This is how the Two Chickens rug is looking at this moment. I did go pull some more neutral wool for the border as it seems to have too many similar colors and think there should be a little break between the values and color that have been hooked. Oops, this shows up really dark but when I took a picture with a flash the colors looked almost neon which couldn't be further from the truth.
The two chickens were selected from the original pattern by Polly Minick called Daleview Farm. So if you purchased the pattern and draw your own designs you could pick and choose your single, double or all three chickens depending on the size rug you want.
I'm still struggling with my Cape May project and went 'rug surfing' during the weekend to see if there were some inspiring vintage rugs for me to consider. Frankly I didn't see any that would be suitable for the Cape May project, but OH MY...... did I fall in love with a lot of antique rugs that I want to hook in November with Lucille Festa. I will share those in an upcoming post on my blog. At first my plans for November was hooking the vintage Santa and Deer that you see in the Kopp book, but now I'm not sure. Sheesh, I'm not even done with Cape May in September and already am looking to November. The last thing I need to do is fast forward my life away.
Thanks for visiting and hope you enjoyed your stay.
Saundra
This is a really cool hooked piece by Evelyn Lawrence. It is the same Daleview Farm pattern that I hooked only Evelyn made hers look as tho Magdalena might have done it. I love it, well I love everything that Evelyn hooks.
And here is the one I hooked ~ a big difference and now I want do do one in Magdalena style. Me thinks that with all the research Evelyn has done of Magdalena Briner she is beginning to become her.
I sent a picture of Evelyn's piece to Polly (upon request of Evelyn), and Polly liked it a lot.
It seems that I'm taking two steps forward and one backward on this rug. My plans were to have two different colored combs since it is a primitive rug after all, but after I hooked in the comb which extends into the hit and miss border it became difficult to find suitable colors for the border without losing the comb. So after trying numerous colors, pulling out, replacing with different values or colors several times, I finally gave in and made the comb the same color as the other chicken. So this is how the rug looks now and I'm happier.
Here is what the rug looked like when I had grandiose ideas about my so called 'artistic license' and different colored comb on the chicken on the right.
I'd really like to get this finished and bound because it would be nice to offer it for sale when I do my July show ~ particularly since I live in an area with high chicken farming and production.
UH, and hate to admit it but I've still not bound my two Frost Sheep rugs YET!!!!! This is the longest period of time I've ever gone before binding a rug and feel like a slacker.
I still have my Summer Swap Mat to finish, and I've been given a challenge to come up with a primitive rug design with critters, which has also been taking up space in my cranium while not in my hands.
Then there is always the wonderful spring weather which brings on more yard work, and my house STILL needs to be spring cleaned. OY!!!!!! Too much to do so now I'm fighting with my 'should do'..... 'want to do' lists. Perhaps that administrative side of me should come out, make a list and prioritize.
Still not a lot of accomplished on my 2 chicken Daleview Farm rug. Between yard work, finishing up an order of 5 dolls, and now drawing patterns for someone, it has left precious little time for me to pull many loops on this rug. Oh, and add making flower pins so that I'll have enough to take to my first show.
I have started adding some border hit and miss colors and hooked some background. I left a little on the other chicken so that when I get too bored with border and background there will still be something in the chicken to do. This picture was taken with a flash and shows up the colors a bit brighter.
This picture was without a flash and is a tad darker than it appears in person.
As mentioned previously, this is a Polly Minick design called Daleview Farm which was originally designed with 3 chickens. If you wish to purchase it you can order it from her web site: http://www.minickandsimpson.com/catalog.php?category=15
Now back to the drawing board..... really...... I've cut and serged the linens and now to draw out a couple more designs.
