Two Updates

Ducks and Egg Nest pattern.......Yup, all hooked.  Actually the hooking was completed before Bev got to me for the color planning of my Wee Folk rug because there was so little left of the background to do.  However, it still  needs to be bound.  But have no fear!  I have already started the prep for that and it will be a tutorial of sorts in my next blog.  It will be bound with a wool covered cord like you see on the edge of a pillow or upholstery.  Until then I will give you the latest pictures of that rug as well as the Wee Folk design.  

This is the Ducks and Egg Nest and I adore it.  Lots of people at Cape May admired it since they had an opportunity to see it as that is what I was hooking the first day of class and students come in and out of rooms seeing what others are doing and to buy wool from teachers.  

Yes,  there are a few new changes to the We Folk.  I hooked a little more of the background and did change out some of the lighter blue wool of the bike handles but still have more wool to replace.  When cutting the blue plaid wool for the bike I just reached in and pulled out a strip not giving notice if it was the darker part of the plaid or  not.  So hopefully there will be enough of that darker stripe in the fat quarter do what I need for the bike body change out.

I'm really anxious to finish binding the Duck rug so I can put it on my harvest table for a couple days before offering it for sale.  Actually I haven't done the math on pricing for this yet as it isn't finished and have been busy.  Plus I really want to work more on my Wee Folk rug because I have a class with Lucille Festa early November and have to decide what to hook there as well as prepare for yet another rug to hook.  So it is important that I get the Duck rug done and more of this one hooked because I'll then have two UFOs tugging at my heart.

HA!  Two UFOs..... I have more than that but am mentioning only two because the others kinda like, 'out of sight out of mind'.

Thanks for stopping by and check back to see if I've started binding my Ducks rug.

Saundra

Update on Ducks and Eggs Nest

I've made some progress on my new hooking love but not as much as I'd hoped since grass needed to be cut,  HAD to vacuum up the wool dust and snippets and of course doggie duties since Ben does enjoy his walks around the  neighborhood.  Yes, he has a fenced in yard but he also likes to see what the 'Jones' are up to, sniff where others have walked before and hear other four legged friends bark in protest or 'wanna play'  as he walks by their house.

Since only 5 votes have been placed on the poll (which I will continue for a few more days) the hooking will be concentrated on the leaves and background for a bit longer.  But so far it appears the honeycomb wool will win out.  So if you have a preference, please feel free to post your opinion and your name doesn't appear, just your preference.

Okay, are you chewing your nails to see what progress (or lack thereof) has been made on the vintage beauty?

This pattern measures 16" x 31"  and still I've been hooking with both #8 and #8.5 strips throughout the rug.  And, if I had worms and the color worked those were hooked in no matter the size.  This seems to be a good size to be fun for me but still able to use a wide cut to hook with.

Cape May rug camp a mere 23 days and a wake-up away, I'll soon have to get my wool in order for the project at camp.  The background dyeing for it has been done but would need to pull other wool together and pack.  And already my wool room is a total disaster yet it is about to get worse before it gets better.  So IF I were smart (my mama never gave me any gold stars for planning ahead), I'd clean the room now, gather my wool for camp and clean it up again before I leave.  That way my return from the newest project will be the only mess left to make orderly.

Ducks and Eggs in a Nest

Okay, I'm sure you are wondering what kind of progress I'm making on my new project on the frame.  And, OMG, it feels so good to hook what speaks to me at the moment and I'm having fun.  However, I've not been able to put in as much hooking time as I'd like for summer yard work, Ben vet visits for ear infection, and just general life gets in the way of play time.

Okay, Okay, this is the antique beauty that I am hooking.  While I am trying to stay true to the honesty of the original hooker I've taken a little creative license with the nest.  

While I do understand that women used what they had at the time to create their wonderful works of what we now call folk art and wonderful part of history of making do, I'd like to add my creativity to make the nest look more like a nest.  I believe the woman who hooked this before me would smile down and say, "good for you for having better resources than I had at the time".  So this is what I have hooked thus far.  Not much to show after so many days and I'll not get much hooking time in tomorrow either.

Yes, I did pull out that pinkish wool  in the first leaf hooked so this is more orangy and definitely like it better.  However, as I'm looking at the picture in contrast to the original I'm thinking to add a bit more drastic DARK in the nest but not as much as in the original antique for my creative input.  Oh my, back to the 'thinking' board.  And for the record, if you look at the upper left corner of the pattern it appears as tho it isn't on the straight of grain.... but it IS; the backing just wanted to sway that way and so I let it.

What I did learn about duck eggs is that they can be a combination of  greenish, brownish, yellowish and whitish.  The eggs were definitely fun to hook, BUT not nearly as much fun as I'll have hooking those ducky ducks and other leaves.  Oh my but mama is having fun on the hooking frame!

Thanks for stopping by.

Saundra