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A Day in the Country rug pattern.
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A Day in the Country rug pattern.
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I can't believe this myself, but have just finished whipping the edge of A Day in The Country, a design by Tonya Robey.
Again...hallelujah; it is a day I've been waiting for since starting it at a camp in November 2015. It still needs to be steamed from the back to soften, ease and smooth the ripples of the yarn at the edge. This is a pattern/kit I've had for quite some time so it is nice to see it finished.
Must give credit to the yarn wool used for the whipped edge. That wool was a gift given me by a departed hooker and spinner friend Lesley Coveney. I'm not a spinner but those of you who are will understand that the tag attached to the hank of yarn was "Romney fleece, "Princess", and was dyed with Pro-Chem "Brick".
Kris and Lauren, you were right.... there was plenty of yarn to whip the edge of this rug and some left over.
Now waiting in the wings is binding the sheep rug. That one won't jave a yarn whipped edge but will be bound. Stay tuned to see that one and what is next on my frame.
Saundra
YAH! The rug A Day in the Country will be finished within the year of 2015. Perhaps it won't be bound right away, but will be all hooked. There's just a little more of the ground at the bottom to hook and then steaming. Then it will 'cure', lol, for a while until it is bound. I hate binding in case you don't remember me saying that before.
Then I'll work my itty bitty buns off to finish the sheep rug which was started before Cape May rug camp. This is how the picture looked like posted on my blog just before leaving for camp this past September.
Heavens, there wasn't much hooked at the posting in September before camp compared to what it looks like now. So I must have accomplished some hooking on the ferry ride to Cape May and the night before starting Nantucket Broom Ride. But still a lot to do to finish the sheep by 2015 end.
And for those of you wondering what I'm doing covering the Flag Day Sheep pattern from Woolley Fox, this is what my goal is.
To set the record straight, I've hooked numerous Americana designs, several patterns which have flags on them so I am definitely pro America. But those sheep images are so close but facing different directions that think I'd prefer a rug similar to the bottom. Besides, that was an adorable rug I recall seeing in the classroom area the first year at Barb's and fell in love.
Today I gave a gift to a friend of mine, Jon, who admires hooked rugs and likes my work. He has a cat named Dax and saw an adaptation of an antique mat I was working on (the bottom one in the picture below). Jon commented that he loved it, reminded him of his cat and if I ever decided to sell please let him know.
Well Jon makes minimum wage and is the caretaker for his mother so decided to hook another just for him. It is the top mat which I gifted Jon today and he was very happy ~ which made me happy.
All my gifts are wrapped and will spend Christmas day with my son, Cathy and grandson Zach. Hope you can enjoy the Christmas eve tomorrow before the hustle bustle of Christmas Day arrives.
Saundra
The last couple days I've been test driving my new Acadian Frame. It is beautifully made with a nice patina (mine is Cherry wood), swivels 180* and tilts forward and backward. The frame measures 15" x 21" and really like the longer length as it requires less movement of the design. The grippers really grip and so far haven't missed using the Snapdragon.
I've been hoping to get this rug finished so that I can move onto the UFO sheep which was started just before Cape May rug camp this past September. Since both of these were started in 2015 really really wanted them finished in the same year. A Day in the Country might be finished in 2015 but guess the sheep will have a date of 2016 on it.
Since this rug won't be finished by tomorrow to show more progress, will post some pictures of antique rugs recently found on the internet.
Seems that with my lack of posting daily I've lost a couple followers....sad. Unfortunately I take it to heart and wonder what I may have said (or didn't) to make someone 'UN-friend' me.
It takes some effort to go remove your name from someone's blog. I follow so many folks that I wouldn't know where to go to remove my name if I wanted to (which I don't). Yeah, I do wish some of my favorite blogs would post more often but realize life gets in the way, particularly this time of the year ~ but no reason for me to remove my name as a follower.
Enjoy your weekend baking, cooking, wrapping gifts or whatever it is you're busy doing to prepare for Christmas.
Saundra
Actually this might be the fourth or fifth look but who's counting? I wanted to see if the smidge of gold at the bottom in a flower might make a difference. And, wanted to see if I liked my front fence gate change so hooked some background around that area too. Think I'll put a little more gold in the other flowers at the bottom next hooking.
Just for comparison, in case you don't remember (like me) it is always nice to compare the last version to the new one. As you can see there is a little more progress made on the rug above. I think the gate will be okay like this with the slant from corner to corner vs. the kit picture. If you scroll down a little you can see the original kit and the creative liberties I took.
And......not sure if you noticed but I also changed out a few short centers of the top left flower. The pink shows up much better and is how Tonya (MadHenPrims) originally hooked the design.
Stay tuned to see progress. I'm not quite 3/4 done with the hooking but am anxious to get it done and place it on my floor. I've the perfect spot for it and the kit has been a long time waiting to be finished.
Have a great evening and hope all of you are finished with Christmas shopping and now getting in the groove of wrapping the presents. Last year I didn't wrap my presents until Christmas eve day. YUCK. Not this year, they are all wrapped.
Saundra
Started hooking the picket fence on my project A Day in the Country by Tonya Robey. A little creative licence was taken on two flowers and also the fence gate. Not sure if I'm happy with the fence gate change or not so thought a photo to review on my blog would be a good way to check it out. But now realize I should have hooked more around the gate to be sure. Therefore more needs to be hooked before I decide.
Below is the original hooked piece Tonya hooked as her master sample for the design and you can see the fence gate and other flowers below. As I'm comparing the two pieces and rug color choices think that I might re-hook a couple flower stems on the left side. First will be the S shaped one at the top left and will make it more like the leaves at the top of the tree.
AND... think I'll hook in a more pink wool provided like Tonya used in her rug for that dangling flower. Funny how you don't notice stuff when you're so close to it and hooking.
Another interesting note...... when I copied and pasted the last picture from Tonya's web site notice the size of her pattern/kit is 16 x 26. So perhaps the kit I purchased from ebay was a special purchase size as the one I'm working on is 25 1/2 x 35.
Have a great evening everyone, will bore you (hopefully) with an update on my changes and additions tomorrow.
Saundra
I've just turned the bottom left corner and looking forward to filling in then heading toward the front fence.
I really like...love, the red scallop border against the primitive dark background. Also like the mustard colored house ~ but, the one thing that bothers me is that I feel a bit of mustard should be elsewhere in the rug. Had thought about using some in the larger flowers already hooked. Now thinking it should be a tail, loop, tail in the center of a couple of the lollipop flowers at the bottom. At least the mustard would have a showing elsewhere in the rug and satisfy my quest of an early lesson when first starting to hook. That lesson was to have the same color show up at least 3 different places in the rug to make the eye follow.
If anyone is interested in purchasing the pattern or kit you can contact MadHenPrims. As mentioned previously, I chose to not have the wool cut so that I could cut whatever size suited me at the time. Sometimes I like a smaller cut to fill in a sliver of an open space but my go to cut size now is #8.5.
Hope you have a great warm and comfy evening.
Saundra
Not sure why progress on this rug is taking so long. Could be Christmas shopping, maybe family business appointments taking me away from home. Oh, the leaves... let us not forget those which have used up hours of my time. And soon coming up are my annual physical appointments so surely want this rug done soon!
The pattern I'm working on is called "A Day in the Country" and designed by Tonya Robey. Here is what it looks like now. When the kit was purchased I requested not have the wool cut in strips. At that time I was hooking #8 strips. Now, as my hooking of the dark background continued wasn't sure there would be enough dyed black for the sky left since my strips were now #8.5 and uses a tad more wool.
My first thought is that I'd have to write Tonya and order a bit more black wool. BUT.... decided to pull out my container of primitive black and dang if I didn't find some wool I'd over dyed eons ago which matched perfectly. I didn't tag it but am sure it was a black dye over tan wool. And since I wanted a mottled look chose to not stir the pot much.
I love the red scallop border and how it frames the piece.
Have a great evening everyone and so sorry I've been an absent blog poster.
Saundra
I know you've all been waiting with bated breath (sure ya have, lol) to see what my camp project looks like. Okay, it's time for the big reveal. BUT, be forewarned it isn't anywhere near done. The design A Day in the Country (by Mad Hen Prims) measures 26 x 35 and I've been busy since being home from camp less than a week ago.
This is what little I'd accomplished since Wednesday (the throw down day). Hey, it was fun chatting with pals and usually I look at my communicator when talking. Now that I'm looking at this piece notice my choice of roof wool might not work. Yeah, I chose a different wool for the roof than was part of the kit but maybe I should re-think that....ya think?
For tonight I'll hook a bit more on this but tomorrow will put this aside and work more on my Out Of Hand Challenge rug since there is a deadline for that.
Have a great evening and can you believe Thanksgiving and Christmas is so CLOSE?? I can't grasp it has been a year since but the weather will soon be a reminder. And Kim..... you can keep that "S" stuff.
Saundra
I've been so busy designing and drawing patterns that I forgot what day it was ~ haven't even pulled one loop yet today. I thought it was Wednesday and it isn't ~ tomorrow is Friday. TGIF for you worker bees. Guess that is why days just float by as every day is a weekend for me.
So that means my next rug camp in Ocean City, MD is just 9 days and a wake-up away. Thankfully I've an easy pre-planned rug to take. The rug is called A Day in the Country.
Actually it is a kit designed by Tonya Robey (MadHenPrims) which I purchased a few years ago and never hooked. Here is a picture of all the wool still in the shipping box and the pattern.
Her wool is overdyed and I'll take some worms in a few colors as well as textures to add here and there. But will try to keep her cute whimsy alive. So this will be an easy peasy fun and relaxed camp.
AND...... coming up in a future post ~ that is when I can get it in with pattern drawing ~ are some great newbie hooker questions. Questions I had when first starting and had forgotten over the years. That is why I love it when newbie hookers ask. And there is one gal who helps me keep my blog alive! Love ya for it Julie!!
