Finally! I'm Beginning a New Rug.

First of all I want to reassure those of you who happened to have read yesterday's post that I have not gone off the deep end! Upon re-reading the post, I sounded angry to myself, and truthfully, I was not. I am a "news junkie" and the rapid changes in the way the government has begun intruding into the private sector, combined with the possibility of governmental control of health care was overwhelming to me yesterday, thus my "ardent" reaction! I'll try to keep my politics to myself...(smile)! The wools in the picture above are some that I have chosen to hook the new rug. Some are hand dyed, some are over dyed and some are as found. I think the background will be a dark color, but I probably won't decide for sure until the main element is hooked.

This center picture is some white wool that I tray-dyed. I put the wet wool into a 13 X 9 granite ware pan and poured hot liquid dye over it. I used Cushings tan, dark brown and old gold. It turned out pretty much as I wanted it to (maybe a tad darker), so now we'll see if it looks as I pictured in my mind in the finished rug! Dyeing wool is both challenging and rewarding.

Here is the design! I drew this on linen (instead of on dot transfer fabric), so I have a few crossed out areas (my bad!). It may still change here or there before I complete it, but this is the basic idea. Hopefully I will be able to show the progress in pictures over the next couple of months.

Hope you are having a great week!