Spring collection

It's almost here.

You will like it. It's pretty darn nifty.

And you will be surprised.

And that's all I have to say about that. The end.

Just kidding.

Let's have a naming contest, shall we? You suggest possible colorway names. If I use one of yours, I'll send you a free skein of that colorway. When you make a suggestion below, please be sure to enter your email address so I can contact you if you win. (Your email address will not be visible to anyone but me.)

Have at 'em!

Comments

[ashley]

English morning
vintage
belle epoque
cabbage rose

goodness there are a lot of replies!!! (I hope your name helpers make it easier to choose!)

[Amy]

Rain, Rain Go Away
April Showers
Hyacinth (my favorite flowers cause they bloom so early)
Prom Queen
South Beach (can we say Spring Break, lol)

[deb dmarieknits]

Somebody probably thought of this but . . . . Wild Irish Roses
Liliting Shamrocks
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (ooh I like that one!)
Dew kiss

[julia]

Gellato!, hope, springs, eternal, exquisite, petal, Fresh!,

[Doreen]

The significant other claims I forgot his favorite MN spring colorway:
May Blizzard
Which he claims is bright green, daffodil yellow, and tulip red specks on a whole lot of white.

[Shannon]

Ondine (mythology), a water nymph from mythology
Sweet Pea (of course it could have been used or recommended)

I place a vote for the person who proposed Sakura!

[Veronica]

Butterfly
Breeze

[Kathy R]

Robin's egg
Springtini
Swimsuit season
Painted eggs
Skybluepink
Easter grass
Sniffle

[Christina]

Edelweis (a beautiful white Swiss flower) - whites and yellows
blossom (the name we gave our first born while in utero) - pinks and purples with some white
printemps (french for spring) - greens
cardinal (a great sign that spring is just around the corner) - reds
robin (spring is here) - browns and reds
magnolia (one of the first trees to bloom where I live) - white and pinks
groundbreaking (the earth is porous at this time of year) - browns, neutrals
floodwaters (lots of flooding in the spring) - blues and greens

[deb dmarieknits]

Raindrops on Roses
Spring Wedding Celebration

[Jessica Powers]

Embolden
Sprig n Splash (who doesn't love to see clear fresh spring rain sitting softly on fresh green shoots?)
Circumambulate
Rock Rose
Apple Blossom
Solange (I knew a girl named that - sun angel - and thought it was wicked cool)
Syringa (the genus name for Lilac)
Gibson Girl
Ambrosia
Sucre
Variety Pack (cause I love bulb and seed variety packs!)

I love when you run name contests, so fun to see all the ideas!

[Jen]

Peachy Keen
Daisies & Daffodils
May Day
April Fools
Spring Fever
Aquaholic
Hello World
Citrus Summer
Seamus
Niamh

[Genia]

Irish names? Don't think you've use Shelagh!

[Elle E.]

To me, spring is about beauty, youth, and romance, so that's the theme I kept in mind. Hopefully none of these are duplicates!

Drawing heavily from poetry, art, and bit of literature, here's what I've come up with so far:

A Draught Of Sunshine
A Galloway Song
A Thing Of Beauty
Bright Star
Calidore
Dawlish Fair
Endymion
Faery Songs
Haydon
Keats
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Lamia
Laurel
Nightingale
Ode
Psyche
Solitude

Beauteous
Bothwell Castle
Calais
Daffodils
Desideria
Laodamia
Untrodden Ways

The Lady of Shalott (or just "Shalott")
The End of the Quest
Gather Ye Rosebuds
Ophelia
Tristan and Isolde (or just "Isolde")
Cecilia
Mariamne
Circe
Clare
Windswept
Naiad
Boreas
Daphne
Ariadne
Mariana
Nocturne
Symphony
Battersea

Heathcote
Siddons
Dalrymple
Marsham
Wrottesley
Hadleigh
Alston
Ligonier
Duncombe
Cumberland
Linley
Poyntz
Wollaston

Collina
Hastings
Banastre
Delmé
Sunderlin
Simplicity
Haddington
Townshend
Beresford
Sackville

Evelina
Cecelia
Camilla

[megincl]

Pear Glow
Whispers of Spring
Pink Whispers
Muted Beauty

[TessaAnn]

Spring Garden
Bella Fleur

:) Tessa Ann-love your yarn!

[Cathy]

Ladies Who Lunch
Tea, Anyone??
I Feel Pretty
Sugar, Lemon, Milk? Okay it's a lime but you get it

Got my Ladyslipper-I'm so happy cause she's so soft and beautiful! Thank you for cheering me up cause I've had the flu all week and am sick and tired of being sick and tired!!!!

[Pix]

(In Like A) Lion
(Out Like A) Lamb
Melt
Easter Grass
Daylight Savings Time

[Jackie]

Spring Sunrise
Blooming Buds
Fresh
Spring Showers
Fresh Dirt
Isla
Eden
Beginnings
Satsuma
Pamplemousse
Delphinium
Peony Posy

[kayjaydee]

And still, a few more :)

Kiss Me

Kiss Me I'm Irish

and the following inspired by quotes from The Quiet Man:

Peace and Freedom
(Hugh Forbes: "Then, a toast: May their days be long and full of happiness; may their children be many and full of health; and may they live in peace... and freedom.")

A Fine Soft Day
(Father Peter Lonnergan: "Well, then. Now. I'll begin at the beginnin'. A fine soft day in the spring, it was, when the train pulled into Castletown, three hours late as usual, and himself got off. He didn't have the look of an American tourist at all about him. Not a camera on him; what was worse, not even a fishin' rod.)

Mary Kate
(Mary Kate Danaher played by Maureen O'Hara)

Thornton
(Played by John Wayne)

Donnybrook (Michaeleen Flynn: "Is this a courtin' or a donnybrook?") - Donnybrook meaning brawl or free for all.

The Young May Moon (song from the soundtrack)

Gradh Mochroidhe (phonetic: gra mocree = love of my heart from the soundtrack lyrics: Oh, Inisfree, my island, I'm returning; From wasted years across the wintry sea; And when I come back to my own dear Ireland, I'll rest a while beside you, gradh mochroidhe.*)