Dulcy asked for some progress on the rug hooked stool cover I have been working on so I thought that I would share. I have been working on this for a while now but to be honest I haven't touched it since June LOL! It just seems to be too hot to be working with wool right now. I used Gene Shepherds's technique for making the circles that he outlines in the Rug Hooker's Bible and in his DVD's. When I brought this to the rug hookers guild everyone was amazed that the circles were actually round. I had no idea when I started this that circles were actually apparently hard :)
We went to the Museum of Civilzation today in Hull and they had a wonderful exhibit on Quebec Folk Art. And, what do you think that they had but some hooked rugs! It was wonderful to see them! So, I thought that I would share a couple of pictures. If you can get to the museum to see the exhibit it is really wonderful! The odd thing was though that there weren't any quilts! I love the colours in these rugs! They are so colourful and vibrant and the whimsy in these rugs is just amazing.
These two rugs are more pictorial and really show a scene from life. I like how the words are incorporated right into the rugs. You can see how the rugs are displayed right in with the other peices of folk art. There was carving, painting, mosaics, hooked rugs, drawing etc. It was a very diverse display. They also had a nice picture of a woman pulling some loops which I liked. I hope that you enjoyed the pictures and I think that the stool cover is coming along fine! Slow but fine :)
2 comments:
Your circles look great, they are harder than I thought they would be, I have certainly flat spotted some places on mine I had to fix. Thank you for sharing.
Katie at primitivewoolen.typepad
Katrina;
2nd post........hope google/blogger likes this one. The circle hooked rug is often called a "penny rug". This, along with the "hit and miss" pattern uses up all the leftover wool fabric that is too good to throw out. Our great grandma's would keep all the bits in a bag and us them up with one of these rugs. Check out Newfoundland rugs.
Joan
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