Isn't he cute??!!!
Mr Iggy is finished!
This is a free pattern that was an insert in Rug Hooking Magazine that I just fell in love with! It is a pattern by Star Rug Company. She has a way with whimsical designs like this and she loves Halloween as much as I do! I know that this is another Halloween finish after Halloween but hey - it is finished!
After I finished this rug I decided that I would start another one. I thought that it might be fun to hook a larger rug that is intended for the floor in my bedroom.
This is a pattern by Gene Shepherd called Pickering Oak and I just love it! This will be about 26" x 38" when completed so this will be the largest rug that I have hooked. I am going to hook it in a #8 cut (or 8/32 of an inch wide cuts) and I am going to die my own wool for it. I am very excited to take this on and push myself a bit more. In the picture you can see that I have transferred the pattern onto the tracing fabric so that it is ready to transfer onto the linen I'll be using as a backing. The picture of the backing didn't work out very well so this one will have to do! The little yellow circles are pattern weights by Olfa that I got in a prize basket and I use them a lot for rug hooking since they have little pointed feet that really stick to the backings.
Have you started anything new lately? Or, picked up an old project?
2 comments:
great rug Iggy is so cute.
you are really tempting me to begin rug hooking...lucky for me I don't have a clue how to begin! lol
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