Today I moved my attention to the area in the lower right. Jane Halliwell Green does a technique called shagging. It’s related to proddy or sculpting. I’m not sure how she came up with the name, but it reminds me of shag carpeting so maybe that is it.
Once I started trimming the loops, I liked the contrast of the wild part at the bottom. Time will tell if it stays. For now, I’m moving on.
I hooked more on the tree and sky, finishing the upper right area. I have not added any other wools. I continued to use the two spot dyes I dyed up earlier. Looks like it may be OK just the way it is.
I added a small patch of flowers behind the trunk of the birch tree. It helps to give the birch tree a sense of distance and it balances out the blue in the lower left. I hooked this using two #4 cut strips at the same time, twisting and turning them so the green and blue did not line up perfectly. I used two different greens and so far, two different blues.
Here’s what the whole piece looks like so far:
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Thank you Cindi, I liked your “sky method”, so easy and turns out great! I am using it in my landscape of a family oil painting that was painted by my great great grandmother of their family homestead, a log cabin in N. Dakota in the mid 1800’s.
My favorite thing about this method is that it works for everyone. You don’t need any special talents, just put the right value in the right zone. I’d love to see a picture of your rug when you are ready to share.