Comments on: Art with My Needle ~ Week 27 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 21:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29896 Grannymar Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:02:32 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29896 Darlene - As I get older I find all the fine work harder no matter what the colour. Time for an eye check up I think! Darlene - As I get older I find all the fine work harder no matter what the colour. Time for an eye check up I think!

]]> By: Darlene http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29894 Darlene Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:17:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29894 This proves once again that you are never too old to learn something new. I had never heard of blackwork. It's sort of like a patchwork quilt done with embroidery thread, I guess. I think it would be hard on the eyes to do, but fun to see the pattern emerging. This proves once again that you are never too old to learn something new. I had never heard of blackwork. It’s sort of like a patchwork quilt done with embroidery thread, I guess.

I think it would be hard on the eyes to do, but fun to see the pattern emerging.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29891 Grannymar Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:51:37 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29891 BHB - It is an optical illusion. Worked flat but the stitching gives a three dimensional look to it! BHB - It is an optical illusion. Worked flat but the stitching gives a three dimensional look to it!

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29890 bikehikebabe Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:48:09 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29890 Is this suppose to look flat??? To me it's a big cube (3 dimensional), made up of 8 small cubes with the 2 top front cubes removed. I'll get my eyes checked. Or my brain? Is this suppose to look flat??? To me it’s a big cube (3 dimensional), made up of 8 small cubes with the 2 top front cubes removed.

I’ll get my eyes checked. Or my brain?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29885 Grannymar Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:58:33 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29885 Magpie - I doubt if our Concertina would have fetched much after my brothers and I all played with it. None of us played any musical instrument. Magpie - I doubt if our Concertina would have fetched much after my brothers and I all played with it. None of us played any musical instrument.

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29884 Magpie11 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:54:17 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29884 A pity as some of them can fetch a lot of dosh! I bought one years ago that needed a lot of work done on the bellows. It cost £25.... if I had had it repaired (£95) I could have sold it for upwards of £600. As it was I was offered £175 ...as I wrote elsewhere. A pity as some of them can fetch a lot of dosh!
I bought one years ago that needed a lot of work done on the bellows. It cost £25…. if I had had it repaired (£95) I could have sold it for upwards of £600. As it was I was offered £175 …as I wrote elsewhere.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29883 Grannymar Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:09 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29883 WWW - It is sometimes known as Spanish work and was mentioned by Chaucer <blockquote>"Hir coler aboute Of cole-blak silk, withinne and eeke withoute -</blockquote> in The Millers Tale, written in the last decade of the fourteenth century. WWW - It is sometimes known as Spanish work and was mentioned by Chaucer

“Hir coler aboute
Of cole-blak silk, withinne and eeke withoute -

in The Millers Tale, written in the last decade of the fourteenth century.

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29882 wisewebwoman Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:40:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29882 Oh I love this, GM, I've done it in knitting. it makes one dizzy to look at it but well worth the effort. I'd never heard of "blackwork". XO WWW Oh I love this, GM, I’ve done it in knitting. it makes one dizzy to look at it but well worth the effort.
I’d never heard of “blackwork”.
XO
WWW

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29879 Grannymar Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:21:21 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29879 Magpie - The buttons are missing! ;) The outline shape always reminds me of a Concertina. We had one many moons ago when I was a child, but I have no idea what happened to it. Vicki - Well, You need good eyesight, patience and determination. Once started I am inclined to get lost in the work. Magpie - The buttons are missing! ;) The outline shape always reminds me of a Concertina. We had one many moons ago when I was a child, but I have no idea what happened to it.

Vicki - Well, You need good eyesight, patience and determination. Once started I am inclined to get lost in the work.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/24/art-with-my-needle-week-27/#comment-29877 Vicki Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:38:25 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6689#comment-29877 Balance, schmalance! This is beautiful! I have a hard time doing this kind of thing with pen and paper; I can't imagine trying it with a needle and thread. xoxo Balance, schmalance! This is beautiful!

I have a hard time doing this kind of thing with pen and paper; I can’t imagine trying it with a needle and thread.

xoxo

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