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Hidden Messages

6/14/2016

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Several months back, Sue Burton-Kelly contacted us to ask if we could modify our owl designs into a nighttime scene for her granddaughter, Ingrid Mae Kelly born December 29, 2015.  She wanted three owls on a branch, a nighttime scene with moon and stars.   She wanted them to represent a family, papa owl, mama owl with the baby in the middle.  We had the owls drawings already used in a Christmas Stocking, chair pads and a bell pull so it was a quick modification. The pattern is popular but I was happy that she hooked it first, considering it was her inspiration that brought it to us.

I was delighted at her colour choices.  This rug absolutely glows as if bathed in the moonlight! Being a night scene her palette sits very comfortably under the darkened sky.  Shots of red, softer blue, and those delicious deep blues are yummy. Hits of green in the leaves and that gorgeous orange really top off the scene.  Well done Sue!  

For me colour sits first and the design second.  Any piece of art, clothing, dishes, flowers or a rug for the floor grabs me with the use of blue. Customarily blue is for a boy but as a child I insisted on a blue bedroom so its been a favourite for a long time.  My eyes are blue and I was quite insulted when I first heard the song "Beautiful Brown Eyes", and took it personally when they sang, "I’ll never love blue eyes again". 

The hidden message on the back of the rug was a delightful surprise.  I’d not heard of it before and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out how it was done.  I enlarged the photo so I could clearly see that the words were hooked and that stumped me.  Several people on FB asked for an explanation and Sue was very obliging.  Here is what she had to say.   

Thanks for all for all the compliments on Ingrid  rug. I learned about hidden messages from Bev Conway, Middleburg VT. She's the one who developed the method. Here it is in a nutshell. Write your message in reverse on your pattern. (So it reads correctly from the back side.) Hook it very low with a small cut (I used a 4) and a color with enough contrast so it shows. Hook high around the letters leaving only 1 thread between. (I used a 6 close to the letters, then switched to 8). Keep hooking higher around packing the loops a little tight. Eventually you have enough loops around the letters that they close over the top of them and they don't show. It takes quite a few rows around the writing for it to disappear but it really does work. Have fun giving it a try.

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5 Comments
Pam
6/14/2016 02:13:25 pm

Love This. Want to give it a try sometime!!

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Marye
6/14/2016 02:48:13 pm

Beautiful and so different....thanks for the instructions.

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Adena
6/14/2016 05:01:54 pm

Thanks, I will definitely try this.

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Patricia Truesdale
6/15/2016 10:36:59 am

Upon seeing the 1st photo of Ingrid Rug my comment was, "Charming!". Now upon seeing the hidden message I say, "Brilliant!".

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Janine link
6/20/2016 04:34:31 pm

What a fabulous idea!!! I've got to try a hidden message!!!!

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