Wednesday, June 10, 2009

As promised.....

First, Here's a picture of a rug that I just finished hooking. I just grabbed wools from my scrap pile and just starting hooking. Do you accumulate alot of strips of wool? No matter what I try, I just can't seem to make a dent in those piles. But I won't give up trying! Check out the birds. Do you notice anything? I forgot to change the wool on the curly ques on the heads. I'm definitely using the darker wool. The next couple of pictures are from my dyeing session over the weekend. The first picture is from Wendy Miller's Dye book. I bought a bunch of the milled wool and it is perfect for dyeing. This wool now is perfectly primitive for hooking. I've already started using it as my background in another Lazy Sheep pattern that I am hooking. This picture shows two different wools dyed using the same AlJO dye recipe. The more muted red is so wonderful. I just love it and am using it in an Uncle Sam rug that I am currently hooking. Speaking of hooking, I'm off to pull a few loops.
Maria

4 comments:

Primitives By The Light of The Moon said...

Beautiful hooked rug! Love the color choices.
:)Ginger

Alice ~ Folk Art Primitives said...

Yes, I agree ~ that is a sweet little rug, Miss Maria!!

Plumruncreek ♥ said...

LOVE your rug, I didn't notice the birds until you pointed it out. I like it.
I have TONS of scraps. It's crazy I've got all this wool and when I start a new rug I don't have the right color I need ????? LOL!

Beth Anderson said...

I absolutely adore your rug!