Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Done at Last


Finally, this rug is finished. It's been a work in progress since 2006, although I have not been working on it constantly. Usually I work on it for a month or 2 on and off each year. So many other projects come up that need my time and attention.
I hooked the cat using just 2 wool yarns, a natural and a grey. It was my first experience hooking with yarn. I enjoyed it and is certainly different than using wool fabric strips. The coverage is different and is more like random filling in. The eyes gave me alot of difficulty as I had not done them before. I hooked and un-hooked them so many times I lost count. Very frustrating! I finally just quit working on it till I could come back to it with renewed enthusiasm. But once I got the eyes the way I wanted them, it was smooth sailing after that.
The background is a "hit n' miss" using 3 solid grays, 3 textured grays, 2 antiqued creams, 3 blue textures. I have to admit it did get monotonous. But I achieved the look I was after. The border is a blue and white herringbone ... leftovers from a previous project. And finally wool yarn to whip the edge, over wool pencil roving.
The "Pearl" rug was a good leaning tool but am glad to have it finished. And I already have a new rug on the frame although it is a much smaller rug. Let's hope that it won't take 4 pus years to complete!

3 comments:

Sally Van Nuys said...

hey cherie! love the rugs in the photos . . . the cat is realloy great. I have only hooked a couple of smaller pieces using yarn; i can't imagine doing a large rug that way. it would have taken me longer than 4 years! but your is wonderful . . . thanks for sharing.
your old pal,
Sally

GailinVirginia said...

Cherie, you stuck to it and you have hooked a beautiful prim cat rug...love the colors; I have never hooked with just yarn I knit it though:)

What are you working on now?

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