I was madly hooking this rug all last week to give to my sister yesterday for her birthday. We had a great time going out to lunch and did some shopping. I wanted to make her something special as it was her 50th and bittersweet as we lost our sweet mother a month ago.
I had Deanne Fitzpatrick draw up a design for me based on one of her original pieces. I love this design. Since my sister loves brighter colours than I do this was going to be a bit of a challenge to hook. I hemmed and hawed over the colours for weeks and kept changing my mind. Finally settled on a palette last Saturday. The countdown was on to finish it by the 22nd.
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I used some hand dyed wool, as is wool, sari silk, hand dyed fleece, and hand dyed yarn. This is also the first time I had hooked a person. I had so much fun hooking this rug and I think brighter colours our in my future!
6 comments:
It looks great. What a special gift. When I first looked at the design I thought it looked Deanne-esque
Sorry to hear about your mother's passing. I'm sure your sister will treasure the rug you made for her special birthday.
What a lucky sister to receive this gift from you - how big is the rug? And can you tell me where a person can buy sari silk? I've never heard of that before
Thanks Suzanne...it's been a terrible time for us, but we are getting there. joni
Hi Gayle,
I forgot to measure it but I think it is about 16 x 21. I am going to carry some sari silk in my shop next month along with some roving. joni
yes Kim I love Deanne designs!
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