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Practice in Action

11/20/2017

 
Here is my third "practice knot," done quickly in one of my journals.  The lines are wonky but given how quickly I did it I'm pleased.  I copied this from a handout I got from my friend (and teacher of drawing knots) Sadelle Witshire.  The fact that it's a direct copy may not sound like much, but it's the first time I actually figured out (from looking at a finished knot) what the actual steps for drawing should be.  That felt like a solid accomplishment!
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GRAPHITE, MICRON 03, RAINBOW LEAD PENCIL.
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I've been busy at home, continuing to unpack and sort things out.  I treated the guest room wall to a new hand-painted mirror from the Sawmill River Arts Gallery, a wonderful artist owned spot.

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And in sorting some things out in the basement, I located a long-lost, large quantity of linen  for rug hooking--many, many yards.  I'd bought a whole roll of this with a friend and we split the roll.  Probably at least five years ago. 

And then, oddly, we each proceeded to lose the linen.  It disappeared in each of our houses, and no matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find it.  How do you lose a huge amount of linen?  But we did, and eventually we began to wonder if the idea that we had ever bought it and split the purchase was some form of folie a deux. 

However, I found mine last week.  We have proof!  And better yet, I can now use it.  Hurrah! 

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And finally, I'm happy to be reading this:  Reckless Daughter, a Joni Mitchell biography, a loan from our excellent library that I've been waiting for.

A pretty good few days here.

AE link
11/22/2017 09:44:21 am

Oh my! I love that knot. i am impressed.
Glad to see you blogging after the "broken wrist" episode.

M
11/22/2017 10:25:53 am

thank you. i was amazed, frankly! as it turns out, knots are all linework. i keep thinking you would enjoy this too, since you love linework. once i get more comfortable doing them, i plan to combine them with tangling. i hope i hope.

Sadelle Wiltshire link
11/27/2017 02:43:32 pm

D the knot is especially wonderful in that you figured out how it was made. I'm so glad my course/s and worksheets were helpful and I am looking forward to seeing more of your lovely knots!

M
11/27/2017 04:55:27 pm

...and I am looking forward to your next course! But yes, I was amazed and thrilled that I could figure out how you made this one. I say I can't wait for the next course but really I have plenty of work from your worksheets to keep me busy for a bit.


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