Last Loop

Felt so nice to switch projects for a brief time and finish hooking Glazer Antique Hearts.  And it will be equally as enjoyable to return hooking Oh Glorious Day this evening.

The rug has been steamed but still needs binding.  I drew mine out measuring 18 x 32 1/2.  Not exactly like the original but used what I had to try and pull off the similarities.

The original is below and measured 32 x 52.  The auction house said it was hooked between 1880 and 1910.

Happy hooking.

Saundra

Onion Skin Dyeing

Yesterday, in addition to laundry and cutting grass I did some onion skin dying for a vintage rug I'm working on.  The auction house named it Glazer Antique Hearts, thus the name I've given it.

I've already hooked the top two hearts and used what I had but the colors just aren't the same.  I'll use the newly dyed wool to hook the heart on bottom right first and probably replace some wool on the ones already hooked...will see.

Anyway, I used about 3 cups of both yellow and red squished skins then placed them in a mesh bag.  Three mesh bags for $1 at the Dollar store.

Last onion skin dying was unimpressive as I used 2 cups skins with 1 yard total of fabric.  This time there were 3 cups onion skins with a tad over half yard of varying shades of white... can ya say '50 shades of white'?  Uh, a play on the book and movie "50 Shades of Grey". 

Dear friend Lauren (Rugs and Pugs) always keeps me in check.  Today she asked me how long I simmered the onions and if I kept the bag 
in the pot of wool when doing so.  This was my reply.....

"I simmered about half an hour or so and with 2 cups of onion skins.  When the color was absorbed didn’t think it was dark enough so turned off the stove, removed the wool and went to the grocery store.  Noticed some of the color was concentrated where the bag of onion skins sat.

When I came back I added the 3^rd cup of onions to the bag and turned on the water without wool but with the onion skins to leech out more color.  When the color darkened to  my satisfaction removed the bag of onion skins and put the wool back in the pot to absorb more color.  Not sure how long it simmered by then but was happy with the color and color almost gone so glugged with white vinegar."

This rug won't be done in time for Cape May, which is fine with me as it  gives me something to work on until Kris gets to me with my class project.  Two weeks from today I'll be scurrying around anxious to drive to the Cape May Lewes Ferry toward New Jersey shore.

Saundra

Glazer Antique Hearts Adaptation & Post-Op

Have been busy lately getting prepared for the dreaded dental surgery (making soup, grocery shopping so people don't see the me 'after', etc).  So not a lot of loops have been pulled on my latest project Glazer Antique Hearts.  Here is my progress so far; I've taken two photos with different settings.

If you click on the photos one will show a more up close picture.

Am trying to use as many worms as possible but some blues and caramel colors aren't quite what the original looks like.  But as my last project said:

As for post-OP, the first night was quite painful and don't think I slept at all.  Yes, was given a prescription for pain meds which I did NOT take.  I'm of the belief that pain is the body's warning system that something isn't right and has been infected.  

If I'd masked the pain I wouldn't know if there was a real problem other than my body being invaded by scalpel, drills, etc.  Personally I want to know if my body is healing naturally.  If the pain does not subside naturally then something went wrong.  

I'm still swollen and look as though I had a nose and lip job that was botched big time.  Am taking antibiotics for the infection, using ice packs for swelling and rinsing with warm salt water for healing.  It wasn't a cyst after all but a sample of the infection was sent to the lab so should know next week when the stitches are removed.

Jennie said she thought implants would last forever.  This was a crown and former Apico which was done about 50 years ago.  So it did last a long time.  The crown is still there so perhaps the old dental amalgam or whatever was put inside deteriorated and caused the infection.  

Sadly, the Endodontist said the tooth next door will soon need attention and that I should NOT eat corn on the cob unless it is cut off the cob.  Oh CRAP, corn on the cob and garden tomatoes are one of my summer staples.  Guess not this year.

Happy Saturday folks.

Saundra

Next Rug Planned

With the Great Granddaughter rug finished and bound was ready to sew on my label.  If you recall I'd filled up the whole sheet of printable labels to include these rugs:

Cat Nap (label sewn on and rug given to Jon already)
Early Farm Scene (label sewn on)
Great Granddaughter's Rug
Oh Glorious Day (to be hooked at Cape May)
Friendship Bells (to be hooked at November camp)
#6 ? Can't remember but maybe was Patriotic Pumpkins

Anyway, went in search of the printed labels to sew on the GGD rug and the ones coming up....can't find them.  Gone, vanished.  I've looked everywhere upstairs and down.  Thankfully there is a new package of printable fabric sheets here so will print them out again.

Decision made for the next pattern on my frame.  Interesting how I came to the conclusion.  For sweetner in coffee I use Truvia, a stevia product.   When adding some to my coffee I read the encouraging message on the back which said, "Can't Decide?  Pick the Fun One". With that subliminal message this the antique rug I've decided to hook.  

The antique auction house called it Glazer Antique Hearts.  Since I've several antique heart patterns on my flash drive that is how it is named.  I like hearts, love the blotchy background which looked like fun.  So what's not to like?

Happy Tuesday.

Saundra