Last Loop

Pulled the last loop on the Shield part of a triptych antique hooked rug and am quite pleased with the way it turned out.  Love the idea of doing the other two sections but who knows what this fickle hooker will do.  Now it needs to be bound along with finishing binding The White Horse and Scrolls.

Guess it isn't a secret there's another pattern on my frame, it's small and has been on my to hook list for a while.  It took another hooker to get me motivated.  You'll get the story in another post so stay tuned.

Saundra

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BACK to the BEGINNING

Well maybe not way back to the beginning.  In a previous post about the background of The Shield antique adaptation I questioned my original idea of doing a hit and miss background trying to keep the integrity of the antique.  So did some reverse hooking; then after several of you confirmed you liked the hit and miss I reverse hooked that other choice.  Here is what the 'other choice' looked like.

Why did I question my original plan, insecurity at my age????  Perhaps I should have waited to reverse hook until I'd heard the jury's decision because as soon as the jury was in, those background loops were reverse hooked immediately and went back to plan #1.  This is what it looks like now.

There's no going back now baby!  The hit and miss background is it and am happy.

On another note about the recent Challenge, several of you participants  suggested I do an article for ATHA, Rug Hooking Magazine, or even contact the organizer of Sauder to display the pieces.  A couple days ago I wrote to the organizer of Sauder with a link to the blog on the challenge but have not heard back.  Today I emailed the Editor of ATHA but haven't yet heard back.

Here's what you should know if the pieces go to Sauder each participant would need to ship them (am guessing at their expense) and would be gone for a duration of time.  I've never sent anything to Sauder so don't know anything else.

IF an article is approved for ATHA a very good straight photo would need to be taken with high pixels (best setting on your camera).

Would you believe temps were in the low 60's today!  Did a little yard pickup of limbs and pinecones, washed sheets and hung them out (still love the old fashion way of air dried sheets.  Still many more tiny limbs to clean up before grass weeds begin to grow.  I don't hire lawn people ~ since I live in the woods I figure why spend money to fertilize, seed and water the lawn so grass will grow which needs to be cut???  If my weeds grow green and need cutting I'll cut it.

Saundra

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Status of Lollipop Bouquet

Doesn't appear that I've accomplished much in the last 3 days but some loops have been pulled.  With unsuccessfully battling my web site using Dreamweaver, which I cannot seem to learn to use, trimming some bushes and cutting grass, it's really eaten into my fun hooking time. 

But this is what I've done so far.  Only 26 more circles to hook, which means I've hooked 40 of them so far.

This is what the original antique looks like.  It is hard to tell in this small picture but in larger views of the original antique it appears that Magdalena did an outline row using darks, lights and anything else which may appear in the hit and miss background.  So I'm getting anxious to do a holding line all around so that I can soon start that hit and miss.  But as you can see the largest part of the design is the lollipop bouquet so have a ways to go yet.

Hmm, I can see something I want to pull out, but probably no one will even notice if I do re-hook that one small spot.  That might make for an interesting post tomorrow....... 'what do you see different' sorta topic.

Have enjoyed these last two days of breezy and less humid weather; it's beginning to feel like fall.  But weatherman says it will be back to hotter and rainy weather beginning tomorrow night.

Have a great evening.

Saundra