Have you ever hooked a geometric? I have hooked a couple but must admit when I first started my journey into rug hooking didn't particularly care for them. Yet quilters work with geometrics all the time ~ log cabin style quilts, turning the triangle and diamond shapes into stars, etc.
Now it's time to show you a few of the geometric rugs from the flash drive. The first geometric was listed as circa 1920-49 and measures 38 x 76.
Big and small stars but no other information was provided so age is unknown. Diamonds and triangles, again no other info.
Then you could get more elaborate and do a complicated diamond crisscross geometric. Size is 28.5 x 46 but no date provided. Can't you see a quilter doing this? I sure can but I wouldn't want to work with so many small pieces of cotton fabric, lol. An early 1900's geometric rug using fibers she had, measuring 15.5 x 24.
Another geometric hooked late 19th century.
This geo below displaying diamonds and triangles which take the shape of trees. This design below is very old and I will provide a grid for you to print out and use for your own rug.
Here is the grid you can print out and enlarge to whatever size rug you want, just keep drawing and adding this section of the grid until you get the desired size. As you will see further down, you can make this grid into many different styles, so it is quite versatile ~ again it is OLD and copyright free.
Look at this beauty below using the same grid but hooking it differently. The geometric was dated in the 1900's and measures 35 x 57.
Here is a close up of that style hooking, which might have been a companion to the rug above. Seems like a great way to use up some of those wooly worms and a rug you could stop and start as the wool strips start to multiply again.
A scrappy geometric hit and miss drawn on an angle and without the zig zag shape. And a more organized hit and miss geo. Finally, a hit and miss rug which lends itself to looking like a woven blanket.
Has anyone considered hooking a geometric after seeing this blog post? I hooked the grid design over 10 years ago and you can see the finished post about it HERE. Mine looks somewhat different than those shown on this post. Have fun.
Chilly drizzly day in Delaware and word is the rain might turn into a few flakes. Thankfully not into a LOT of flakes. Happy weekend as you do your final Christmas preparations.
Saundra
Some fun rugs... I like simple diamonds and triangles one and the grid ones. I have only done one true geometric that I recall and that was one of my early rugs...not thrilled with my color choices back then. The hooker down the road has done a LOT of geometrics and some gargantuan ones. When I see them, I'm always tempted...but chuck the idea in short order. For one thing, I don't have a stash of worms like most hookers do (b/c I just don't hook that much...and b/c of an odd habit of mine) and I think my OCD and overthinking issues would be problematic. We got a lot of flakes yesterday...but they only added up to about 4" or so. Much better than the 10" they said were possible. And so Nod will once again have a white Christmas (like there was any really doubt of that....) ~Robin~
ReplyDeleteThe hooker down the road...i love it...lol!
DeleteThe only geometric I have hooked is the "organized" hit and miss as you called it, and I have done several of those. I like the mindlessness.
ReplyDeleteThat one with the trees would make a fun Christmas table runner.
I did one this year ...I took the pattern from my Grandmother's hooked rug , but did totally different colors . It is all hooked and ready to bind , but it is the first rug I hooked that is rolled up in a corner .....maybe after Cmas I will bind it . I have never done that with any hooked piece before .
ReplyDeleteIt's snowing here , we might get only an inch .
I have never did hooked one. I will never say never but at this point not sure I would.
ReplyDeleteOf course I am sick of the one I am working on right now.
Cathy
I'm looking for inspiration for a geometric that also uses up lots, I mean lots, of worms. I love a good scrappy rug, and quilt.
ReplyDeleteI'm partial to geometrics so thank you for the grid...maybe one day. I have a piece of linen - someones start and pull out - so I drew squares and rectangles on it and am currently hitting & missing on it. I thought it would be mindless and it really is except for the fact I am picking through my worms for the colors I want instead of using whatever. At least I don't have to worry about the design.
ReplyDeleteI'm back after looking at your older post. I love it. Yes afghan reference made me chuckle. It's cheerful!
ReplyDeleteI used to like some geometric mats,,,
ReplyDeleteI have hooked a few,,,mostly scrappy styles,,,,
Love seeing them,,,
Another 5 inches last night,,
We will have a white Christmas 🎄🎄
Elaine
IF I were to take up rug hooking, I think the first or last one could pull me in. I do not need another yet hobby with all it's supplies. I might think how to make those as a quilt. Especially the first one would be transferable to fabric.
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