WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

Finally the reveal of the entire project I'm working on and the antique rug from which I drew the pattern.  As you can see there is a lot more for me to hook but it is still fun.  I named it "Animals Great and Small" and drew it out to appox. 20 x 45.  It isn't overwhelmingly big and can still mostly use #8.5 wool strips.

Haven't decided yet whether or not to pull out the cat wool or that between the legs and tail.  Jury is still out on at this point just want to move forward before taking steps backward.

Below is the antique rug which was difficult to get true shapes of the animals since there were rows of hooking in different colors around them.

On my rug I've chosen to hook a thinner and darker red row around the animals so it doesn't overpower the animal or make the rug too bright for my primitive taste.  When starting to hook the star I did an entire light outline around it before hooking the gold.  Didn't like that and ripped it out before going too far.  Perhaps my wool was too light but wasn't in the mood to dilly dally, lol.

Today was rather mild but still have iced snow in the shady areas.  Haven't listened to the weather this evening but yesterday this area was to get rain, change to snow and 1-3" more of that despicable white stuff with single digit temps next week.  Ain't winter lovely?  NOT.

Saundra

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