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Wool, flannel and rugs.....

6/11/2013

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Yesterday was another banner day at Encompassing Designs.  No exposed flesh but something better!  Wool!  Shane dyed up a storm with new abrashes and spots to drool over.  Two show and tells came through the door as people brought in eye candy.......I was all a quiver!   I'll post the second rug tomorrow. 

My son Shane with his new chapeau.  I love that he inherited his father's head shape to sit a hat on.  I love to see my boy looking snappy.  He spent the day in front of a steaming stove abrashing the standards for the racks and inventing new colours to tantalize. Great job!

He's been coming up with new formulas for spots as well.   Two brighter colours to add to the collection plus two more antique ones.  I really love the tone on tone spots as they give you a mottled look even though it's one colour.

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From left to right, The Abyss, Bananarama, Night Blooms and Clamato
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What a gorgeous abrashed piece of wool. I can see individual leaves and tree foliage, flowers in the garden and all manner of things needing a bit of fall colour.
Below...Pam delivered an armload of gripper frame covers to the shop. Pam Haughn is more than just a rug hooker......she has many talents in the craft and fiber arts department.  Once I learned she could sew I jumped on her to make my gripper frame covers, lovely flannel protectors to prevent gripper rash and cuts while hooking.  The deadly little grippers prick through the backing and scrape up your arms and pull on your clothes so these covers ensure no blood on you or the rug! I buy the flannel at the local fabric store and Pam cuts them out and sews them up.  I like to offer as much choice in colour and design as possible so there's something for everyone!   This batch yields a sexy leopard print for all those hooking divas who have a wild purrrrrsonality! 
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Miss Pam with her armload of goodies. A shop needs all kinds of talent to be successful so it is great to have her as a resource person that supplies a quality product.
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Much to my delight, Beverly  brought in a very jazzy version of Courtyard.  I've always loved this design so much so that I hooked it for one of my spare bedrooms. My colour palette was chosen by the elements in a velvet quilt and gives me a fabulous custom look in the room. 

Sue hooked her version to match her decor but she also changed up the colour placement to make a pattern within the pattern......this design actually has endless possibilities...let me count the ways!   Her outside border is made up of the various colours used in the center of the rug giving it a striped appeal.  She also used plaids for a textured interest.

Beverly's design is much simpler in that she only used two colours for the interior design with rust as the accent.  A totally different look from the other two and I must say, it might be my favorite of the three.  The colour choices blend beautifully and were all done in "as is" plaids raided from sister Sue Cunningham's stash.   Get a padlock Sue! 


This was Beverly's first experience with wavy and squiggly lines and she mastered it beautifully. My comment was that it looked machine made, perfectly flat like a pancake!  Talent runs deep in this family and I look forward to following her progress with future rugs.  She did say this kind of repeat pattern can be a bit monotonous but she plugged away, off and on, and completed the project in two months.  This was also her first time using linen and decided it is much softer on the hands than burlap.  Being that this pattern has little in the way of intricate design she was able to work in a #6 cut for faster progress. 

Courtyard is 35" x 50 1/2" and can be found on my signature design page.
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Sister Sue's version
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My version
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Beverly's vision
Tuesday's Contest - Guess the number and win the pattern.....good luck all!
PictureBottoms Up! 20" x 11"
So here it is.  Today's pattern free for the winner who can guess the number in my head from 1-50.  Sue Cunningham brought in two great new designs to add to her collection of Women of Abundance so what better way to launch them!  To play leave a comment on this blog page and I will announce the winner at the end of the day.   The name says it all "Bottoms Up!"  It's smaller but packs a big punch!  This delightful gal is riding the crest of a wave to shores unknown. 

36 Comments
Joni Black
6/11/2013 03:08:02 am

Love the two new designs - here's hoping I guess right on this one!
Those new dye jobs are amazing - love the abrashed fall one... my number is #9

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Adena
6/11/2013 03:09:09 am

Love the new colours, good job Shane! My guess is 46.

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Andre
6/11/2013 03:12:36 am

# 18. Great colors

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Glenna
6/11/2013 03:14:48 am

wow, great colors Shane...look forward to seeing them in person...I LOVE Sue's designs!!! #48

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Cathy Hallett
6/11/2013 03:18:54 am

Love the colours, love the patterns. My guess is # 19.

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Joanne Uhlman
6/11/2013 03:41:11 am

Love these ladies! My number- # 26

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Fran Rendon
6/11/2013 03:52:40 am

Hi How about 27 again Maybe lucky?

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Christine
6/11/2013 03:53:20 am

Since my birthday is already taken - I will guess 16 - Jenny turned 16 last Monday!!

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allyson
6/11/2013 04:00:55 am

Great new colours. Fun contest. I'll choose #29.

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Nancy Teed
6/11/2013 04:05:19 am

Beautiful! My lucky guess is number #25

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Deborah
6/11/2013 04:14:09 am

Lovely new colors! My # is 42.

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Blaine Harkins
6/11/2013 04:18:36 am

Lucky #13!!

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All about kitchen worktops link
6/11/2013 04:33:39 am

"Bottoms Up!" made me smile :)

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Joan
6/11/2013 05:12:57 am

Enjoying the blog. I choose #15 this time.

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Danielle
6/11/2013 05:56:17 am

#4 it must be ;-)

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Loris Blandford link
6/11/2013 05:59:07 am

This is just so much fun, today's pic is #49

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Marie MacVicar
6/11/2013 06:00:45 am

# 11......

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Debra
6/11/2013 06:02:45 am

Love it...my number is 20

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cyndee maynard
6/11/2013 06:10:43 am

Number 43

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Joy
6/11/2013 06:48:42 am

Love the new colors!! I'll choose #45

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Janice Lecky
6/11/2013 07:41:22 am

So cute..16

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Della
6/11/2013 07:42:33 am

Love love the new colors Shane did!wow! My guess is #50!

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Carole
6/11/2013 07:48:55 am

number 6

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Pam
6/11/2013 08:08:57 am

The new colors are fabulous!! and I love the rug Beverly did! # 27 for me.

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Liz
6/11/2013 08:58:52 am

Shane is a treasure, he has such talent with the dye pots. Oh glorious dyed wool. I choose 33

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Ruth Simpson
6/11/2013 09:20:33 am

8

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brenda reed
6/11/2013 10:31:08 am

love those abrashed colors! and Beverly's rug...great colors. my lucky(?) number..43

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Ern
6/11/2013 10:51:27 am

I pick #2. Great blog!

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Christine
6/12/2013 03:30:54 am

No one guess #1, so the closest number was yours at #2 so Ern you are the winner! Please send your mailing address! Congrats on winning Bottoms Up!

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Marilyn Pilkington
6/11/2013 11:35:23 am

No. 5.

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Lauri Troutman
6/11/2013 12:08:30 pm

Your patterns are so clever and your blog is a pleasure to read. I will be visiting on Thursday! My number is 27

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Deborah Schrang
6/11/2013 12:46:14 pm

I am loving this little contest you are having - and I love, love, love Sue Cunningham's patterns. My guess is #4 for the 4 beautiful dye samples. I do have a question though - are these colors from the new dye book? Or are they new formulas since its publication. Although I really like the antique colors - I really like the brights, and am hoping to see more like them.

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Deanna Naugler Gear
6/11/2013 03:17:21 pm

Would not expect anything but the Best from Shane and Sue. They do have talent:) # 10

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Mary Chevalier
6/11/2013 09:19:53 pm

What beautiful colors . My pick is 8

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Barbara
6/11/2013 09:55:46 pm

Too cute! I'm going with 14 (number of spaces in the name Sue Cunningham)

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