I’ve completed my ninth stair riser with six more to go. There will be 15 risers on this staircase to nautical heaven. This one is called Customize It so the rug hooker can add their family name, cottage name or their boat name to personalize the rug. I chose to add our boat name Catalyst II, Nonsuch 33.
The name you choose will be flanked by two stylized fish/sea monsters. I had a great deal of fun colour planning and hooking them with six values of red and some green highlights. I hooked it in a #3 strip for the detail and for small objects such as these, even with the smaller cuts the work went quickly. I love how they both look and feel like velvet.
When I started this business I designed a lot of Compass Rose patterns. I love anything nautical and some of the old maps I used as references had wonderfully stylized sea serpents and creatures around the periphery. Some of the oldest compass rose designs found were on these maps and I took our Red Sky At Night design from one that was dated in the early 1400’s. I love the compass rose, the epitome of nautical spirit.
I’ve very pleased with my latest riser and it takes its place proudly on the staircase. There are enough of them now to sew the backs and attach them with Velcro in a permanent position, if only I had a PA to follow me around and do my bidding. I love to hook but sewing, that nasty, blood thirsty needle, turns me off so I procrastinate until I can no longer justify putting it off and then let the swearing begin.
The next riser is my Sea Serpent and Shane has created a new green for me suitably named Sea Serpent Green. I visualize this green with yellow undertones paired with red and gold accents, but who knows what will transpire once I begin. I like to think I have a plan but once the loops are pulled my thinking can do a 180 shift so we will see what direction I take as far as accent colours go. I must say I am thrilled to begin, the possibilities for the colour placement are exciting.
The two vertical dashes on the right of our boat name is not a quotation mark so I made it look more like a roman numeral with a skinny antique red line on the top and the bottom. Our boat name is Catalyst ll. My hubby thought it might confuse someone and it did so I had to rectify it. Thanks for pointing this out peeps!
The name you choose will be flanked by two stylized fish/sea monsters. I had a great deal of fun colour planning and hooking them with six values of red and some green highlights. I hooked it in a #3 strip for the detail and for small objects such as these, even with the smaller cuts the work went quickly. I love how they both look and feel like velvet.
When I started this business I designed a lot of Compass Rose patterns. I love anything nautical and some of the old maps I used as references had wonderfully stylized sea serpents and creatures around the periphery. Some of the oldest compass rose designs found were on these maps and I took our Red Sky At Night design from one that was dated in the early 1400’s. I love the compass rose, the epitome of nautical spirit.
I’ve very pleased with my latest riser and it takes its place proudly on the staircase. There are enough of them now to sew the backs and attach them with Velcro in a permanent position, if only I had a PA to follow me around and do my bidding. I love to hook but sewing, that nasty, blood thirsty needle, turns me off so I procrastinate until I can no longer justify putting it off and then let the swearing begin.
The next riser is my Sea Serpent and Shane has created a new green for me suitably named Sea Serpent Green. I visualize this green with yellow undertones paired with red and gold accents, but who knows what will transpire once I begin. I like to think I have a plan but once the loops are pulled my thinking can do a 180 shift so we will see what direction I take as far as accent colours go. I must say I am thrilled to begin, the possibilities for the colour placement are exciting.
The two vertical dashes on the right of our boat name is not a quotation mark so I made it look more like a roman numeral with a skinny antique red line on the top and the bottom. Our boat name is Catalyst ll. My hubby thought it might confuse someone and it did so I had to rectify it. Thanks for pointing this out peeps!
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