On my previous blog post I said I'd hooked five lion rugs so thought I'd review my past lion projects and count them. You will surely see the evolution of my rug hooking journey as my rug and color choices have changed over the years. These previously hooked rugs will show that.
My first lion was a design by Tonya of Mad Hen hooked 2005. Those aren't my colors now, nor the whimsy. Ended up selling the rug when doing shows as I was going thru a divorce and figured I could use the money if for nothing else, to help pay for rug camp.
So the following year, 2006 I hooked Rufus the Lion, a Bev Conway design and hooked it in her class. I still have this rug but it is upstairs in my wool room as the colors don't quite fit in my living space any longer.
During 2012 I hooked two lion rugs. Lion in the Woods is my adaptation of an antique rug which I hooked at home.
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And this Lion in the Trees pattern was kindly given to me by Evelyn Lawrence and is an antique adaptation by Port Primitives. It was color planned in a class with Barb Carroll.
My fifth lion was hooked at home in 2016 and is an adaptation of an antique red lion rug. I tried to get close to the antique colors. Sure do love a blotchy background!
Now there are six lion rugs, as this one is Birthday Lion, a design by Bill Laraway. I couldn't find a photo of the rug in my flash drive so began to question my mental state ~ did I hook it or do I "think" I hooked it?? So did a google search on my blog and voila. Here it is and I really did hook it, whew. But have no clue where it is and I'm not about to turn the house upside down looking for it.
And then there were seven lion rugs I hooked. Below is my adaptation of an antique I named Bespeckled Lion because the antique rug seemed to show the lion with googlie eyes or wearing spectacles. Also tried to get the colors close to the original on this one.
Happy hooking and/or binding.
Saundra
Is it called a pride now lol. Great group of rugs!
ReplyDeleteCathy
Ha ha...a pride to be proud of! That be a LOTTA lions!! I've never hooked even one - but I love yours. It's hard to pick a favorite - but I think my top two are your first one and the one that's MIA. Surprised you, didn't I??
ReplyDeleteI am working on Lion rug #2. The first one was a Caroline Twigg lion pattern. At the rate I am going #2 won’t be hooked for a long time…sigh.
ReplyDeleteLove all your fun lions, but yes, your colors certainly have changed.
Lauren
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