~ Inspiration from the Farm ~

Joan & I have been hooking our large-cut jarrahdale pumpkins

{well, they are torn strips actually...ok, torn & hand-cut.}

Our 1-inch-plus strips were torn first,  then cut in half, 

so I really don't even know what width they are

...just all different!

I drew them out for us on linen, they are approx. 15" across. 

Joan's is almost all hooked and I'll see hers Saturday when she comes out to the shop.

this is mine, all hooked and ready to be 'finish-finished' ~ below.

not sure if it will be a pillow, or mounted onto board, or.....who knows.

~ we'll see.

After seeing one being hooked at the Sauder show last month, 

this was our inspiration:

 

I chose beautiful wools from The Wool Studio 

{thank you Rebecca and family!} 

you can see the textures in the photo here ~

 

I save pumpkin stems each year for projects such as this ~

I chose this one, and Joan has her choice from my stash...

 

 

we'll show them to you side-by-side soon, after they are completely finished :)

Next, I want to hook a 3 dimensional pumpkin...like a round one.

I'll have to figure that one out ~ but I think I can ;) 

&

 here are a few gorgeous photos from my Pinterest boards

to perhaps inspire you to hook a pumpkin too!

enjoy...

 

Wishing you all a wonderful late-Summer day 

filled with Nature's inspiration and profound creativity!

 

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

a few loops ~

I pulled a few loops last night,

haven't had much time to work this weekend ~

I am under the crunch of a deadline....

 

...but I did want to show you my slight progress.

horse is all hooked, now I want to add a little background...

 

 you can see that I am using a Miller hook,

I love using this with my wide, hand-cut strips...

 

great little hook!

here are some of my strips...

some are wider than others, but they are all between 1/2 & 3/4 inch strips.

I love the look they lend to my work ~

 

 



varying widths of my wool strips by hand cutting them...

 

 can you see how the large strips, when pulled through the linen with a smaller-shanked hook,

give the loops what I call 'rolled shoulders'?

 

 

dark outline completed around horse

 

when the larger strip of wool is pulled using a smaller-shanked hook,

the edges of the loops don't really pull completely through the linen,

...giving an almost knotted, or rag-rug appearence to them...

...I love this look!

 

 

loops pulled high through linen, and because of the wide cut strips, hooking goes faster :)

I'll finish hooking the dark outline around the other motifs,

...then start to 'block-fill' in the background.

 

notice the purple wool in the flower below?

the original rug has hints of purples in it, but I think these might have been reds or blues

that faded to lavender over time...that's the look I'm wanting to achieve...

 

 



little by little, loop-by-loop ~
 

what hook do you use?

do you hand cut your strips?

 

off to the post office & bank for me today ~

then I will get back to work on that deadline!

 

have a beautiful Monday my Friends!

 

Lori from

Notforgotten Farm