I made a rug hooking of my cat. He was supposed to have a mouth and whiskers but they did not look good so I left them off. Since he is all black, I think just the eyes looks fine. The dark green is a bit hard to see unless in bright light (pic is with flash).
Black Jack
03 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in Crafts, Fiber Arts, rug hooking Tags: handmade, rug hooking, rug hooking with yarn, yarn
Rug hooking with yarn
26 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in art, Crafts, Fiber Arts, Handmade, rug hooking Tags: beginner, experiment, handmade, rug, rug hooking, rug hooking with yarn
Today I did an experiment with yarn since I knew it was possible to rug hook using yarn. I bought a small roll of burlap at one point at Michaels since it was on sale. That is what I used since it was hemmed and I could cut a piece of for a small piece.
I have tons of yarn to play with, so I doodled a design and went at it.
I should have used thicker yarn, but it worked well enough for a first try. The paisleys look okay, the flower and swirl at the bottom turned out good. The red blob in the middle was supposed to be a heart. I cannot figure out how to get it to keep its shape. I even tried to use black to outline it but it still turned into a circle. It kinda looks like a ladybug so it’s fine I guess. I do want to learn how to do a proper heart though!
Sharp points are hard. There was supposed to be a star but I just could not get it to work out. The top right is a crescent moon with a random purple blob on the right, and another in the top center.
It was a good learning experience. I do want to try again with thicker and better yarn. I just dug into my acrylic stash for trying this out. I am going to look around online to see what I can find for tutorials/classes.