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A Nova Scotia icon revisited

4/11/2013

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By Guest Blogger Lorraine Burch
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In preparation to hook this wonderful old Garrett pattern, I went to watch the Bluenose documentary at the Fisheries Museum  so I could have a better appreciation of  this  ship and all it has meant to Nova Scotia. 

My Dad grew up in New Glasgow  and went to school with Cammie Garrett; I remember him taking me to Garrett’s when I was very small.  My parents have a velvet
settee made by Cammie Garrett's grandfather.          
 
I took my Mom back to Garrett’s this fall when they announced that Garrett’s by the Bridge was closing for good….what a trip down memory lane!  It was still full of beautiful antiques, but the building was literally falling down around the furniture; there must have been a dozen buckets upstairs. I am sure they had to keep moving the valuable antiques to stay out of the drips. I bought a little  glass  doll sized sugar bowl as a memento. 

I began hooking this rug August 22 of last year and finished April 10th in between making two mats for new granddaughters.  This rug represent my first commission from a very dear friend who loves everything Bluenose and is in fact,  quite a Bluenose historian.

The pattern was purchased at an auction and not being sure of its age, I retraced it on linen.  The pattern was number 2024.   I loved hooking it and as I pulled each loop, I often thought of the brave souls who go  down to the sea to make their living. 
      
I used a combination of new and recycled wools.  The sail are tea dyed in three shades.  Ocean is Deep Ocean spot dye.  The sky is made up of three parts of a blue blanket  over-dyed with #13 in Past & Present (minus the black).  The spars and tiny border  are shades of  Antique gold.  The Heart Red below the waterline I picked out of Christine's scrap basket; it really sets the ship off.  Of course the hull and border are the traditional black.  Even though some believe the name 'bluenose' infers the hull is blue, it is actually a term coined for the early settlers and seafarers of Nova Scotia.     

I loved hooking the people  and the gulls  and find it amazing how just a wee bit of wool can be made to look like a person  or a bird. 
I think the proportion of the ship to the rest of the mat gives it a majestic impression. 
      
I am a proud Nova Scotian  and was so pleased to hook this provincial marine heritage icon


1 Comment
Mary Doig
4/27/2013 11:39:36 am

Beautiful work, Lorraine - as ever!

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