Still not done hooking Heart Butter Mold by Primitive Heartstrings but getting closer. Hope it will be done before February to enjoy for Valentines Day.
Drew mine out measuring 15.5 x 17.5 as I was hoping for it to be a quick finish with no narrow cuts. Ends up the squiggly lines are hooked in #6 (not my fav) and so far the leaves are mostly #8 and #8.5 with a few #7 thrown in.
If you look closely at the bottom squiggly line you can see I must have been in an intense mood. The same thing would happen to me when knitting ~ if I was upset or worried my stitches would be tight and smaller. So will need to pull out loops and get that remedied when I'm chilled. Most definitely it won't be finished looking like this.
Hmm, wonder if that tenseness occured when catching some of the damn impeachment hearings on TV?????
Just me...Saundra
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It still isn't done but at least I've made a little progress.
Hooking on it seems a bit more fun and less boring. Probably because I'll be attending rug camp and will get my 'new rug on the frame' fix real soon. Meanwhile I'll plug along on this for a while.
Thank you Julie (Primitive Heartstrings) for asking the size, as I should have mentioned that tidbit of information. The mat is small measuring 12" square.
Who knows, this just could be the piece which keeps me entertained until my teacher (Kris Miller of Spruce Ridge Studios) gets to me. Kris does a really cool thing when choosing who starts first. She writes a number on pieces of paper for the number of students she has, then puts them in a basket and has each student pick a piece of paper. Whatever number the person picks is the order in which the student will be color planned.
One year I was all settled in and working on a fun piece awaiting when the number pulled out of the basket was #1. Dang, of all times to be chosen first, lol. I've had numerous classes with Kris ~ she is fun and talented.
Happy Friday everyone.
Saundra
First message I read this morning on my iPad was a sweet comment from Julie of Primitive Heartstrings. She has just started hooking her very first mat and is doing a terrific job. Pay her a visit, and do like I've done and add her to your side bar so you can follow her journey into rug hooking. Great job Julie.
So after yesterday's blog post some of you are feeling a little unsatisfied and state that one rug does not a mini rug show make....right Lauren? I'm sitting here chuckling as I write this. Okay, so let me make that up to you right now. I'm going to post some pictures of rugs my gal pal and camp roomie Deb has hooked.
First up is New England Berry Tree, a Woolley Fox design.
Below is Peace and Plenty, a design by Spruce Ridge Studios.
The Tree of Life is an easily recognizable design.
Berk's County Bouquet is one she either did with Barb Carroll at the Lancaster ATHA class or purchased the pattern and hooked it at home, not sure which.
The pattern below is a design by Bev Conway and sorta think it is called Three Amigos.
Below is another design by Spruce Ridge Studios and is named....you guessed it....Glad Tidings.
Got Wool is a design by Woolley Fox.
Magdalena Briner's design Birds and Dog below.
A Karen Kahle design known as Monticello Deb hooked with Barb Carroll at Woolley Fox camp.
Crips, this next photo must have had the camera sideways and even tho the photo was up righted using the paint program it goes back to it's original position....sorry. Anyway, this is a Gustav Klimt design Tree of Life that Deb drew and hooked at Cape May camp last year. Deb used every hooking technique that Ali Strebel taught us in class. Deb had so much fun that she is again in a class with Ali this week and can't wait to see what she hooks.
Next is called Hildefern and is a design of Woolley Fox. Deb used pieces of her antique paisley for each of the fern leaves.
This cute rubber ducky mat is something Deb hooked as a gift to Barb Carroll one year. She and I decided to each hook a rubber ducky and present it to her one year when we attended camp there.
Think this one is called Nurturing Friendship and totally forget who the designer is.
This is a face purse that was gifted to me and hooked by Deb. She has hooked and sold several of them. I use to wear it but got so many people stopping me asking where I got it that now I hang it on the wall as a piece of art....which it is.
These were some purses Deb had hooked but not finished when I dropped by to visit her. Under the purses you can see the sketch of what was to be Gustav Klimt's design she later hooked.
She has hooked many other rugs and sadly don't have a picture of all of them.
And, don't forget to drop by to check out Minick and Simpson's Day 2 of sales and silent auctions. Have a great day and good luck.
Saundra
