VINTAGE RUG REVIEW

Take a look at some of my recent finds of old rugs.  Soon there will be more birds flocking to our feeders with the anticipation of spring-like weather.  Here is a rug with 5 birds which was said to be hooked early 20th century.  

A wonderful geometric which was in a photo of a group of three for auction.  This was the best (in my opinion) and no other info was provided on any.

Red horse with thistles in the corners.  Again no dimensions or date provided.

Floral geometric.  At first glance my thought was the end motifs were stylized bee skeps, what say you?

Prancing horses hooked late 19th century and measures 40 x 51.  I think the curled design around the horses is to represent a rope... me thinks, lol.

Oh I love this stag, and if I'd seen it earlier this might have been my choice to hook instead of the last stag project.  But I would have chosen a different color for the flowers other than pink.  Hooked 19th century and measures 28.5 x 34.

Hen and chicks circa 1900; 20 x 34.5.

That's it for now, time for lunch (homemade vegetable soup) then pull some loops.  Have a great day!

Saundra

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THIS and THAT

Last loops were pulled on the Lone Stag today and am excited to move onto the hearts and star pattern sitting on the side line.

I decided not to do the white outline around the deer since there is quite a value difference between him and the background anyway.  And, I changed the eye and mouth to darker wool.  Below is the way it was hooked before.

And comparing mine to the beautiful original antique mine looks anemic and sickly in comparison.  Oh well, maybe if I wipe my dirty shoes on mine enough times it will have a nice patina too.

Oh well, at least it is hooked and on 2/16 one month from the first posting.  Now it needs to be bound.

In her recent post, friend Lauren mentioned how many posts she's made since the beginning of her blogging journey.    She started blogging 2009 and had reached 2001 blog posts.  As I had no idea how many posts or when I started blogging I had to go check it out and took a screen shot.  

The total number posts I circled in red at the top.  I started blogging in 2011 and that you can see on the right side bar down toward the bottom of the page.

Yesterday the weatherman said we would get 1-3" of snow beginning tonight but this morning it changed to 2-5".  No plans to go anywhere and I've lots of hooking or binding I could do.  So come what may.

Happy weekend and happy hooking.

Saundra

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PLUS ONE AFTERALL

Couldn't wait any longer, there it was, so innocent yet beckoning me to come play.  So on the frame it went for a little playtime.  This will be another worm buster but as we all know those strips just seem to replenish themselves as fast or faster than we use them.

Now that I've had an afternoon of fun it will go back on the sideline and wait its turn for the next play date.  There is still more hooking to be done on the Lone Stag.  The first posting of it was January 16th so it wasn't as quick a finish as Lauren thought.

Happy Valentines Day to all my cyber and rug hooking friends.  Back in school during the 50's it was so much fun to put a card on my classmates desks.  Usually they came in a box with a variety of designs and it was such fun to pick out the most appropriate one for each person.  Many of you who read/follow my blog may be too young to have had that experience but for those closer to my age wasn't that a lot of fun?

So again, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.  And Lori, maybe you'll get another heart shaped box of candy, lol.

Saundra

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RUG SHOW TIME

Don't think many, if any, of the rugs posted here will float your boat but among the rugs recently found these were my pick among the lots.  First is a Shaker rug with horse dated 1840.  

A close up of the horse but still not a good picture.

A quite faded basket of flowers circa 1890 which measures 30 x 46.5.

And a view of the true colors on the back.

A more simple primitive design of the moon and stars dated 1920 with dimensions of 21.5 x 36.5.

This rug of bear cubs is kinda cute because they small baby cubs.  But they grow up to have humongous appetites.  I forget which auction site it was listed on but was only cost $295 including shipping.  But I doubt Cathy would be interested because of her encounters with the grown up species.

This geometric below reminds me of the dna structure chain.  Guess you'll never look at this design the same way again will you, lol.

An unusual coloration of a dog but another example of someone using what they had.  

An old rug with a child holding balloons said to be circa 1925.  

What I found somewhere soon after was this very interesting Charlie Brown applique piece.  I speculate it was an adaptation of the above hooked rug.

That's all folks.  Hope next time I go searching there will be more interesting rugs to show.  Or for sure before I need to draw another for me to hook.  Speaking of hooking ... guess I'd better get back to the Stag because I need something to bind while waiting to have my vehicle in the shop.  Just might need a new ignition.

Saundra

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THE LONE STAG

As promised, here's the update on the stag rug.  And that 'black' wool reference in the center of the pattern won't be black, it will be dark brown.

Guess I'd better get busy and finish this stag because there's a lonely hearts rug (aka "plus one") sitting on the sidelines and calling my name.  Happy Friday and happy hooking.

Saundra

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CATCH'N UP

I feel the need to give you a proper blog post after being called  a 'teaser' by a couple so called and unnamed hooker friends, you know who you are, 😊.  So here's the story.

Before my mojo returned to continue on the stag rug I was torn between two antique rugs.  One was Horses with Horseshoes.

The other was this Hearts and Star rug from the collection of Penny Young.

Actually there were three vying for first spot and this was the third.  But it was the first to drop from the list.

Thankfully I drew my 'plus one' before drawing the ordered patterns the last couple days or mine may not have gotten drawn.  Think I'm all 'drawed out'.  So sitting on the sidelines awaiting its turn is the Hearts and Stars rug.

All but one ordered pattern has been shipped.  I'm awaiting her mailing address but she is sending me a check and guess she figures I'll get her address off the check.  Was happy to get the work but happy they're gone.  Sorta like having house guests over 3 days... enjoyed their company but glad to see them go, lol. 

Next post I promise to show you what has been accomplished on the Stag.  Happy hooking.

Saundra

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WHERE DID MY DAY GO?

What a timely and perfect title to my blog.  And thanks to friend blogger Cathy of Acorn Hollow for providing the idea for my post since that was the title of her last post.  

This morning after breakfast I started drawing patterns.  Most were Dancing Rabbits patterns but there were three other designs ordered too.  Since I'm a one woman operation it's me cutting and serging the linen and drawing so only accomplished one pattern before lunch.  Then went back to draw more but quit just before 5 p.m. to watch The Five.  Then another order for rabbits came in so will finish drawing and ship the patterns tomorrow.

Here's what has been ordered.  What took most of my morning was drawing the Cottage and Apple Tree.  I had to really concentrate on the tree limbs and apple's as it is easy to get confused as to where the limb and the background were because of the location of the apples.

Five Dancing Rabbits patterns, some with border some without. 

One Ali Katz small (without the zig zag border ends).

And one Mache' Jacks.

Or at least that's all on the schedule so far.  In queue tomorrow will be to finish Ali Katz and draw the last order for Dancing Rabbits with border.  Wish I could be more creative in my blog post this evening but I feel brain dead and tired.  BUT!  Not too tired to pull some loops.

Saundra

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I FOUND IT

I found my mojo again and it took me quite by surprise.  In the morning I had an order for a pattern and couldn't find the master.  Then started searching everywhere around the room.  About half an hour later I checked a place where it shouldn't have been but was.  Next had to cut the linen, serge the edges and draw it.

That pattern happened to be an antique adaptation of Dancing Rabbits recently posted on Facebook by Lori Neickarz who is hooking it.

Then someone inquired where she got the pattern so Lori mentioned me and sweet Lauren posted a link to my pattern site.  THANK YOU Lauren; I've had a few other inquires on how they could order a pattern, I've responded but so far just that one confirmed sale.  

For those of you who want to go down memory lane and Dancing Rabbit hook along, you can visit those posts HERE.

I found some suitable wool for another section of the background for the stag.   That was just enough time away from the hook to make me want to go back to the Stag.  However, I have chosen my 'plus one' or 'second string' and it has even been put on linen.  But since my mojo was found I'd better make good use of it.

Saundra

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I'M BORED

Have you ever loved a rug design but get bored with it?  I have before and I am again.  Perhaps it's because there's no 'plus one' to put on the frame at the moment.  But for sure I've got to correct that situation by deciding on a new 'plus one' soon.  

Meanwhile, this is the subject of my boredom~ the Lone Stag.

The remaining background colors still need to be decided.  So perhaps a break from this rug would give me time to make up my mind and find the right wool.  

Some of you are probably scratching your head saying, "Did she really write that?  Adding another rug with even more decisions sounds like fun to her?"  Yeah, some of you might grab a book, bake something, pick up your stitching project or knitting needles to fill that similar space.  I'm addicted to hooking so my therapy is another rug project to work on.

There was an antique horse rug calling my name, and then a heart rug seems to interest me.   That always happens when posting those antique rugs on my blog ~ it makes me more fickle.

Happy weekend and happy hooking.

Saundra

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RUGS WITH HEART

It's February first and Valentine's month.  Do you need or want a Valentine themed rug to display every February?  If so this post will have some antique rugs which may appeal to your heart. 

Here's a mix of hearts and primitive flowers.

Hearts and circles dated 1880-1900.

The date is already hooked into the mat below.

Floral with heart border, and a wonderful blotchy background.

Here's one you might like Sue, since it has tans and browns.

This next rug is one I hooked and is an antique adaptation.

Hand in Heart hooked 1920.

A nice geometric with hearts hooked between 1920-30.

Horses with 6 hearts late 19th century from Pennsylvania.

Antique Hearts hooked between 1880-1910.

Below is the adaptation I hooked.

This next one is an antique but I hooked the design and made it into a pillow.  

This rug below was in a previous blog post but deserves to be here too.

This rug was in the Country Living Book 'Seasons at Seven Gates'.

Black, gray and white horse and hearts.

Hearts and 8 point stars hooked 1911.

A more colorful hearts and 8 point star rug with hit and miss background.

Another rug with circles and hearts.

Or you could use hearts to make a geometric design of any size you like.

A home with hearts in corners said to be hooked between 1880-1890 found in Ephrata, PA.

Below is a pattern I drew for and hooked by Lisa.  I named it Hearty Heart.

March 6, 1931 must have been an important date to the hooker.

There are probably more heart hooked rugs among those which were salvaged by the computer tech.  But I didn't scroll thru those unnamed jumbled up photos.  Hope this post provided you with a little fiber for your heart health today.  Happy hooking.

Saundra

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