- Day 1 of rug hooking: Putting the pattern on the backing
- Day 5 Rug Hooking Progress
- Day 5 Rug Hooking Continued
- Day 7 Rug Hooking the rose
- Day 10 Rug Hooking Progress
- Day 22 Rug hooking the scrolls
- Day 35 Still rug hooking the scrolls
- Day 36 My temporary rug hooking set up
- Day 38 of rug hooking: Resolving the Large Leaves
- Day 44 of rug hooking: Rose improvement
- Day 44 Georgia loves my hooked rugs
- Day 050 Rug hooking all weekend
- Day 65 Rug Hooking Progress
- Day 94 Finally got to hook!
- Border progress-Cat’s paw
- Day 94 How to hook crooked loops not straight ones
- Day 99 Circle Border Under Consideration on Room-sized Rug
- Day 275 Progress on border and scroll
- Hooking the circle border
- Day 281 I spent the 4th hooking!
- Back on the border of the room-sized rug
- Day 372 Rug Hooking Progress and Jack
- Day 381 Measurements
- Day 425 Thanksgiving weekend, some progress
- Day 434 Background
- Day 436 Organization
- Day 440 Almost done with center
- Day 442 Center DONE. . . well, almost
- Use and Abuse of Hand Hooked Rug
- Day 1200 Border Design Finalized on Room Sized Rug
- Day 1207 First shot at the final border
- Day 1223 Hooked Rug Border Evaluation
- Day 1232 Hit and Miss Corner on the Room Sized Rug
Turning the corner on hit and miss hooked rug border
The 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 of empty area is now filled in. I took this picture earlier in the day yesterday. I’m glad I did because by the end of the day, I did not have the energy to spread the rug out one more time. I also hooked three rows around the entire rug. This set up the entire hit and miss area so it can be hooked at any time.
I hooked the corner on the right some time ago without any planning. I didn’t want to hook a typical mitered corner. What if I did a sort of woven corner? The idea was good, the execution was not so good. I’ve learned in the past that I need to just jump in and try an idea even if it is not perfect. Often during the execution, I figure out a better way. If nothing else, I figure out what does not work and this corner did not work for me.
For the second corner I planned it a bit more. Still no measuring, just eyeballing. I divided the area into bands and them wove them together. Sounds simple? It took me over an hour of fiddling with scraps of paper to get the overlaps to line up just right on the miter. Thanks for the tape idea, Chris. What added to the complexity of the layout is the fact that the two edges are not the same size but I still wanted a 45 degree angle. More a problem of concentration than anything else. Once I got the layout, the hooking fell into place. I like this corner.
The hook-in was a welcome relief from the winter. Seeing old friends and making new ones was even better. This is Pam, my long-time roommate for all events at Sauder Village. We had a great time, but that’s not unusual. I always enjoy the time we spend together.
The dates for next year: February 3-4, 2012, a Friday and Saturday. We stayed Friday and Saturday night and then drove home during the daylight on Sunday. Several of the girls came in on Thursday, lounging by the pool and hot tub in the evening after a day of antiquing. Sauder will post details on their website as the date nears for next year. I took a quick video of the event. Not really much sound, but it will give you a feel for what it was like. I should have taken it in the evening after everyone warmed up. You would have heard a LOT more laughing and carrying on.
Cindi,
Too bad I can’t hear more than a couple seconds on the video. Looks like a fun time was had by all. Thanks for the close-up detail on the rug corners. Better you hook it than me.
Trisha
Trisha, The video is only seconds long. Not much sound. I didn’t want to intrude on those attending, just give you an idea of what it was like.
I have bee looking at your room size rug Chalfont trying to decide on a design for my own large rug.
Have you finished it yet? the last photo was day 1232
Regards
Leah
You are correct that this is the last post. Combine a heavy workshop schedule with my husband’s heart attack, a few surgeries and other various family crises and you have little time left for hooking. Lately I’ve spent all my time with the website, teaching and doing paperwork. My schedule for the next two years is much lighter. I’ll post as soon as I make some progress.
If nothing else, I am registered for the 2012 Hook-in at Sauder Village in February. Last year I hooked for about 24 hours over the two days.