Rughooking a face: How to hook the eye

When I begin a new project, I try to use all the colors right away.  Here I have a bit of the value I intend to use for hair on the left.  This is actually a piece of dark green wool.  It is there to help me see the value that I will use later.

I hooked the face values on the forehead first and then I  hooked the eye just before I took the picture. I needed a bit of a warm up before I hooked the most important part, in this case, the eye.

To hook the eye I follow these steps:

• Hook the upper lash line with a dark wool.  I used a dark brown herringbone.
• Hook the iris.  This is rarely a full circle.  The top part is usually cut off by the upper lash line.
• Hook the lower lid using a face color.  This can be light, medium or dark, depending on how you shade the face.
• Fill the pupil with a dark.
• Fill the whites of the eye with white.  I used a white herringbone texture that is far from white.
• Add the highlight.