Wow…what a snowy Morning!!! This is what we look like!
(Husband is on the right, I am on the left with the droopy branches!!!LOL)
TODAY…a little “lesson” on hooking by the seat of your pants!!! Or…using leftover woolworms in hooking. : )
Here is my picture today so you can see my changes so far:
I have made the picture have a little more contrast than the rug really has so I can show you what I am doing!! : ) You will note that I have changed the wagon to red with the brown stripes so it shows up better against the green.
I have taken out that light strip of “grass” that was so prominant and also took out another light strip beneath the wagon. When you are grabbing misc. leftover worms to hook with, you can get one that looks like it will blend, but taking a picture or standing back and looking at it will show that it draws too much attention to itself!! : )
You might say that the two “flowers” in the wagon look like “blobs”…(now you know you were just saying that to yourself!!!LOL)…but because I want very little detail in this section – just the wagon to draw attention – I am keeping them blobs until I finish the rug. Then, if they need adjusting, I will do it at the end.
Now…look at the right hand sheep! Do you see that one back leg is lost in the green background? I need to adjust that! : )
Also, do you see that the darker green strips that I grabbed to do part of the grass behind the right hand sheep look like a hole in the grass or a pile of “poo” since it is behind the sheep? LOL As I said, I have given this photo a higher contrast than it really has but still when I stood back and looked at the rug, that dark green shape doesn’t go along with the rest of the grass. I want the grass to be “random” with motion…otherwise, I would have just used the same colour for the grass section…!!!
Don’t be afraid to just start out on a rug with an idea or two about what colours you want to use. Also, use up those woolworms on something other than circles, squares or straight lines if you are not happy doing those types of rugs!!!
I will post a picture tomorrow of the changes I have made and more progress…I hope to finish the sky too as well as figure out some of the “flowers” on the lower right!
Happy Hooking…and we’re almost to the New Year!!! Hugs to all! Sunnie : )
