Monday 24 January 2011

Two Beginnings

In her Boro workshop, Jude has introduced the idea of weaving ombre style.....  

and I'm find this fascinating.

Today we had to venture out in a windy snowstorm and REALLY cold temperatures...
to the Dentist of all places.  
In his waiting room I started stitching on the rusty gate... 
My plan is not to add to the design and complicate things, 
but to add the texture of simple stitch...

This will be a slow meditative piece.
So far I am liking the narrow trails being left between the rows of stitch.
Posted by Picasa
Posted by at
Labels: , , ,

12 comments:

  1. novembergrass24 January 2011 at 11:54

    These simple rows of stitching (and the space in between) are lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  2. deanna7trees24 January 2011 at 12:13

    loving that rusty gate. amazing how just stitching can add so much appeal. i'm itching to try the ombre but i don't want to wind up with a bunch of pieces that just sit in a pile. i'm trying to 'limit' and 'finish' this year, but i love the ones you have shown.

    ReplyDelete
  3. grace Forrest~Maestas24 January 2011 at 12:33

    penny...the blue is close to
    the "diagonal" i want to look for.
    THANKS for this...it will help
    me a lot!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Storycloth24 January 2011 at 13:52

    I love the colours in your weavings- you have (as always) brought vivacity to cloth. Gilly

    ReplyDelete
  5. gerfiles24 January 2011 at 16:38

    Yes, I too like the trails between the rows... - allows the fabric to breathe...

    ReplyDelete
  6. Lynda Howells24 January 2011 at 17:47

    so simple and so beautiful and l am sure it helped to pass the time away while at dentist's. Hope it was not too painfulxxlynda

    ReplyDelete
  7. kaiteM24 January 2011 at 18:43

    yes i can see that little path, i should take a wander along it...or plant some trees beside it...k.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Catherine V. Bainbridge24 January 2011 at 21:33

    HI Penny,

    I love the narrow spaces and the stitching!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Penny25 January 2011 at 12:10

    "...a slow meditative piece", isn't that always the very best kind?

    ReplyDelete
  10. Els25 January 2011 at 15:14

    Love the two woven pieces!
    The other one with the stitches is promissing ...do you do the stitching in a hoop??

    ReplyDelete
  11. Penny Berens26 January 2011 at 08:40

    The few rows of stitch I've managed to do so far are a bit too pale looking at a distance. I want to make the trails between stitches more of a feature. Off to look for more colour in my threads.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Judy Martin27 January 2011 at 09:23

    Beautiful minimalist stitching, Penny.
    And, I was also very fascinated by your miksang photography - lovely.

    So looking forward to next week!!!

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to comment, your thoughts are most welcome.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)