Comments on: About Art and Knitting https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95387 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:17:28 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95387 In reply to Helen Sanford.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Helen!

]]> By: Helen Sanford https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95386 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:06:50 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95386 I feel that combining different aspects of art–for it is all art–in one form or another–I don’t knit–but crochet–over the years I have tried my hand at many different forms of art–they feed me–without it all–I am just empty–so onward and upward to all artistic expression–they make us whole
Thank you for your inspiration–magical

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95383 Sat, 06 Mar 2021 19:52:56 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95383 In reply to Saundra Weed.

Thanks for sharing, Sandra! I like to quilt too. I sometimes say that there’s “taiteilija” and “työteilijä” in me, “taiteilija” meaning “artist” and työteilijä, a funny word, not quite Finnish but something like “workist” who likes to quilt and knit.

]]> By: Saundra Weed https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95382 Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:01:11 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95382 For me it’s sewing “scrap quilts” . Sometimes it leads to new color combinations I never would have thought of on my own. A relaxed state of mind is achieved as I grab random strips of fabric to sew together. Also I’m using a different set of muscles , and a different room (so a new viewpoint) in my life. There has always been a suggestion for artists to “do something different” to renew their art. Usually they suggest taking a walk or going to a gallery, but I think sewing or knitting gives a lot of us the quiet, relaxing, thinking time to allow us to enter the studio with a new perspective !

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95363 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:01:50 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95363 In reply to Andrea R Huelsenbeck.

Thanks, Andrea!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95362 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:01:39 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95362 In reply to Ann.

Thank you, Ann! It’s wonderful to hear that you have enjoyed Floral Freedom! Fair isle is my favorite and I like lace knitting too.

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95361 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:00:33 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95361 In reply to Heather T..

Thank you, Heather!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95360 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:00:22 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95360 In reply to Suzi Shapiro.

Thanks for commenting, Suzy! Yes, needlework is much tougher for hands than painting. I am glad you can still create!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95359 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:58:05 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95359 In reply to Cristy.

Thank you, Cristy! Crochet is fun too, and it’s good to have a lot of yarn after a surgery. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95358 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:55:50 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95358 In reply to Wendy Holmgren.

Thank you, Wendy!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95357 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:55:38 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95357 In reply to Irene Urban.

Thanks, Irene! We definitely experience this similarly! Knitting is a good old friend, but art a more challenging and adventurous partner!

]]> By: Andrea R Huelsenbeck https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/about-art-and-knitting/#comment-95356 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:58:48 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20584#comment-95356 I love your beautiful sweaters! Don’t tell me they aren’t art.

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