Okay, I'm not one to complain, but who ever thought putting 4 values of wool strips in one little thumb print size circle sounded like a fun, needs to take a long look at their definition of fun! I spent my rug hooking time this week doing gradated grapes. In 4 different gradations. In two different purples. Not only is it a lot of work trying to get your loops somewhat smooth in little circles but also it's a lot of, "so where is the light source for this grape? Is that dark enough? Is this one of the 1, 2, 3, 4 light to dark grapes?
Okay, I am one to complain. But I'm the one that chose a project that was specifically meant for a teacher's workshop when I've only been doing this for less than a year. This is as far as I've gotten:
And really, when one isn't working out, you unhook it in a second and put it back it beacause - ya know - it's the size of your thumb. To remind you all - this is what this is supposed to look like...
I do have detailed instructions so there is that....
No worries, I'll get through!
This week I continued on with my "The Rug Hooker's Journey" course with Cindi Gay. It's taken me a while to get into the rhythm of this course, but I think I finally found it. Cindi Gay experience rug hooking teacher who has taken her mission to the internet. Her site has so much information, it's hard to decide where to start. I started with the free videos on youtube (which are many), then moved on to the free content on her website (which is a ton), to finally joining the paid of membership of the official Rug Hooker's Journey (which is well worth it). There you can just take your time working your way through courses that start at the very beginning and move into more involved weekly live lessons.
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