Woolen Tales Rug Art

A bit of progress to show on my new rug.  Slow going as life keeps getting in the way. But here's what I have so far. A long way to go!

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It's been a VERY busy summer, but not for rug hooking.  I finally have some time to start a new project.  I created a new design, something to ease me back into hooking.  An animal, still life...

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Except for the matting and framing.  I'm quite pleased with the result.  I always name my animals when they are done.  It is at this point they 'speak' to me.  Her name is Alice.

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I started the background, working my way from bottom to top, from the golden browns into the greens.  I created an angle to repeat the angle of the alpaca's chin. 

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I finished up the Alpaca and laid out what I'm going to do for the background.  I wanted to repeat the golden browns of the alpaca's fur in the background.  I also wanted to add in some greens ...

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Alpaca update.  I sorted my strips into piles; whites, browns and greys.  I have a frame with a large working area that gives me lots of room to layout my strips close to my work.  This is v...

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My time does just fly by.  I could have sworn I posted last only a couple of weeks ago but see that it has been a month!  Way overdue. On to my latest endeavor.  I visited a local alpaca far...

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Today I want to share a wonderful resource I happened upon at our library's annual book sale.  It is a book by Mary MacCarthy titled "The Crafter's Pattern Sourcebook" .  The designs in this bo...

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I've been really busy with life. Designing, color planning and dyeing wool for others and teaching doesn't leave me a lot of time to get pieces of my own done.  I'm not complaining as I do love ...

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Yep, it's been a long time.  No excuses.  I spent the spring doing a lot of teaching.  Summer came and August is upon us.  I did manage to get one new piece completed.    A bit about the p...

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A belated Merry Christmas!   I managed to stay unplugged yesterday for the most part and enjoy the day.  As I reflected back to prior Christmases I recalled the Christmas of 1979.  Yes, that...

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Yes, it has been a long time.  No excuse, really just life.  Once I did decide I really needed to catch up on my posting I had issues getting into my account.  It would be so nice if you could...

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Yes, it's been a long time since I last posted.  I've been in and out of town, dyeing wool, doing lots of yard work etc.  Life just gets in the way sometimes. A couple of things to report.  ...

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This is the longest, coldest, nastiest winter that I can remember since living in the south.  Everyone is just sick and tired of it and it just doesn't want to quit.  Being stuck inside one wou...

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After a really,really busy December I just keep going with a fast start to the New Year.  This Friday and Saturday is the annual Quilting and Fiber Arts Marketplace in Sanford.  I hope to see y...

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After the Carolina Designer Craftsmen show ended I crashed.  I got a nasty cold and had no energy for anything.  After the cold subsided I had to finish up my second commission.  I had started...

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It has been a busy past couple of weeks.  In the middle of November I exhibited at the Piedmont Craftsmen Show In Winston-Salem.  There was a good crowd and it was good to catch up with some ol...

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I'm having a great time with these feathery creatures.  I just finished up the latest.  Here he is all framed and matted.  I again, as with the previous birds, struggled with the eye.  They a...

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A week ago I taught a color class. I did a thorough walk through of the Color Wheel Company's color wheel.  Have you ever read ALL the information it contains?  It is a whole lot of good stuff ...

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I enjoyed hooking theTitmouse so much I decided to try another bird. Titmouse                   This time I went with a chickadee.  It has been so cold here the last week I deci...

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Last weekend I was a vendor at the Hearts and hands quilt guild in Sanford, NC.  There were beautiful quilts to see as well as a good group of vendors.  I met a lot of new folks and caught up ...

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I finally finished up my Beltie piece, with the exception of some minor tweaks and framing.  I haven't had a lot of time for hooking as I have been dyeing wool like a mad woman.  I will be a ve...

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Here I am playing catch up again.  I was out of town playing hookie (literally) with my friends.  I managed to get more done on the Beltie and to mix it up I hooked a small bird piece, a Titmou...

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I was asked recently by my mother-in-law to attach a sleeve to a rug I had hooked for her back in 1997.  She has recently moved and has no place in the new house to place the rug on the floor. �...

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I was busy dyeing wool for Knit One Smock Too in Winston-Salem this past week.  They are participating in Quilt Carolina! , the annual Shop Hop for Quilt-a-holics.  I'm joining in by having m...

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