Getting the pattern drawn on the backing for my room sized rug takes all day of Day 1.
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Room Sized Rug
I documented step by step my progress while hooking my room-sized rug. This series will allow you to read the entries from beginning to end.
Day 5 Rug Hooking Progress
This entry is part 2 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug Rug hooking on my room sized rug has gone fairly easy so far, but I did my home work before I started. I knew how the motifs hooked up and how all the wools worked together by doing several “study” pieces. I [...]
Read More...Day 5 Rug Hooking Continued
This entry is part 3 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug I took the rug downstairs. This was no easy task. The backing alone weighs 20 pounds! I wanted to be sure that the rug was going in the direction I wanted. You can see my couch with the footstool in front of [...]
Read More...Day 7 Rug Hooking the rose
This entry is part 4 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug I am not happy with the rose. I will try to hook it another way when I do another. For now, it will stay as it is. If I rip it out now, I will not have a record of what DOES [...]
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Day 22 Rug hooking the scrolls
This entry is part 6 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug I really like to hook the scroll. I am using two rows of random golds filled with my favorite gold/green combination. A darker vein down the center gives some definition. I am still experimenting with which wool to use for the vein.
Read More...Day 35 Still rug hooking the scrolls
This entry is part 7 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug The design of this scroll is based on the porch supports at the Chalfonte Hotel in Cape May, NJ. I fell in love with this hotel and the area the first year I taught at the Rugs by the Sea rug camp. [...]
Read More...Day 36 My temporary rug hooking set up
This entry is part 8 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug I actually rearranged this corner of the living room. This way I can hook whenever I have a few spare moments. They really add up. The wire shelving is the same shelving I use in the studio. It can be set up [...]
Read More...Day 38 of rug hooking: Resolving the Large Leaves
This entry is part 9 of 34 in the series Room Sized Rug The large leaf motif is one that I have not hooked in my study pieces so this was new territory. I hooked the two shown first. I added two different wools around the veins just to break up the area. The fill [...]
Read More...Day 44 of rug hooking: Rose improvement
Sometimes just a small change can change a motif such as a rose dramatically. Check out the before and after for the roses on my room-sized rug.
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