tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4884096298586146263..comments2024-03-28T20:39:15.991+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-91503733695928856012020-10-25T16:58:07.218+00:002020-10-25T16:58:07.218+00:00Wow that fabric in the Ingres paintings is really ...Wow that fabric in the Ingres paintings is really sumptuous. Thanks for those links, fellow blog readers.<br />Muriel is a very cute sweater - great yoke details.<br />These autumn days are generally feeling very grey here in Toronto (although we have had some flashes of sun on occasion). Bright colours are going to be key this long winter.<br />keep well everyone!<br />Lisa RRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-84085440146665579292020-10-25T16:14:31.855+00:002020-10-25T16:14:31.855+00:00Muriel could easily be worked bottom up - the yoke...Muriel could easily be worked bottom up - the yoke pattern doesn't depend on being worked top down. The after though pocket can be worked either way, as well. Off to look for Ingres!Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-82433529179167375322020-10-25T15:36:30.687+00:002020-10-25T15:36:30.687+00:00Ingres may be the most amazing painter of fabric e...Ingres may be the most amazing painter of fabric ever. See his portrait of Mme de Broglie - Met link here https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459106.<br /><br />-- Gretchen (aka stashdragon)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-58380013756480939292020-10-25T11:12:39.262+00:002020-10-25T11:12:39.262+00:00Jean as usual you have sent me flying off to the I...Jean as usual you have sent me flying off to the Internet. Apparently Ingres was fond of emphasizing both faces and Fabric (of all things) in his paintings. Since Ingres always played second fiddle to Delacroix in my art history classes you have sent me on a delightful journey into the details of his life and art. ChloeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-13733093544559955622020-10-24T20:39:32.124+01:002020-10-24T20:39:32.124+01:00Goodness, yes, those curtains! They look like they...Goodness, yes, those curtains! They look like they're taffeta.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568215693665518362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-25309891516881393052020-10-24T20:03:51.477+01:002020-10-24T20:03:51.477+01:00If only Lily Dale could have followed that philoso...If only Lily Dale could have followed that philosophy! She would have saved us all a lot of trouble.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-42506445706772878402020-10-24T19:27:30.241+01:002020-10-24T19:27:30.241+01:00Do the curtains contain all the colors in the rest...Do the curtains contain all the colors in the rest of the painting? They might.<br />I see a shape resonance between the smoke of Vesuvius and the head, hat, and feather of the lady. I think it's intended as a compliment.<br /><br />Upside-down stitches change where the points and the vee go, which matters when doing patterns in color or texture. Knitting downward from something that was first worked upward will offset the stitches by half a stitch. In the flat it makes a problem at the edges but can be hidden in a seam. It doesn't matter so much in the round, for instance when replacing a worn ribbing.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.com