THE WOOL and PROGRESS

Julia (Of Petals and Wool) asked if the center of the background for the STARS rug was a tweed, so thought I'd take a photo of the background wool.  Lauren (Rugs and Pugs) is very good about posting wool she uses in her rugs from the get-go, she's more organized than me.

The bottom wool is on the outside of the background and is rather slippery so it must have some cashmere.  The top wool I've never used before and thankfully seemed to work and blend in. 

Now I wish I'd made this pattern larger than 17 x 30 as I'm almost done plus had more area on the piece of linen to draw it bigger.

Today was a lovely day in the low 60s and I could have been outside working in the yard prepping it for cutting season plus putting in more steps for the day.  But received a pattern order this morning for Blue Bowl of Flowers (an antique adaptation) so the yard can wait!.  Now it is drawn and ready to ship tomorrow.  Below is the one I hooked.

For those of you looking at blue bowl for the first time you're probably wondering why those flower stems don't go inside the bowl.  Before drawing it out for me to hook I pondered putting the stems inside then nixed the idea.  That was the way the original antique was hooked and wanted to replicate the quirkiness of the design which makes it more endearing in my eyes and mind.  But before drawing it for Lora asked her how she preferred those stems...ahhh, just like the antique.

Here is the antique for those of you who missed it on my one of my 'antique rug shows'.

Have a great evening and wonderful week.  May all your loops be perfect.

Saundra

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