Have you ever hooked a geometric? I have hooked a couple but must admit when I first started my journey into rug hooking didn't particularly care for them. Yet quilters work with geometrics all the time ~ log cabin style quilts, turning the triangle and diamond shapes into stars, etc.
Now it's time to show you a few of the geometric rugs from the flash drive. The first geometric was listed as circa 1920-49 and measures 38 x 76.
Big and small stars but no other information was provided so age is unknown. Diamonds and triangles, again no other info.
Then you could get more elaborate and do a complicated diamond crisscross geometric. Size is 28.5 x 46 but no date provided. Can't you see a quilter doing this? I sure can but I wouldn't want to work with so many small pieces of cotton fabric, lol. An early 1900's geometric rug using fibers she had, measuring 15.5 x 24.
Another geometric hooked late 19th century.
This geo below displaying diamonds and triangles which take the shape of trees. This design below is very old and I will provide a grid for you to print out and use for your own rug.
Here is the grid you can print out and enlarge to whatever size rug you want, just keep drawing and adding this section of the grid until you get the desired size. As you will see further down, you can make this grid into many different styles, so it is quite versatile ~ again it is OLD and copyright free.
Look at this beauty below using the same grid but hooking it differently. The geometric was dated in the 1900's and measures 35 x 57.
Here is a close up of that style hooking, which might have been a companion to the rug above. Seems like a great way to use up some of those wooly worms and a rug you could stop and start as the wool strips start to multiply again.
A scrappy geometric hit and miss drawn on an angle and without the zig zag shape. And a more organized hit and miss geo. Finally, a hit and miss rug which lends itself to looking like a woven blanket.
Has anyone considered hooking a geometric after seeing this blog post? I hooked the grid design over 10 years ago and you can see the finished post about it HERE. Mine looks somewhat different than those shown on this post. Have fun.
Chilly drizzly day in Delaware and word is the rain might turn into a few flakes. Thankfully not into a LOT of flakes. Happy weekend as you do your final Christmas preparations.
Saundra
