...and I mean that I am totally over the rainbow situation. Am considering calling this rainbow finished! Have hooked and reverse hooked colors in different places numerous times. Either the colors didn't seem to work well together (think hit and miss) or had too much red or another color in one spot. Really wanted to use the green wool which is in the limbs and stems but it didn't seem to work when the strip of wool was in my hand. I'm over this damn rainbow ~ I think.
In looking at that photo again appears there still is too much red and to think I was worried about red elsewhere in the rug.
So contemplating this rainbow as finished have placed a strip of background wool along the underside. Since the star on the left was made higher and into a flower perhaps it would work okay.
Now, if you look at the second photo again you can see what I'd considered hooking as a border along the rainbow section instead of the background blue. Only considered that when hiding of ends in various ways didn't work out. Yet, since it is a multicolored strip it isn't known yet if only the blue will show up or the red will show at the top of the loop. Perhaps I'd be best served keeping the background wool all along the edge.
Plus, if I do pull out the blue then some of those now hidden ends would need to be redone inside the loops of whatever is hooked in its place. See what I mean about being over it?
There are some of you out there who are not intimidated by hit and miss. While I do love the look obviously don't have knack for it. Now, if it was regimented with 5 or 6 different colors of wool and they were worked in order over and over then that would be easy peasy. I'm working out of my worm baggies and want it to appear primitive.
Think I'll work on a little background along the bottom and safe sections of the rug and not bother with the rainbow any more tonight.
Wanted to get this piece further along before drawing out the OOHRH challenge rug. Plus still haven't completely finished binding the two horse mats.
Have a great evening and hope your Sunday was as mild as it was here today.
Saundra
Originally I named the post "Rainbow Cabin Update" but changed it as that was much more suitable in this situation. Thought I'd better check out the progress of the rug at a distance and computer monitor even tho colors can be deceiving. Am questioning some of my choices on color but don't want to pull anything out...yet.
Looking at the rug in person and the PC monitor wish I'd chosen a darker roof color. Well I'm not gonna pull all that out! What I should have hooked first were the stars. OR, duh, pulled out the wool worms used for the stars to see what roof color would be good with those.
So there really is a reason to color plan BEFORE beginning to hook yet after all these years I still choose to hook by the seat of my pants; which is a lot like painting yourself in a corner.
There should be more red spread around the rug since the window frame and door are red and in the central part of the rug. Am considering putting random berries along the stems and leaves. Or perhaps pulling out some of the star strips on the exterior in random places and using a red gold texture. That is probably what I'll try on a star, photo it and bore you with yet another update on a mistake.
Decided to elevate the position of the left star and make it into a flower. You can see where the original star was with the points of the star sticking out near the end of the stem on the left.
Since there is no thing as a tree producing stars, then there wouldn't be anything wrong with random red berries hooked along the curvature either.....right?
With the silly mistakes I've made with this simple part wonder how I might be able to screw up the rainbow? I've no idea what will happen and what choices will be made with continuing on this rug. Will need to get a grasp and control what I've got going now before starting the rainbow...me thinks.
But since the Out of Hand Challenge will begin tomorrow this might just be pushed aside until I can see it again with fresh eyes.
Hope you have a great evening.
Saundra
