Tabbytite Hooked Rugs

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Hooking Portraits...

I'm putting together a "portrait kit" for a summer project. It's going to be a self portrait. In fact, it's the ID picture I use on this very blog... If you look closely at my picture you'll notice I only have ONE eyebrow penciled in, haha!! I will bet my rent on the fact that I started the day with two penciled in eyebrows. I must have wiped one off. And with all my five sisters in the background I'm surprised I got away with wearing only one even for a short time! Anyway....

This will be my first portrait period. I've already purchased two packs of flesh tones from Tish Murphy. I received them in the mail yesterday. I'm very happy with this purchase. I will dig thru my stash of wool to find something for the blouse I'm wearing, but I still must decide what to do about the background. And then there's my hair, not sure what to do about that...

What I really wish is to take an online course on hooking realistic portraits. I did find someone from Canada who is giving a course at the end of this year or early in 2016!! Bummer, to have to wait that long. Indeed this hooker knows her craft so yes I will wait! Meanwhile, I will figure it out on my own. The best part is, I get to hook in my missing eyebrow... Wish me luck!!

Friday, April 3, 2015

Posting Dino again...

My grandson drew this on rug backing with a felt pen in about three minutes. He picked the wool for everything but the background. It was a fun piece to hook!!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Hooking Frames with Stand

I've been checking out stands to add to my wood lap frame. Hmm, lots of creative husbands out there whipping up stand bases in all sorts of beautiful woods and some made of metals. Of course my dream hooking frame is the Beeline frame whose $800 price tag doesn't fit in my pocket so it's out of the question for now! Anyway, I think I found my stand... And at my price range.