Motivated To Finish

I've become very motivated to hurry and finish binding Bird Dog and complete hooking Winter Buddies as there's a new rug in my horizon.  Only the short side remains to be whipped and another steaming to complete Bird Dog.

Am close to pulling the last loops on Winter Buddies then will be just this one to bind when starting the next project.  

The timing is working well with just 8 days away before the next project to begin on the 15th (you ready Lauren? 😁)  You all know the project is a Granny Donaldson cow blanket design I've chosen for myself.  So you've got time to decide if you'd like to join us.  In case there are new visitors or if you've forgotten you can read about it HERE and choose a design to replicate.

As always......happy hooking.

Saundra

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My New One on the Frame

In a previous post I told you what my next project would be but understand that you may have doubted me since I'm so fickle.  Nope, it didn't change.  On my frame is a Magdalena adaptation named Bird Dog,  drew it myself measuring 20 x 27 whereas Magdalena's original measured 37.5 x 50.  Am guessing that would have been the dimensions of a burlap grain or feed sack opened up and she would utilize that size ~ waste not want not.

It took several sketches and reviewing the poor photo in the Magdalena booklet before deciding on my drawing.  If you have the booklet by Evelyn Lawrence please look there first.

If you don't own the booklet here is an even worse photo which is a copy of the photo in the booklet.  A well known rug hooking business offers the pattern with an elongated snout.  Perhaps thinking the white spot to the lower right of the dog's face was its nose.  I didn't think so.  To me it was a white spot at the tip of the ear and was confusing.  BUT, if you look closer to the left of that spot you will see a darker speck which I believe to be the nose Magdalena captured.

However since there is no good photo of the original Magdalena I chose to make my own speculation of what Magdalena intended and did not hook the white spot on the end of the ear.  While that would be feasible since there are white tips on the toes and the end of the tail it is visually confusing.

It feels good to work on another Magdalena rug and somehow comforting.  Not sure if I'm channeling her or she's leading me at this point.  

Once my piece is hooked and have a photo I'll offer it on my web site.  But I have a master copy of my size if anyone is interested.  It would be drawn on Dorr Natural Linen with serged edges.  If you desire a larger size I can do that too.

Saundra

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Updates on Stuff

Here is an update on the horse pattern which I named Lisa's Horse.  When Lisa Halverson sent me a photo and asked me to draw a pattern for her this past March I'd never seen that antique rug before.  While I loved the rug and had intended to hook one also that didn't happen until 7 months later.  Now it seems Facebook is flooded with photos of the rug being drawn and hooked by others.  Of course it is an antique and no copywrite so now there is a whole herd of horses running around out there due to its popularity.

It won't be too much longer before the hooking will be done and I can move onto another project.  The decision has been made between a Granny Donaldson or a Magdalena design.  Magdalena won out as the first to hook with Granny following after January 1st. 

Reason for the delay in Granny is because two blogger friends say they wanted to join me ~ Sheila and Lauren said they'd like to join in on the fun but Lauren cannot do it until after the new year because of other commitments.  Sheila loves primitive and previously hooked a Granny Donaldson rug pattern from Woolley Fox.

This should be a fun and easy hook because the motifs wouldn't have any detail, just mostly the same color used for the individual motif ~ easy peasy.

If you would like to participate in the fun of hooking the simplicity of a Granny Donaldson design too, you can check out the various Granny Designs HERE.  You can draw it any size and if you don't draw your own designs you can check out Woolley Fox or if you tell me which one you prefer and what size I can draw it for you.   It would be drawn on Dorr natural primitive linen with serged edges and price would be determined by size.

Have been spending about half an hour daily now whipping the edge of Stacked Birds ~ hey hate binding and that's about all l  can tolerate at a time.  So before the horse is finished so should the whipping task.  After the whipping is done I'll draw out the Magdalena rug I chose to hook....which is Bird Dog.  

After studying the face on Bird Dog to determine how I'd draw the face I compared it to the similar rug Magdalena hooked (below).  It looks as tho it might be an ear on the right side with a white tip on the dog above.  If so it would give the face and muzzle a little better shape.

The pattern hasn't been drawn yet as I'm waiting for the binding to be finished first.  Besides I've got yard work to do today before rain tonight and cold wind tomorrow.  Oh, before I forget.... I did trim the leaves of the dainty blue Iris type flowers and replanted a few then gave away the rest to a neighbor; so Just Gail and Julia I  heeded your comments.

Happy hooking and unhappy yard work, 😄.

Saundra

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