Where rug hooking wool meets imagination
View my progress on “Chalfonte Fantasy,” my room-sized rug in progress
This entry is part 34 of 34 in the series Room Sized RugThe past two days at Sauder Village have exhausted me but I sure got a lot done- about 24 hours of hooking over two days. I hooked all the hit and miss on the left hand side and the corner. The little bit [...]
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This entry is part 33 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug When I am hooking something new for the first time, I just jump in and try a few things. With this rug’s border, I wanted to hook in some more red. So I added red to the largest element, the big scroll [...]
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This entry is part 31 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug3 years, 3 months and 12 days. When I did the calculations I was horrified to find out that it has been 1200 days since I started this rug. The past two years have not seen much progress for many reasons, but partly [...]
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I’ve made some progress today on the border. I did a chunk of the hit and miss and filled in the background in the area between two of the border flowers. I did add my first name in cursive. You can only see it if you are looking for it, but it adds interest to [...]
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A look at the progress on the borders of my room-sized rug and some thoughts about where it might be going.
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Today I decided to make a minor change to the circle border. I changed the inside boundary to a curved line at the corners. This will emphasize the flowers in the corner and give the rug a slightly oval look. I need to make a decision on whether the rug will end with this border [...]
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Here’s what I got done yesterday. I wanted a lighter or brighter yellow to snuggle up to the red lines, but I was limited to my scrap bag. I could not find what I wanted because about a year ago I had removed all the yellow and put them in a separate basket. I tried [...]
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My last post was day 659, but I’ve made a commitment to myself to get more time on my rug. I have been distracted by other responsibilities and other hooking projects, but during the next few months, I am getting back in the groove. If you have been following the blog, you’ve seen my progress [...]
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I finally got some time to work on my room-sized rug. Thank you to everyone who has checked back frequently for updates. My schedule is much clearer for the next few weeks and I should be able to make some progress. I will have to take a break to finish the “Woman with Baby” and [...]
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What keeps me going is hearing from you. Katie sent me these pictures of the rug she is working on. Here’s what she had to say: I’ve been meaning to email you for a while to tell you that I am hooking Antique Floral Runner designed by Emma Lou Lais. I was not crazy about [...]
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