by Juarez Machado.
Kevin McCloud Choosing Colours, wonderful colour palettes
Great suggestion! Thank you Julia!
oooh, my major hobby is reading so I'm very intrigued by The Secret Lives of Colors! sounds like such a creative way to approach historical nonfiction
and as a lover of dramatic makeup that Pantone one is also really intriguing!
Loved this video 😍😍! It was calming and informative. I want to go out and buy photo books with lots of colors now.
Color theory has always been interesting to me. Thanks for some good recommendations, those books are all lovely.
Wow, this is such an inspiring video! Thank you Taylor!!
I loved seeing your beautiful books! Pat Sloan, a well know quilted, used The Secret Lives of Color as inspiration for a quilt-a-long. I loved hearing the stories about each of the colors. The quilt was great too!
This is a fantastic idea! Even for a KAL!
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS I agree!
Good topic to talk about
I love colour but tend to stay in colours I love like blues, reds, pinks instead of branching out more … great Pod !!!
Have a great weekend that’s just around the corner
😊💝🇨🇦🇨🇦
I so know what you mean and I think we tend to stay in that comfort zone until we see new combinations that intrigue us. Not that we NEED to branch out and it’s ok to return to our comfort zone, but exposing ourselves to variety is always inspiring. Have a great weekend Dennie. ❤️
Random fact time: when I was a kid, I loved going to the paint store with my stepdad and collecting all of the color booklets. The swatches were fine, too, but the booklets really captivated me. Many of the books you showed have the same vibe they did, and now I want to add them to my library. I just really enjoy color. Color was always the element driving my paintings, and now I use it to drive my yarn palettes. Loved this video! Super inspired from these colorful books!
Same! Exact same experience for me as well with my dad at the hardware store. I had soo many color chips and pamphlets collected! When I first started dyeing yarn, those pamphlets were my first sources of inspiration. Now my boys do it as well.
And the smell of that section! Intoxicating. Probably not the greatest for you, but I don’t care. I love paint and color. ❤️
For me color is everything. 🦚I dress in the colors my mood suggests. It would be a punishment to me having to get dressed in black or any uniform everyday. My husband is very different. He would love to have a uniform. Color makes me feel alive and allows me to feel myself. A beautiful color combination makes me go into a rapture. 🦜And nature is a never ending source for color compositions. I really agree with you that not only the obvious combinations are the best. So often I found new amazing color partners by accident. It only shows that the composition of colors is an emotional thing. I love it!🌈 I´m now dreaming of a dusty pink sweater with olive green accents.🥰
Great episode, so many beautiful books 🤩 My go-to colour resource at the moment is 'Colour Harmony for Artists' by watercolour artist Ana Victoria Calderon. She uses a photo to inspire a colour palette and then uses that to create her own piece of work. Some amazing colour combinations that would be suitable for fibre folk too. Thank you!
My “day job” is web design so I am always looking for color inspiration. The Palette Perfect book looks very interesting to me. She has a newer one with colors broken out by seasons which looks great, too. Might need to do some shopping. 😊. Thanks for the suggestions!
Wonderful suggestions to get color inspiration! I will look for a few of these! 🌵
Thank you Catherine! And I received your MAL submission! 😍
This is without a doubt my favorite video so inspiring now could you carry it one step farther How to pick colors that work for yourself I find picking yarn I find to be beautiful in the skein but knitted up look bad on and therefore I give them away or frog and put back into stash love your esthetics and humor
Beautiful book collection!
I loved this video! A few new books added to the wishlist for sure. 😁
Thank you Diana!
Thanks for the recommendations! I just ordered 3 of your books from your links(I hope you are sponsored!) for my sister's birthday gift.
Love this video! I own the Secret Lives of Color and enjoyed it so much. I have A Dictionary of Color Combinations that sits on my desk, similar idea to Palette Perfect but much more minimal. I really love that Palette Perfect and Pantone have more photos and grouped by mood, totally adding them to my collection!
I LOVE the Dictionary of Color Combinations! I have this as well and regret not including it. It’s such a small little book that I think it slipped my mind, but it’s a fantastic reference. But yes. I love it when things are grouped by mood/vibe. It aligns soo much with how I perceive and gravitate to color. Thank you for watching Kimberly! I’m glad this provided some additional inspiration.
Great podcast thank you,I love looking at nomadic knits book to see all the colors out there 😊
Thank you Joan! And yes Nomadic Knits is such a great source of inspiration. ❤️
I loved the book suggestions! Thanks
My pleasure Norma! Thank you for watching. ❤️
Wonderful!
looking for good neutral combinations of color for the next Steven West shawl. This will really help! thanks Taylor
My pleasure Julian. Thank you for watching!
Hi there. Lots of great info, but what I really want to know is gow did you cover your work table? I want to do that with mine. I don't like the current color of my table.
Ooo yes! This is actually peel and stick wall paper. I really love it. And you don’t need to be too precious with it when you apply it. Just do the best you can to line everything up “well enough” and keep bubbles to a minimum and you’re good.
Hmm... Any books on the diff of colors between men and women dyers? It's always been interesting that haute culture started w men and their colors. Slowly women have been allowed into this segregated profession. Thanks for sharing.
When you do pods like this one, I feel like I’m getting to be part of a fun class, where we get tons of great inspo info to explore and enjoy. Thank you so much for sharing and taking the time and thanks to the person who suggested this on the tip line! 💚🧶🤓
This makes my day Rachel. I’m so glad you enjoy these videos in that way. Thank you so much for watching, and it’s truly my pleasure. ❤️
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS Glad your day was made! You definitely deserve it, especially since you regularly make the day of many knitters and crafters. 🙂