ANIMALS 3, 4 & 5

Am gonna pick up a little steam now so perhaps the next update will show you all the area hooked and tell you what I've named the pattern.  Must admit I'm not happy with the colors chosen for this cat even tho I tried to get close to that in the antique.  

The original showed white in the space between the legs and above the tail.  But since I gave the cat a white chest thought that might not work.  So will pull that wool out and use the background color surrounding the cat to see if that works.  If it doesn't work,  the red outline would overpower that area.  Sure don't want to pull all the wool out of the kitty cat but will be forced to make some sort of change.

Here are two more for you cat lovers.  OOPS, I see some loops have been pulled out around the the dark cat so will have to remedy that when put back on the frame.  And remember, I'm not trying to make this look like a newly produced rug, so am using some of my overdyed dirtied up stuff.

Am so SICK of snow which has been hanging around for over a week.  It is frozen humps in areas of the yard which doesn't see sun.  My back deck is piled high with the frozen stuff that can't be shoveled as it's like a humongous block of ice.  Hopefully the warm up, slight warm up, in the next couple days will rid me of this mess.

Haven't gone out to see how much propane is left in the tank from the delivery with two weeks of constant propane use.  However, it sure is a warmer heat.

Saundra

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An Antique Rabbit Rug in Progress

A couple days ago mentioned having a mat on my frame which was inspired by another blog post.  Here is what is on my frame and the rest of the story will unfold in a few minutes.  Again these colors are not how they appear to me but what is picked up by the camera.  Besides, it wouldn't matter anyway since I use wool which is available to me.

Below is the original antique found in Pennsylvania and measured 14 x 15.  Think I mine is about 15 x 16.

That antique piece has been on my 'to hook' list for a while and after seeing sweet Lori's rendition in needle punch decided to hook it and chalk off another from that list.

Must admit I was undecided on which to hook because Lauren's Dancing Bunnies has also been on that same long list.  Since the 2 bunny mat was smaller decided to go with that one first.  Don't worry Lauren I'll get to your chosen bunnies eventually 😉

Ya notice the black tails on bunnies?  My first thought was that the woman didn't have any white to hook the tails so decided to google and found out they are Black-tailed Jackrabbits.  So perhaps the hooked mat migrated to Pennsylvania from Texas.

Saundra

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