Beige is a term used for a range of pale brownish or yellowish colors. It is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color, a grayish tan, a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow. It takes its name from the French word for the color of natural wool.
It has come to be used to describe a variety of light tints chosen for their neutral or pale warm appearance.
Beige was used as a color term in the modern sense in France beginning approximately 1855-60; the writer Edmond de Goncourt used it in the novel La Fille Elisa in 1877. The first recorded use of beige as a color name in English was in 1887.
the sheep are cute and beautiful crochet designs!
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I love to experiment with new crochet patterns!
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Great photos. Love the sheep and then the products from their wool.
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Thanks, Raewyn!!
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Ek wil ook so skaap he!
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Waar sal ons hom hou??
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cool potholders 🙂
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Thank you, Yvette!
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🙂 – my husband’s grandmother used to make her version of these all the time – and we have about a dozen format eh 1990’s – and we still use them – well three of them – and a few I have packed up as memory items to pass down… 🙂
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They definitely last for a long time!!
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yeah – and hers were a different kind of cottony material – and like three ply – so they hold out the heat more than some – and I really like the soft feel of yours – it showed in the pics
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I know what you mean, I made tablemats with it.
These in the photo’s are all cotton too, but more like a 4 ply and is very soft. They even make facecloths with it.
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That is the most adorable sheep photo, Aletta! They’re almost eating out of your hands 🙂
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Yes, they were very inquisitive too!
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These are great! I really love your first shot of the sheep 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing.
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Who can resist them? 😀
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Aletta, that is so clever, to put the sheep and wool together in the same post! Absolutely delightful! 🙂
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Thank you my dear friend!!
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Netjiese dames!
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Hulle is! 😀
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Oh my goodness, Aletta those sheep are the cutest!!
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They are! 😀
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These two sheep made me smile, how adorable! Great capture!
Beautiful crochet, Aletta. 🙂
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I just love their faces! Thank you, Amy, I love to crochet!
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Oe – lovely sheep with rings in their ears?
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That’s the way they tag them.
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I love those sheep. Did you do the knitting-or is it crochet? Beautiful stitches
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They are so cute! It is crochet and yes I did!
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beautiful handwork.
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Thank you!
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