yarn Archives - Peony and Parakeet

About Art and Knitting

Päivi — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:52:45 +0000

Knitting Through Childhood I learned to knit before school when I was about five years old. Before that, my older sisters had taught me to crochet, but it wasn’t enough. “There will be much more stitches, and they get dropped easily,” they said. But I was determined. I sat in the kitchen with a ball […]

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Can Fine Artists Craft? Can Crafters Make Art?

Päivi — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:11:52 +0000

In this week’s post, I share my newest painting and other creative projects, and talk about linking art and crafts together. Here’s my new painting called “Elämän nälkä – Hunger for Life.” It’s made in acrylics. and the size is 54 x 65 cm (about 21 x 25,5 inches). I started it before my dog […]

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How to Make Folk Bags

Päivi — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:33:02 +0000

Since 2008, I have had a dream: teaching how to design and make folk bags. When I invented the idea of the folk bag, I drew a sketch. That sketch was the first piece in the pile of documentation gathered for the workbook. The workbook has 40 pages and about 100 images. You will be guided from the planning […]

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Writing a Craft Pattern

Päivi — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:33:16 +0000

At first, I should probably give you a warning: I am in the middle of the chaos, this not so organized as my posts usually are! With this post, I invite you to the process of writing a craft pattern. I have had this idea for 6 years and it has become hugely important to me. I […]

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Mixed Media Pie Party

Päivi — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:10:33 +0000

Karelian pies – tears come to my eyes when I remember a childhood memory of my past mother making them. And her story of my grandmother who made a pile of those for her six daughters every Saturday. Just some water, flour, rice and butter was needed. Or well, that’s what I thought before I made […]

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Collage Mittens

Päivi — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:23:35 +0000

I needed new mittens so knitted them using some leftover yarns. But when finished, my knitted mittens looked so plain! Even if I had knitted stripes to make them more interesting. I got an idea: I crocheted embellishments which I sewed on the mittens. Yes, I like them now! Very folk with a modern twist! The […]

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A Decorated Box Using Mixed Media

Päivi — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:15:00 +0000

Trash can become a treasure It was only a small cardboard box but I wanted to take it to the extreme. There’s something extremely satisfying in taking trash and treating it like a treasure. Many times when I draw I miss working with 3-dimensional objects. This time I wanted to enjoy playing with the box […]

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Folk Bag with Imagination

Päivi — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:11:46 +0000

I finished this bag in the summer but have been saving this for blogging. Now when the autumn has come to Finland, showing this feels appropriate. When making this my goal was to create something based on my own style so I created everything myself. All the patterns and ornaments are my own designs. This […]

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Painting With Wool

Päivi — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:18:00 +0000

For a long time I have believed that the most valuable things are those that you can make yourself from start to finish. The question is only, where to start. This project was a very special one as I started with natural white wool. I had the idea of painting with fiber and I thought […]

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