SCALLOPED FLOWERS

A few more loops have been pulled on this antique adaptation but still plenty more to do as you can see.  There is a lot more border than background too.  

The antique had several values of light and believe it or not I didn't use the brightest white in my stash.  When the rug is all hooked I'll spray plain water on the front, the back then the front again (spray twice on the front and once in the back).  Since wool naturally repels water you want to be sure it is soaked so it will absorb the walnut mixture better.  I mean that makes sense since we need to pre-soak our wool before putting it in the dye pot for that very reason...to absorb the dye.

Here is a small bottle of Distress It which I purchased a couple years ago from Hooked on Rugs.  Perhaps there is another company who offers a similar product.  Also think you can purchase walnut crystals if you don't have black walnut trees in your area.

Or, if you have walnut stain you've made yourself you can paint it on.  Once I tried putting my saved walnut juice in a spray bottle and there must have been very fine sediment which rendered the spray bottle useless ~ even after I strained it.  So guess I'll have to paint the areas I want to look dirty and age the rug.  

Walnuts usually drop in October and easy to pick up off the ground.  From an earlier blog post during walnut season you can read how I made walnut stain HERE.   Be careful as your hands will also become dyed.  And in other blog posts showed samples of the before and after wool dyed in it, HERE.

OMG, yesterday afternoon the thunderstorm rolled in at lunch time and the temps dropped to the low 50's.  Later the sun did shine which brought the outside temps up to higher 50's.  I've been cold all day as I've refused to turn on the heat and my house was 66* today so had to wear long sleeves inside.  Supposed to be a better weekend tho and after the rain guess there will be a growth spurt and I'll be cutting grass.

Happy Friday and happy hooking.

Saundra

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OFF THE FRAME

Am wondering if it will stay off the frame as I'm a little frustrated with the wool colors right now.  Could be the frustration is just a runoff of the days of frustration with technology.  More on that at the end of this post.

When working on antique adaptations usually there is both a photo of the original saved on my iPad but also printed paper copy to keep by my side.  My printer doesn't print true color as I see on the iPad.  After using the paper copy when it came time to hook that point ran upstairs to look for a lighter color similar to that on the paper copy.  But it looks out of place.  This is what has been hooked so far and you can see that yellow in the point to the right looks out of place.  

If I continue with the yellow this is how it would look.  If I keep that I'll need to change color in the central flower to match the border.

If I pull out the yellow and go with the tan this is how it would appear.  So I'm at a crossroads....yellow or tan?  Think I'll take the afternoon off from hooking and bind more on the Horse rug.

In case you're wondering, this is the original antique for you to check out the colors so you can decide.  You'll see why I'm in a quandary.  However I will NOT buy more wool nor will I pull out dye pots, will make do with what I have.  Yet I'm leaning toward the softer duller color of the tan vs. the bright of yellow....what say you?

If I didn't have that rug to bind I'd probably be drawing out a small plus one.

OH, the technology frustration....my old Outlook mail server was expired so had to buy another, which ended up being Microsoft 365 Outlook.  Supposedly a more current version of Outlook.  Seems 365 shows constant ads and when I click on the "go ad free" link Microsoft indicates it will be $1.99 per month.  WTF?  If they can provide an ad free email why in the hell don't they just do that??  Am not biting and will probably be reduced to just use my Comcast site for email and screw Microsoft. If any of you out there has Microsoft 365 (which includes Outlook, One Note, etc.) do you receive ads on the side as well as the in box?

 

That wasn't the only issue with 365 ~ my contacts from the old version of Outlook did not sync into the new version tho I tried.  Which means it could be I've lost some of the email address of you who previously contacted me.  If you want me to put your email address in my xfinity contacts please E-MAIL ME so I'll have your address.

ALSO while I am able to send emails from the new 365 Outlook I cannot receive emails.  I HATE technology and don't know how to rectify the situation since I'm technically challenged.

Happy hooking, or in my case happy binding, lol.

Saundra

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Preview of the Center Motif

I have this love/HATE relationship with technology.  Today it was mostly hate but won't belabor it by going into details and getting my BP elevated again as it was with the Comcast interaction.  Miraculously I'm now able to receive and send emails ~ wonder if that has anything to do with my threatening to shut off the home phone, internet, email and mobile?  Ya think?

This is what little I've accomplished so far and I've been working on this for more days than Lauren has been working on hers yet she complains of not accomplishing much.  HA!  She travels 3 hours per day to and fro to camp but accomplished more than I have being at home all day.

Sadly I don't have the same colors that were in the original antique but am using what is in my stash and worms with colors which work together.  Yes I am cutting wool but trying to use what is in my worm bags first.

Am sure I'll still love it when I'm done but refuse to dye wool when there are already so many colors of wool here.  Besides, women before me had to 'make do or do without' and so shall I.

Think I'll begin hooking along the border and start the scalloped edge.  Hope I don't get dizzy, lol....guess y'all think I'm already dizzy, right?

Saundra

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