Adventures in Rug Hooking

 

It looks like fall around here today. Just a bit different from what people  who get rain might think.
The yard is full of fallen leaves, we have a nice cloudy day. Except, when you walk across the lawn, there is this little puff of dust that goes up from your feet. Kind of like Pig Pen in the Charlie Brown cartoon. We had a dust storm yesterday. I was outside yesterday and these dust clouds would come poofing off the roof. Everything is gritty to the touch. On to my rug story.

Well let me back up to Monday. I was almost finished with this rug I have been working on. I pulled the last loop about dinner time, as people were milling about wondering when dinner was going to be made. I took the rug off my frame and I realized I had not done a edge of the rug. One thing about me, is I like things off kilter, not balanced and whimsical. All of the people who were waiting for dinner though, said, " What happened to the other side? How come you made a three sided rug?"  Here is the rug now, I didn't take a before picture. 

 

I went in and fixed dinner and all through dinner I was thinking about it. I went ahead and steamed it. I thought about it all day yesterday. I was thinking about it so much, I drove on past the post office without thinking of where I was going and had to turn back . I decided I would just do something I have never heard of anyone doing. I cut a big long strip of backing and sewed it on the end. It took me a couple of tries, but I am really good at using a seam ripper. We are best friends. I got the end on and then grabbed the pattern that this rug is from and to my horror this was what I found. I drew out the pattern on the edge I had added and you can't see it at all.

 

I do not remember seeing this. At all. Ever in fact. I did feel better and not like I was completely loony tunes.
This is a big rug. The top of the table is 60 inches and it is almost side to side. I liked this rug too. It will maybe live at home with me now and not be sold. I know its flaws and it has become dear to me.

That is my saga of rug hooking.

 

These are the colors I dyed on Monday. They will be in my new rug that I hope to start today. They might be a bit brighter than I like but I liked the colors anyway.

I hope you have a lovely Wednesday, I hope you have a lovely day.

~Kim~

 

"The streams running through my woods carry the dreams of the animals that drink there. Their dreams make
the water taste sweet."
---Beauty and the Beast, Nancy Willard, 1992