Today I had a few moments to hook, but no brain energy to scour up the next few colors. I decided to get some of the sky hooked. The method I am using is described in my book, Pine Trees, Grass and Sky. Hooking in the sky loosely helps to make the project move faster and…
Hook the perfect natural looking sky with this specially dyed rug hooking wool.
Rug hook a sunset or sunrise sky and water using simple techniques and the right wool.
I received a call from Rhonda Smith about dyeing wool for a sunset sky. An image popped in my mind. I asked her to mail me the photo she had in mind (colors do not always translate well in emails because everyone’s monitor can show colors very differently.) When it arrived it was remarkably different…
I originally designed “Cabin in the Woods” for Sherry Sayles. See the original photo and the results of her hard work.
My new rug hooked footstool design, Nature’s View, has trees at each corner and is designed to be hooked so that each corner is a season. I have a long list of ideas to get you started with your rug hooking journey on this one.
A dark outline can really set off your motifs. You may even need a second outline in a different value. See the examples.
This pictorial is a very simple design, but really pulls you in. Joanne hooked the largest birch trees that I know of using my specially dyed rug hooking wool. This rug is 21″ x 34″. Birch Bark Hooked Trees Process The sky was done using my sky wool and the method described in my book,…
