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Hit & Miss....hit me....how did I miss it?

4/8/2014

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I didn’t realize I could have so much fun hooking something so simple.  A customer asked for a Hit & Miss project on Saturday and we put the wool together so I could assemble a kit.  She choose bright  colours with  a black grid and was pretty enthused but then changed her mind, thinking maybe she would rather hook something more relevant to her taste and wanted to think about it some more.  After she left,  I looked at the pile of wool and what came to mind?  I swear I said......"Then I’ll do it myself, said the "Little" red hen!"  I figured it would make a great new kit for the summer tourist trade.   I didn’t realize how much fun was awaiting me. 

So I made up a pattern yesterday and took it home and started around 9:30 in the evening.  I watched it evolve and was struck by how soothing this traditional style of hooking could be. Most of my projects are thought provoking and more complicated as far as shading and colour placement go, but this straight line format was just as exciting, watching the colour pile up on the backing.  The colours play off one another, complimenting and highlighting the one next to it, bold and strong against pastel and soft, perfectly matching as a whole.   Line after line, hooked without much thought except for never using the same two pieces together sure makes for quick work.  If only the clock hadn’t foiled me by running out of time.   Begrudgingly I put down my work and went  to bed thinking if only I had another two hours I could have finished it, but then again there is tonight!

I now have a taste for this very savoury dish and I think I’d like more.   I’ve always admired Hit & Miss rugs but for some reason never thought to do it myself.  I’m so happy for the gal who brought it to my radar.   This old dog learned a simple new trick.  Of all the hit and miss going on around me I wished I’d clued in earlier, but then again, better late than never!

11 Comments
Pam
4/8/2014 08:08:19 am

Love the bright colours you are using. Love the hit and misses!

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Bessie
4/12/2014 12:41:49 am

Mum used to make mats like that.

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Sandra
4/12/2014 12:42:26 am

Where do you start your strips at? And do you start them all at the same place?

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Christine
4/12/2014 12:42:51 am

I'm left handed so I work from the right side of the square to the left. Your tail is in the next hole up against the black grid line to start and finish the row.

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Della
4/12/2014 12:43:26 am

Love hit and miss and your colors are wonderful!

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Ruthie
4/12/2014 12:43:51 am

Love he colors and it so well done!!!

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Jan
4/12/2014 12:44:15 am

Yummy, just look at all those awesome colors and new wool freshly cut.....I an drooling.

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Marye
4/12/2014 12:44:54 am

It's great to use up all your saved worms too.

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Charlene Perry Billard
4/12/2014 12:45:42 am

Ohhhh I Looooove this!!

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Sandra
4/12/2014 12:46:30 am

What size strips do most people use? And do you pick the colors as they come? What size do you mark the squares/rectangles?

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Christine
4/12/2014 12:46:57 am

I chose the colours randomly but made sure I didn't use more than the one colour in each square or two together the same. I used a #6 cut for this project. My squares are 3 1/4".

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