A few years ago I started doing shows with mainly hand made dolls. Then began hooking and wanted to introduce my hooking of smalls to sell. Mostly small items sold but did get lucky (?) and sold a few larger pieces too; some I wish I still had. Anyway recently I went thru the container which holds my show hooked items to see what could be listed on etsy. But first it needed to be tweaked as my eye sees things differently now.
Am fighting the urge to show you the 'after' photo first but will show you the 'before' and what was pulled out of the container to tweak. I love the design which is Hearts and Flowers Oval, a design by Kindred Spirits from one of their booklets. Can't remember which booklet but perhaps Ali Of Kindred Spirits can tell you.
Looking at it now realize the hearts are lost since they are pink and light in value. They need to look like hearts. So to my worm bag I went. Since the border and some of the blocks are hooked with a textured red and blue looked in my red worm baggie.
Under the lights that red looked close with the red in the texture so pulled out loops and hooked one heart and took a look. Sure does look bright but better than the lost pink heart.
So decided to hook the other heart as well. Then the flowers were sorta blah and hooked some red in there too. I think this looks much better. The measurements are 10" x 23".
Now, remember yesterday's blog post mentioning those clips to hold the rolled edge of a rug????? Well today I own some. Sorry for the horrible washed out photo, but you can see the Clover Clips which works much better than the straight pins I was using.
They are pricey BUT, they are presently on sale at Hancock Fabrics 30% off PLUS I was able to use a coupon for more money off. Since there are 50 clips in the container a couple hookers could purchase one, split the cost and split the bounty.
Have a great evening everyone. As I'm closing my post am wondering... do I want to bind or hook on my sheep?? Think I'll hook a couple blocks on my sheep rug tonight as I want to finish that and put it in it's special place.
Saundra
Today I decided to tip my toes in and test whipping with the red wool. I've whipped the edges of other rugs but always with the knowledge there was plenty of that color wool available. Since the red wool was a special gift from a friend who has passed and this was the only hank, wanted to be sure there was enough.
Kris Miller and several people assured me there was enough and some left over. Kris said it takes 12" of yarn to whip a 1" area.
So this morning I measured out a piece of the yarn and marked it with a black Sharpie at a 12" point and decided to try. After all I didn't want to run out of yarn if my 'roll' was too thick or my whipping was closer than normal thus used up more yarn.
Woohoo, 1" so looks like I'm good. But then how much would be used up with the 'tacking' or back stitch to secure the end of the yarn?? So now I'll be careful not to be wasteful.
Am taking the bull by the horns and going for it. In the past I've sometimes used a cord and sometimes not. Decided to go for the cord this time. Hopefully, as this wool yarn is special (spun AND dyed by my departed friend Lesley Coveney) I'll have enough to finish then always have a memory of her labor and friendship. Look how perfect her wool and the scallop border are together.
On Facebook I saw some clips that Nancy Parcels was using and they would be perfect for this project. Wish they were here for me to use now. Those red clips are made from Clover and Nancy said she got them at AC Moore. There may just be a trip to AC Moore for me tomorrow.
This is what I accomplished this afternoon and will continue with this in the morning.
Meanwhile, tonight...... I'm going to plop an already hooked project on my sit-upon since it is a smaller frame. Recently went into the 'show' containers and found a cute mat which was hooked a few years ago and didn't sell at a show. I'd even forgotten it was there. So now I'm going to give it new life and perhaps even list it on etsy when changed.
Stay tuned to see what this is as the change will be done tonight and you'll see what it is in tomorrow's post.
Be kind to one another folks, we need more positive in the world and hopefully that would be contagious....more kindness and less anger.
Saundra
