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Colour Cottage

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Tag Archives: abstract

Last week, last post

27 Wednesday Dec 2017

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Knitting, Painting, Thoughts, Yarn and Fiber

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abstract, acrylics, crafts, inner conviction, intention, life, winter, wool, yarn

It’s a bone-cold, lazy (ie exhausted) indoorsy type of week with no social duties whatsoever, yay. I’m knitting a hat from an old handspun skein for no particular reason, G is finally updating my webserver and in return I’m rebuilding the website for his gun club.

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It’s always fun to see how a handspun or handdyed yarn knits up, sometimes they need crochet or weaving to show off, other times they really seem to be their prettiest as a skein. I had some which were too small for the pattern, but if I like the fit, they may become headbands for my delicate ears.

I began writing a typical “status of the year” report, slept on it and decided I really couldn’t be bothered and had no profound learning experiences to impart.

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All the colours

10 Friday Feb 2017

Posted by Pia in Painting, Show-and-tell

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abstract, acrylic

Now that I have a list of weaving projects (nearly)* all planned out for my first set of colours, I managed to break out the paints too.  🙂 I have no hopes of producing consistent work or get into a flow with such long breaks, but I’m not ready to give it up either. My brain just lights up with all the colours.

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* because I keep second guessing my choices!

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