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Celtic Snowflake rug by Adena Clark

5/25/2013

2 Comments

 
PictureA perfect sized rug for the floor!
Adena Clark came into the shop back in March and fell in loved with our new snowflake Celtic pillow topper and asked if it could be made into a larger rug.  So I added six of the knots with borders to her specification and she was excited to get started. 

She finished up the first of March but said it took longer that normal because she was busy transcribing at the legislature.  Now that is behind her she is going to hook up a storm and has started another one of my patterns called Tri Relaxing and is going gang busters. 

For the Celtic knots Shane dyed her Antique Gold three value, a light and medium over solid wools and then the darkest value over herringbone.  The colour palette is simple and uncomplicated but the overall look is Midas rich; a lovely m
onochromatic balance of solid and textured wools.  

The simple background of Dorr natural frames each knot beautifully. The palette is dramatic but simple; boasting only five different colours. The herringbone outline for each knot.  The light and medium for the core of the knots.  The natural Dorr for the background. The herringbone for the background that makes up the square.  More of the medium gold for the borders surrounding each square.  And last but not least, the yellowy green plaid outer border.   

Adena mixed up the knots and intertwining hexagon by making three with the lighter gold in the center and then the other three with opposite placement of the medium gold.
   You may not pinpoint that without looking closer but the effect creates a bit more drama than having them all mirror images. 

She hooked in a #6 cut with all new wools.  The yellowy green plaid for the outside border was a new wool in her stash and worked perfectly with the knot. 

TIP:  Outer borders are genuinely more effective in darker colours so the rug appears to sit on the floor flatly; the darker colour weight the rug to the floor.  Rugs with lighter borders tend to appear curled up on the edges.   Also, it is  pleasing to the eye to go from lighter and medium centers to a darker edge or border and is the reason why we tend to gravitate toward that combination even if we aren't consciously thinking in those terms.

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What a lovely rug for any home. The small picture to the right is the original pillow topper I hooked that inspired Adena to request a larger rug with these elements.
2 Comments
Adena
5/25/2013 02:59:36 am

Thanks for your help with this, Christine.

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Gina Danger
5/25/2013 03:31:04 am

These are beautiful Christine. I've been lurking, reading your posts since I discovered your blog a couple of months ago. Can you tell me how much something like the above would cost to make? Obviously if a person were to get into a hobby like this I suspect you wouldn't dive right in with a project like that, but I'm just curious about the financial commitment. I'm also wondering what percentage of the finished rugs that you see actually get walked on. They're so beautiful, there must be a certain amount of heartbreak to see all the hard work underfoot.

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