By Guest Blogger Charlene Scott
 |  The Butterfly dyeing technique was used to create this fabulous piece of wool for Charlene's round stained glass rug. You can see how she cuts the strips and tapes them to hook each one in sequence to create the look of the staining in the glass. |  |
Picture of the rugs hanging at Rug School. I have finally finished my stained glass triptych. The series is called Joan's Windows #1 Octagon, Joan's Windows #2 Scalloped, Joan's Windows #3 Round.
These designs are based on sketches found in my aunt's personal papers. My aunt, The Reverend Joan Short of St. John's NL, died about eight years ago and it was my duty to clear out her house. These three sketches were all I kept when I found them filed with her old sermons and papers pertaining to her ministries. My aunt was one of the first women to be ordained into the United Church at the age of 65 and she then worked for at least 10 years as a United Church minister in several areas of Newfoundland, at one time being responsible for 4 parishes. She would visit three every Sunday so every parish would miss their turn every 4th Sunday. I believe she also kept an active role on the board for Bury Heights United Church Camp on the Salmonier Line up until she died.
I kept the sketches for about three years before I felt confident in being able to translate them to individual hooked rugs. The sketches had no information on them. They may have come out of a book I do not know, however if any one else knows please let me know.
I modified the sketches slightly and then enlarged them. They are all approximately 24" across. They are mostly hooked in #3 and #4 cut on linen. The wools used were a combination of wool dyed by myself, Michele Micarelli (the vibrant green and others) and Encompassing Designs (fabulous purple by Shane). My colour inspiration was from looking at photos of old stained glass windows on the Internet. I was struck by how saturated and intense the colours are in the old windows.
The advice and hooking directions were taught by Michele Micarelli at Rug School 2014. I was one year from start to finish hooking the three rugs with time out for one other small rug and getting in some knitting as well. For anyone who has done stained glass hooking, you know that the cutting out of the wool and taping the strands together takes up as much time as the actual hooking. I am very glad to be finished at last.
My husband made frames for them and I have stretched them around the frames. They are currently at rug school and are on display with all the other fabulous rugs for the week. I would like to hang them for a year or so and pretend they are real windows. I have retained all the linen on the edges and will eventually remove them from the frames and whip and finish them.
Hope you all enjoy them as I do.
Cheers Charlene
These designs are based on sketches found in my aunt's personal papers. My aunt, The Reverend Joan Short of St. John's NL, died about eight years ago and it was my duty to clear out her house. These three sketches were all I kept when I found them filed with her old sermons and papers pertaining to her ministries. My aunt was one of the first women to be ordained into the United Church at the age of 65 and she then worked for at least 10 years as a United Church minister in several areas of Newfoundland, at one time being responsible for 4 parishes. She would visit three every Sunday so every parish would miss their turn every 4th Sunday. I believe she also kept an active role on the board for Bury Heights United Church Camp on the Salmonier Line up until she died.
I kept the sketches for about three years before I felt confident in being able to translate them to individual hooked rugs. The sketches had no information on them. They may have come out of a book I do not know, however if any one else knows please let me know.
I modified the sketches slightly and then enlarged them. They are all approximately 24" across. They are mostly hooked in #3 and #4 cut on linen. The wools used were a combination of wool dyed by myself, Michele Micarelli (the vibrant green and others) and Encompassing Designs (fabulous purple by Shane). My colour inspiration was from looking at photos of old stained glass windows on the Internet. I was struck by how saturated and intense the colours are in the old windows.
The advice and hooking directions were taught by Michele Micarelli at Rug School 2014. I was one year from start to finish hooking the three rugs with time out for one other small rug and getting in some knitting as well. For anyone who has done stained glass hooking, you know that the cutting out of the wool and taping the strands together takes up as much time as the actual hooking. I am very glad to be finished at last.
My husband made frames for them and I have stretched them around the frames. They are currently at rug school and are on display with all the other fabulous rugs for the week. I would like to hang them for a year or so and pretend they are real windows. I have retained all the linen on the edges and will eventually remove them from the frames and whip and finish them.
Hope you all enjoy them as I do.
Cheers Charlene
What a fabulous job Charlene! These rugs are nothing short of breathtaking! They look and feel exactly like stained glass windows! Now that Charlene has completed her triptych we have permission to list the patterns for sale. You can view them on the website by clicking the link. http://www.encompassingdesigns.com/signature-designs.html
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