Saturday, March 16, 2013

Stuck

That linen rug pattern that I was hooking on a few weeks ago did not belong to me. It was The Mister's. I priced one of my own but-ouch, they are expensive. I can draw a bit so I thought that I might buy some blank burlap and come up with my own design. It couldn't be that hard. Right?



Wrong. This is as far as I got.  Maybe I better start with something small. Very small. If you want to see what has inspired and terrified me at the same time look here. I dare you.


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  1. AnonymousMarch 16, 2013 at 1:11 AM

    They're beautiful! But what a commitment! Looks like it would take quite a while to finish one. Very cool though. Can't wait to see what design you come up with.

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  2. GuzzisueMarch 16, 2013 at 5:55 AM

    Hi , rug hooking with wool or fabric? The site that you linked to had some amazing work on it ! One of my wheels has a hooked rug to sit on as we had to look at various rug making methods whilst studying creative embroidery.

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    1. AraigneeMarch 16, 2013 at 9:50 AM

      It's wool I'll be using when I get the courage to start!

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  3. UnknownMarch 16, 2013 at 9:44 PM

    just jump in there you can draw on graph paper and get out the big box of crayolas.....badabing badaboom....start hooking. Love the rugs on that site.

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  4. GuzzisueMarch 17, 2013 at 5:13 AM

    I used fabric, old cotton cot blankets picked up at a local flea market then dyed and worked into hessien, great fun and produced a heavy rug which will hopefully last for years, somehow don't think I would have the patience for wool :-)

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    1. AraigneeMarch 17, 2013 at 11:17 PM

      I should have said wool fabric. I am such a newbie that until I saw a video on You Tube of someone doing this with roving just now, I had no idea it could be done. You are right about patience. There would be no way I would be doing that!

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