This is the pattern, thread and beads I will use to finish the trim - by default. I wanted to use the same turquoise that is in the motif, but ran out. So, I picked this colour, from the giveaway stash, as it is the closest match.
I had planned to tat Ruth Perry's edging, but it is overwhelming for the little hat. Nice pattern though.
Motif Challenge #10
Once again, the coffee shop helped alleviate the tedium of the simple border.
It was there that I began to think of this, while I was tatting the border:
A number of years ago, I took an Arscura art course about colour from a local Beach artist; it was illuminating. Though I was not into an art, (except always photography) or craft-type endeavour, I was hoping the lessons would stimulate my writing as that is what I was immersed in at the time. It did. I learned a lot about my craft, and about myself during this amazing course.
Lately, those lessons have been popping back into in my thoughts, and all the stuff that I learned in an unusual way - as this is Rudolph Steiner's methodology - is becoming useful all these years later in a completely different medium.
The blueberry was on the table and I kept looking at it, wondering what it was trying to say to me. Then, I realized that the problems I have been having with purples and lilacs and mauves are all solved by that little berry.
I know when I add berries to my oatmeal and they heat up, the oatmeal around the berry turns blueish till I further disturb the cereal with a spoon to reveal the pinky-lilac colour leaking out closer to the berry...
Aha! BLUE + RED = PURPLE!
I realize that regular colour class will teach this as a rule, but I learned this experientially, and so I now know that when I mix the oatmeal, I actually see the blue and the red in the porridge. The infamous blue-purple and red-purple dilemma is now solved for me, as I never could figure why purple was a cold or a warm colour, a red tone or a blue one.!
It all makes sense and oatmeal is smart.
I know when I add berries to my oatmeal and they heat up, the oatmeal around the berry turns blueish till I further disturb the cereal with a spoon to reveal the pinky-lilac colour leaking out closer to the berry...
Aha! BLUE + RED = PURPLE!
I realize that regular colour class will teach this as a rule, but I learned this experientially, and so I now know that when I mix the oatmeal, I actually see the blue and the red in the porridge. The infamous blue-purple and red-purple dilemma is now solved for me, as I never could figure why purple was a cold or a warm colour, a red tone or a blue one.!
It all makes sense and oatmeal is smart.
Anon,
Ah, blueberries! And I thought they were just delicious! Who knew there was a lesson to be learned? : )
ReplyDeleteEating oatmeal is good for the mind!! Neat thought!!
ReplyDeleteLove the edging and the colours go really well. As for Blueberry's one word YUM!
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ReplyDeleteMy husband is in Canada tonight (way out west) and will have a cup like yours in the morning. He mentioned going to Tim Horton's and was surprised I even had a clue about the place. Thanks for keeping us apprised on the local flavor (blue berries included)!
That's a pretty edging for the hat! I really like the Ruth Perry edging, but can see that it would be too much for that tiny hat.
:) Ann
lessons learned when you figure it out for yourself will stay with you longer and mean more then lessons learned by listening to a teacher talk. congrats on figuring out the differences in purples. the same goes for greens too- yellow, or blue.
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