• Home
  • About
    • Contact
    • About this blog
    • På dansk?
    • Indlæg på dansk
  • Shop
  • Plant Dyeing
    • Dye plant list
    • Plant yarn gallery
    • Plant Dyeing Blog
  • Yarn & Fiber
    • Weaving
    • Spinning
    • Acid Dyeing
    • Plant Dyeing
    • Knitting
    • The Nettle Page
  • Chit Chat
    • Books & reading
    • Thoughts
    • Show-and-tell
    • Links
    • Farm Life
    • Garden
    • Critters

Colour Cottage

~ little house in a field

Colour Cottage

Tag Archives: white

No yarn

06 Sunday Jan 2013

Posted by Pia in Photography

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

high key, Photoshop, snow, trees, white, winter

The weather is too dark and dreary to be taking photos today, so you’ll have to wait a while for the first dye results I promised.

Instead I stumbled across an old photo, it was scanned from a negative many years ago when internet connections were much slower and hard drives a lot smaller, so I don’t have these images any larger.

I never could decide which version I liked the best, how about you? (maybe you don’t like them – that’s ok too)

maxx010a

maxx010b

I have so many negatives, so even if I can’t afford a new camera house when my current fails (hoping not to jinx it here, it’s definitely a senior), I do have image material enough to last me a lifetime of play in Photoshop. I just know I’d miss the thrill of the click…. 😉

Share this:

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

Sunday swatch

30 Sunday Dec 2012

Posted by Pia in Critters, På dansk

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

black, cats, colour, colourways, creativity, green, grey, ice blue, inspiration, kitten, pets, rose, tan, white, yellow

It’s been a while since we had one of these – inspired by my current cat gang. I don’t know what I’ll be using this swatch for yet, something yarny.

sswatch7

En farvepalet inspireret af mine 3 (selv)fede hankatte. Hvad den ellers skal bruges til må tiden vise.

cats2

sswatch7a

Share this:

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

Elvis is in the building!

20 Thursday Sep 2012

Posted by Pia in Critters, Farm Life

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

cat, country life, cute, kitten, pets, white

Or, well, he seems to be turning into an Arthur, actually.

So, once in a while life throws temptations at you. I hope this little fella will like it here and become as good a mouse trapper as the rest of the gang (not including Hannibal who thinks raw food is yucky).

Right now the other two boys, Hannibal and Dalton, are pished and jealoux and just plain offended that a little worm like that is trying to take over their bestest nap spot (AKA me). I do hope Dalton can use him to play and sleep with, because he keeps trying to persuade the old geezer, and he’s just not having any of that sort.

Better photos when he’s settled in a bit.

Share this:

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

Postman was good today

27 Monday Aug 2012

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Knitting, På dansk, Spinning, Yarn and Fiber

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

black, blue, clothing, equipment, grey, moorit, shetland, silk, sweater, tools, white, wool

Brought me a batch of Shetland top from World of Wool for my sweater projects, some silk hankies and a set of extra-fine Valkyrie combs from The Whorl’s End. My homemade crude set with nails just doesn’t always cut it….

Now I can straighten out that blue merino that I accidentally dyed with a bit too much detergent in it, causing some stickyness. I’ll see if I can’t sort it before blending with the other colours for my spinning project.

Nice surprise speedy delivery after a few days under the weather. But at least I’m making progress on my reversible sweater! Which means of course soon I’ll have not 2 sleeves to finish, but 4 once again and at least 3 project in line! I guess I need to recover from my sleeve syndrome…

≈ Leave a Comment

Postmand Per på besøg

Fik lige en dejlig pakke med silk hankies og mere Shetlænder fra World of Wool til mine sweaterprojekter. Og så kom jeg lige til at bestille et par Extra-fine Valkyrie kamme fra The Whorl’s End…

Jeg kom til at farve en tot merino med lidt for meget sæbe i, så det er en anelse filtet. Bare lidt, jeg håber kammene kan løsne det, så jeg kan blande med de andre farver jeg havde planlagt.

Skønt med lidt opmuntring efter et par flade dage på sofaen, men i det mindste har jeg nået lidt på min omvendesweater. Det betyder så bare, at i stedet for at mangle 2 ærmer, bliver der snart 4 igen, og jeg har mindst tre nye projekter i kø! Så jeg må se at komme mig over mit syndrom…

Share this:

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

Tags

acrylic acrylics alpaca appreciation art autumn berries black blogging blue brown cat cats clothing colour colourways cotton country life crafts creativity determination DIY dog dorset dyeing environment equipment exercise experimenting fabric fatigue fiber friday flow flowers forest funyarn garden gardening green greenhouse grey health hexagon hexiflat horses inner conviction inspiration intention kitten leaves life link love loom mad science merino mixed media modifier mordant natural dyeing nature nettles oak orange paint Painting pets Photography Photoshop pink plantefarvning plants procrastination purple quote reading red relax seasons silk snow solar dyeing spring studio suffolk summer sweater tapestry tools trees video weather weaving wildlife winter woad wool writing yarn yarn along yellow

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Colour Cottage
    • Join 729 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Colour Cottage
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: