Add Some Color to Your Crafts

Needlecrafts From Sarah White, your About Needlecrafts Editor The world is so full of color this time of year, it’s a great time to work on some colorful projects, too. This week’s ideas will teach you how to add color to your projects and how to choose colors wisely. Happy crafting! How to Change Colors in Crochet Adding stripes to a project is an easy way to make it more colorful, and it’s no more difficult to work in more than one color than it is to make a solid color crochet project. Search Related Topics:   Changing Colors  Step Photos  Couple Rows Change the Color of Your Cross Stitch Fabric Cross stitch is already pretty colorful, but did you know you can add even more color by painting, dyeing or even coloring on the fabric? Search Related Topics:   Cross Stitch Fabric  Acrylic Paints  Slip Stitch Knitting Using slip stitches is an easy way to add color to a knitting project because you work with just one color of yarn at a time but can make some really interesting designs just by pulling up the color from the previous row. Search Related Topics:   Learning to knit  Knitting skills  Color Wheel Basics This article is written for quilters, but it's a handy reference for stitchers of all sorts on basic color terms and how to use color in designs. Search Related Topics:   Quilt design  Color value  Related Searches Cross Stitch Fabric Sewing Patterns Embroidery Stitch Embroidery Projects Knitting Patterns Featured Articles Loom Beaded Clay Pot Accent Colored Wire Jewelry Design Tips Make Smarter Color Choices with ColorWorks Tips for Working a Complicated Needlepoint Design How to Choose the Correct Sewing Thread Color Conversion Charts for Embroidery Thread and Floss   More from About.com Sign up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! Want More From About.com? Check out our social channels tailored to every interest! Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Healthy Eating newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com