Hand Dyed Values of Rug Hooking Wool

Transitions of Color
I've been having fun experimenting with acid dyeing wool fabric from Woolrich lately and am loving the results. This is the Wandering Method in 4 values over 1/4 yard each piece. These are long quarters cut along the length of the fabric so that there is no stretch when hooking rugs. I'm calling this one Buttered Rum and offering the whole lot, 1 yard total, for $52.00. Or, if you need less of each color, I will sell in 1/8 yard pieces of each value or total of 1/2 yard for $26.00. Or one long quarter, one value, for $13.00; state which value: 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Value 1

Value 2

Value 3

Value 4

Canada Geese

This is a project I finished about 1-1/2 years ago for my husband's 65th birthday. We both love Canada geese and often take a ride on one of his motorcycles up the Natchez Trace on what we call a goose hunt. Late afternoon, we often see them feeding and sometimes with babies. We love the fact that they mate for life and when we see two, we will say, "there's a married couple" or in the case of odd numbers, an old bachelor. We've enjoyed this hand hooked pillowed and it is currently residing on our bed. Hooked in a size 4 cut of mostly hand dyed (by me) wool. The back and cording were dyed at the same time as most of the blue in the water. Lenny Feenan, The Burning Artist drew the pattern for me. It was a pleasure to hook.

Mother Bunny and Bunny Love

Thanks for bearing with me while I transfer files from my former website to blogger. There will be many files that I hope will be helpful to weavers.

In addition, here are the latest rug hooking projects I finished and gave to my sister-in-law who loves bunnies. They were designed by Karen Kahle of Primitive Spirit Rugs and were a lot of fun and fast to hook.

Finished Project

This is mostly finished but I am considering adding some white to the dog and/or a leaf close to the dog in order to balance color. It was a lot of fun to hook.

King of the Barnyard progress

This is my latest rug hooking project. The light was not that good so, the color is not representative. The light green is from a fiber swap at The Welcome Mat. I am using it to outline the animals. The remainder of the background will be in several light greens pictured below.

See Rock City

Eventually, I hope to be more faithful in blogging. Retirement is so busy! These are two of the latest things I've hooked. You could say that I'm hooked on hooking; that would be putting it mildly! I drew both patterns, the Rock City pillow, a loose interpretation of an old illustration. There were so many See Rock Ciy signs on barns as I was growing up. We would see them on the way to the Smokies. I haven't seen one in years. The second image I have entitled God's Eye chairpaid as it felt southwestern to me when I finished. The title really followed the hooking. The only thing I drew was the largest circle in the middle, then, just started hooking.

The final picture is what I am hooking now. It is one I designed and have done a lot of the dyeing for it.


See Rocky City



God's Eye chairpad


King of the Barnyard

This is the latest rug that I just completed hooking. It is a Bea Brock design. Bea color-planned and dyed the fabric for it as well. I enjoyed hooking it and scooting pictures around for a place to hang it.

Tumbling Cats

This is the latest picture I have of Tumbling Cats. I have since had it blocked, applied rug tape and label and will post a picture soon. I really enjoyed hooking it and looking forward to the next project.

Newest fascination(s)

I really didn't need to be fascinated with anything new but rug hooking reached out and hooked me along with dyeing the wool fabric for the same. These are my latest pictures of the latest project:

"Tiger and Leopard" design by Dahlov Ipcar
"Tumbling Cats"
Rug adaptation by Patsy Becker