well i finally picked up the needle today, sat by a warm stove and stitched a little color into winter's heart. pale and hardly noticeable. it is funny when you are dealing with the elements of extreme contrast, how color can get lost. i remember when weaving i learned that white didn't have to be white when used against black. in fact pale yellow always looks white against a dark color. i use that idea a lot now, substitution, white not being white and even black not being black... you can give your work more mystery by loosening that concept.
unless you get right up close and personal with a cloth, you might not notice the seemingly white edge is really a pale green. but you can sense something happening.
...if you didn't get closer you might not notice that even after all the layers, how the light can still pass through a cloth. the days are getting longer and winter is becoming thinner.
