As this type of yarn is sooo special we would like the colour names to reflect the yarn content....think Qiviut - Musk Oxen - Tundra -Arctic Circle....flowers of the Tundra....check out Google and see what you can come up with !
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Here goes, my suggestions are all named after oldfashioned sweeties:)
ReplyDelete1. Apple Bon Bon
2. Marshmallow Mix
3. Apple Pip
4. parmaviolet
5. Jelly bean
1. Qiviut Lapis Leaf
ReplyDelete2. Quviut Arctic Willow (a perfect match)
3. Qiviut Prairie Crocus
4. Qiviut Saxifrage Bloom (another perfect match to the flower color)
5. Qiviut Aurora Borealis
The yarns are JUST GORGEOUS. Congratulations!
Sampson's Sherbet
ReplyDeletepeach blossom
Rainbow Delight
Olly Olly Oxen Grape
Willow shoots
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1. (Land of the)Midnight Sun
ReplyDelete2. Arctic Dawn
3. Ellesmere (Island)(A beautiful colorful Arctic island)http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/auth/english/maps/environment/land/physio_svendsen_peninsula.jpg/image_view
4.Oomingmak Blossom (Oomingmak being the native name for muskox)
5. Arctic fireweed
I didn't leave contact info, my mistake. Niki RM:
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These are stunning colorways, and inspired both a sense of beauty, and a little playfulness.
ReplyDeleteJune Near Juneau
Arctic Alpenglow
Northern By Northwestern Lights
Winter Vintage Musk-atel
Saskatchewan Skinnydipper Blues
Aurora Borealis
ReplyDeleteArctic Sunrise
Qiviut Summer
Arctic Sea
Musk Ox Mardis Gras
Like qiviut, these names are based on the Inuinnaqtun language:
ReplyDelete1. Qallut of Midnight
2. Ublaami Sunrise
3. Atira Bird
4. Una Rare Flower
5. Nakayunga Rainbow
What if someone has three or four great names and someone else just the perfect one for some particular color? I love aurora borealis, and I see that it's been chosen by others. It seems okay to me if you pick and choose among them all; it's your product you'll be describing.
ReplyDeleteHere are my attempts:
1.Aulavik
2.Arctic lichen
3.Sitka
4.McKinley, for purple mountain's majesties (or, Polemonium, for the purple flower that grows there, also called Jacob's Ladder) for a name familiar to Americans; Cordillera, on the other hand, would describe the whole range of the Canadian artic peaks.
5.Denali--I found a sweeping picture of Denali Park in bloom in just those colors. Taiga, again on the Canadian side, would certainly be a good name for it too.
Hope you don't mind the extras--you got me reading and learning a lot and thank you!
Lovely names already suggested!
ReplyDeleteMine are:
1. Northern Moss
2. Ice Rose
3. Tundra Buttercup
4. Arctic Lupine
5. Frost Orchid
From Left to Right:
ReplyDeleteNunivak Island
Arctic Sunset
Fireweed
Qiviut-me-not
Aurora
Left to Right
ReplyDeletePolar Lights
Arctic Sunrise
Tundra Floor
Denali at Dusk
Glacial Rainbow
This is a fun competition.
ReplyDeleteI think there are lots of names which seem to be coming up alot, though we seem to pick different colorways for them. Anyway, here are mine.
1. Mariana - This the part of the scientific name of the black spruce. I think the contrasts of the foliage and the dark cones were reminisent of this colorway.
2. Aurora - I know this one has come up before, and with other colorways. Aurora was the roman goddess of dawn, and also has the association of the northern lights.
3. Borealis - When I saw this colorway, all I could think of were the greens and yellows I have seen in the Northern Lights.
4. Bilberry
5. Ellesmere - I think its the blue in the colorway that makes me want this to be named for something with water.
So many good names!
ReplyDeleteOk here are my suggestions:
1. Aurora Australis
2. Snow Flower
3. Antarctic Breeze
4. Arctic Snow Dust
5. Northen Summer Love
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I think those yarn colors are pure magic!
1. Northern Lights
ReplyDelete2. Snow Buttercup
3. Edgoya Island
4. Purple Saxifrange
5. Svalbard
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Okay, here we go from left to right:
ReplyDelete1. Northern Lights
2. Arctic Dawn
3. Lichen
4. Midnight in the Yukon Summer
5. Fireweed in the Lakeside Spruce Forest
I spent a summer once canoeing in the Yukon, way far away from anywhere. And these colors really, really remind me of that trip. #2 is exactly the colors of the sky when the sun is just rising (like, 3 am!). #3 reminds me of a place we camped that was covered 12 inches deep with springy lichen, for miles all around.
1. Tundra Winter
ReplyDelete2. Arctic Sunrise
3. Musk Grazing
4. Plain Thunder
5. Tundra Spring
I can remember studying the Tundra and the Bison, Musk Ox and others. I can see these colours in the names I have given them. These are the things I miss about Canada.Sharon
I too forgot to leave details.
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love qiviut! these gorgeous yarns should be named:
ReplyDelete1: tundra run
2: arctic sunrise
3: northern lights
4: arctic evening
5: painted tundra
am knitting with qiviut from muskox farms, a hundred thirty miles or so north of me, but their quiviut is solid colors. love your colors!
akgranny
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1. Denali Dreaming
ReplyDelete2. Alaskan Orchid
3. Autumn Tundra
4. Jacob's Ladder
5. Aurora Borealis
1. Long Shadows
ReplyDelete2. Midnight Sun
3. Wild Crocus
4. Permafrost
5. North Pole
The yarn is exquisite!
1: Arctic Nightfall
ReplyDelete2:Midnight Sun
3:tundra glory
4: Snow shadows
5:Aurora
Sandra wellington.
L to R
ReplyDeletemystic mountain
denali sunrise
north of Anaktuvuk
blueberries at sunset
seward ferry
alaskan places that come to mind with these colours
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Here are my suggestions:
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Arctic Blue Berry Fields
Morning Has Broken
Springtime Pine Needles
Frozen Berries Under the Snow
Flashes of Northern Lights
L to R
ReplyDeleteNunavut Nights
Polar Poppy
Kitmeot Moss
Baffin Berry
Labrador Lights
Had a great time coming up with these. Thanks for the inspiration!
Chantal
1. Nunivak Lights
ReplyDelete2. Alpine Poppy(wanted to use Arctic Poppy but saw it had already been taken, thought this rolled off the tongue nicely.)
3. Aquavita OR Caribou Moss (can't make up my mind, Caribou Moss apparently can be used in the making of Aquavita)
4.Spring Beauty (common name for actic flower "Claytonia tuberosa" which has beautiful purple veins running through it)
5. Ajagutak Sky (Ajagutak means Rainbow in Inuktitut)
Hope I'm not disqualified by offering up more than one option! If I had to choose I'd go with Aquavita!
Kianna
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here are mine;
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1. Sunset on Kenai
2.Autumn in Alaska
3.Sitka Springscape
4.The Longest Night
5.Bearlake Borealis
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1-Midnight on the Tundra
ReplyDelete2-Alaskan Spring Beauty
3-Crisp Northern Lights
4-Artic Larkspur
5-Rainbow Ox Fluff
People have such lovely ideas : )
ReplyDeleteHere are mine:
1. Desert Sunset
2. Sunny Sherbet
3. Ocean Sunrise
4. Purple Pleasure
5. Pastel Sunshine Ocean Breeze
These colorways are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteMy ideas:
1. Bristol Bay
2. Viola Cornta
3. Aurora Borealis
4. Frigid Shooting Star
or just Shooting Star
or Frigidum (i had a hard time picking which part of the name to use. Its a flower)
5. Mysticeti
1. Quivit Peacock
ReplyDelete2. Tundra Crocus
3. Lichen and Deep Ice
4. Polar Crow Berry
5. Borealis Jewels
1 and 5 - Dark Aurora and Aurora Reflected - the two colorways are obviously related, the first is darker, the second lighter, as if reflected off a snowy mountainside.
ReplyDelete2. Yukon Gold - the blossom of the plant is delicate purple with a golden center - http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-619122/stock-photo-flower-from-yukon-gold-potato.html
3. Alaskan Summer Bouquet - Just reminds me of a bouquet of wildflowers.
4. Twilit Qiviut - The color of a twilight sky, and I like the way the sounds play with each other.
These are all so beautiful, and thanks for the opportunity to perhaps name some of them.
1.Spring Tundra
ReplyDelete2.Arctic Sunrise
3.Aurora Borealis
4.Land of the Midnight Sun
5.Northern Lights
1. arctic flora
ReplyDelete2. midnight sun
3. timberline
4. polar night
5. aurora borealis
1-Tropical Rainforest
ReplyDelete2-Candy Floss
3-Peacock
4-Purple Haze
5-Rainbow Swirl
1. Arctic Sunset
ReplyDelete2. Morning Sunrise
3. Autumn Forest
4. Lavender Garden
5. Alaska Lakeview
1 Qiviut Inua (qiviut essence)
ReplyDelete2 Artic Ergyron (artic dawn)
3 Muskox Anerca (muskox soul)
4 Tundra Setosa (tundra iris)
5 Aurora Ikkuma (aurora fire)
1 - Summer plains wildflowers
ReplyDelete2 - Spring Crocus
3 - The North Wind in Fall
4 - Regal Lavinie
5 - Peacock's Pride
1. Arctic blast
ReplyDelete2. Salmonberry aqutak
3. Arctic tundra & sky
4. Blueberry aqutak
5. Northern lights
1. Qivuit Borealis
ReplyDelete2. Pasque Flower(a purple + yellow Flower)
3. Arctic Fire
4. Purple Saxifrage
5. Tundra Berries
What a lot of creative entries! This was fun. Good luck to all.
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