Isn't it wild when you come across a piece of wool that absolutely blows your mind? This Multi-Herringbone did it for me. I loved how it washed, how it felt and how it hooked up. If this wool was a man he'd be a 10!
I was sitting at the hook-in a few weeks back without a project and started rifling through my stack of ideas and unfinished projects and found the pattern "Coffee, Tea Or Me" I'd made up eons ago and thought, heck, this is a two nighter project, start it and scratch it off the list. I did hook it in three days, I'm just slow getting out this blog!
At first I was using orangey/red for the letters with a totally different background, but did a complete switcheroo and decided to go white to match the rug hanging at the coffee station called Cafe Au lait hooked by Adena Clark and this new plaid that came in the mail that week.
I posted a picture of the wool on FB and it went viral. Everyone wanted a piece and the bolt we had disappeared faster than if we were at a rug hooker convention. I ordered more because I wanted it for kits and to stash away a couple of yards for me, after all, ownership should have some perks, but there is more in the shop as well!
Herringbone has always been my favorite wool and it's in everything I hook. The texture it creates really takes my rugs to greater depths and this one didn't let me down. The wonderful varied stripes of colour blended beautifully for the higgly piggly background. Instead of having a bag of ends to create this purposed look, it comes in one fabric all ready to go. The hit of red is sizzling and I will admit I controlled the usage, placing bits here and there strategically, but the rest was random. Sometimes it is best to let go and let the wool work its magic and this one should be called Houdini!
The little mat looks fabulous over the round Cafe Au lait, a perfect marriage for sure. There is no mistaking this is our coffee and tea station. Come on in for some Coffee, Tea or Me!
I was sitting at the hook-in a few weeks back without a project and started rifling through my stack of ideas and unfinished projects and found the pattern "Coffee, Tea Or Me" I'd made up eons ago and thought, heck, this is a two nighter project, start it and scratch it off the list. I did hook it in three days, I'm just slow getting out this blog!
At first I was using orangey/red for the letters with a totally different background, but did a complete switcheroo and decided to go white to match the rug hanging at the coffee station called Cafe Au lait hooked by Adena Clark and this new plaid that came in the mail that week.
I posted a picture of the wool on FB and it went viral. Everyone wanted a piece and the bolt we had disappeared faster than if we were at a rug hooker convention. I ordered more because I wanted it for kits and to stash away a couple of yards for me, after all, ownership should have some perks, but there is more in the shop as well!
Herringbone has always been my favorite wool and it's in everything I hook. The texture it creates really takes my rugs to greater depths and this one didn't let me down. The wonderful varied stripes of colour blended beautifully for the higgly piggly background. Instead of having a bag of ends to create this purposed look, it comes in one fabric all ready to go. The hit of red is sizzling and I will admit I controlled the usage, placing bits here and there strategically, but the rest was random. Sometimes it is best to let go and let the wool work its magic and this one should be called Houdini!
The little mat looks fabulous over the round Cafe Au lait, a perfect marriage for sure. There is no mistaking this is our coffee and tea station. Come on in for some Coffee, Tea or Me!
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