Cindi Gay Rug Hooking
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Jane wanted a footstool pattern with sunflowers and crows that she could hook in a large cut, 9 or 9.5. After some fiddling and talking back and forth, this is the first of the new sunflower …
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Choosing the right wool is all about choosing the right value. Color is important, but value is what makes it work. Look at these wools I pulled off the shelf to hook a pine tree. Will they work? The …
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Enjoy this animated rug show from the Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild. Not your usual slide show. I wonder what my rugs would look like animated like this? They really come to life. The show is …
How to hook a regular sky I use an easy method with my specially dyed sky wool to hook a normal day time sky. The method is described in detail in Pine Trees, Grass and Sky. This method does not …
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I received a call from Rhonda Smith about dyeing wool for a sunset sky. An image popped in my mind. I asked her to mail me the photo she had in mind (colors do not always translate well in emails …
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I introduced this pattern this fall. Since then I've color planned it several times. As with anything you do often, you begin to see patterns. I decided to share the method I am using to color plan …
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OK, by appointment is not exactly an open house, but what else would I call it? I am making the studio available during the Thanksgiving weekend, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 and Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. …
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(Almost) instant gratification. I designed this rug pattern for Karen. She described what she wanted during our time together at Cedar Lakes rug camp in May of this year. The plan was to hook it at …
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Diane was among the first to hook my new rug hooking pattern, Floral Tangle, certainly the first one I've seen finished. Diane asked for a complete color plan for Cape May's Rugs by the Sea rug camp …
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