Suzanne Russell Art
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Townet
“Before embarking on any course of action, it’s always useful to question why you’re actually doing it, what you’d like to get out of it and how you feel about it.” (Conscious Creativity, Philippa Stanton) I knit a lot. I know what I’m doing, I know how to fix mistakes in ways that don’t always…
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Spairick
When this bird first visited us I presumed it was a female Sparrowhawk, but today as I am collecting thoughts to write I notice again the blue beak, and I realise it is a juvenile. I looked again at my other photos, and some paler spots on the bird’s back also confirm it’s a juvenile.…
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Serpent Star
I walked for five and a half miles this morning. This used to be a daily habit, but in recent times that habit has fallen away a bit since my walking companion was unable to join me. There are moments of sadness now as I try to start up my habit again, but I take…
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Hand Painted Sock Yarn First Attempt
I have been itching to try my hand at this for a while. I bought a couple of books on hand dyeing, and I’ve been watching videos on YouTube, and last week I ordered a kit. It arrived on Tuesday evening, and, as per my usual, I spent my free time on Wednesday circling and…
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No Pattern Sock University
I’m on a mission to learn everything there is to learn about knitting socks. My knowledge base is fairly extensive, but I haven’t necessarily knitted every technique that i have read about. Feeling confident after completing my Kai Mei socks, I decided to get right out of my comfort zone and try to make a…
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Forward Footing
I have returned to my obsession with knitting socks. I’m not really sure why I haven’t been knitting socks, but I have only completed one solitary sock in the last several years. It was a beauty, but it remains alone, awaiting its partner. This spring I began collecting sock yarn again, and ideas began to…
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Photo Challenge #2 / A Small World
I was going to choose the prompt “Round/Square”, but looking at the list, I quite like “A Small World”. I have spent the day rooting around in my creative room sorting through beads and jewellery things. It surprised me to realise that we have been in this house for three years and most of the…
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Vanilla
I like vanilla ice-cream, and I like vanilla as an ingredient in cooking, but when I read this prompt, the meaning of “vanilla” that came to mind was the one where “vanilla” is used to describe sex, and from there developed into a general insult meaning boring, unexciting, plain, safe. Safe, now there’s a word…
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Photo Challenge #1 / More Please!
“Sea glass bottle stopper” / Theme: More please! Joining in with a Photography Challenge on Of Maria Antonia’s blog. I chose this photo not for artistic merit, but because it captures a moment in time. Wandering along the beach on the first walk of the year, on New Year’s Day, and my first beach treasure…
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My favourite quote ~ Maya Angelou
365 Days of blog prompts ~ “Quote me ~ Do you have a favourite quote that you return to again and again? What is it, and why does it move you?” “I decided many years ago to invent myself. I had obviously been invented by someone else – by a whole society – and I…
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Resolved
Once I kept a resolution about losing weight, but what I learned about other people’s attitudes to a woman losing weight made me resolve not to discuss losing weight on social media… Yesterday I wrote on this blog that I wasn’t making any resolutions because they usually end up as a Things Not Done list.…
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Stroke of Midnight Hogmanay
For the first time in as long as I can remember, I struggled to get excited about Hogmanay, the Bells, and the New Year. Social media was full of positive posts brimming with hope, and I felt the pull to pretend, but I am committed to not people-pleasing, because I have done quite enough of…
Thrummie Bizzum 