I know...I'm slow. My excuse is that I have a busy life. Don't we all? I took a lot of the wonderful advice that many of you gave me. I changed the legs and head of the sheep to tweedy gray. I added the beaded line that Michelle suggested, and like it. I still have some tweaking to do on this, and that line is one of the things to tweak. I believe I should have hooked it higher, and should have really snuggled the adjacent rows to it so it would be straighter. I was running out of black or I would have enlarged the border by a row or two, and would have added a second row of beaded border with a black line in between the beaded rows. Gene Shepherd makes beaded rows look so straight and easy!
I have a very small black half round button that I will sew on for her eye. And I am going to re-hook the hooves with the tan as they are now black and you can't see them at all. I like the background color. It is a mix of tweeds, plaids and all sorts of recycled wools tossed into a pot with Cushings Turkey red and a touch of black.
As I look at it on the monitor I wish I has added a small butterfly sitting on her back! Thanks to all my internet rug hooking friends who brainstormed and gave me advice for this project. I appreciate each one of you! Hugs from me to you!!!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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One of these days I'm gonna try this, it looks like so much fun.
ReplyDeleteI love the circular pattern in the sheeps body, it looks like real wool. If you ever tire of it, I could find the perfect place for it in my home. ;D
Lauri-
ReplyDeleteYour swirly sheep is absolutely adorable! You took all our suggestions and came up with a great solution. How are you going to finish this piece?
Michele Nelson
Just beautiful! Of course ... I like all sheep.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
That is just amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful work. Awesome blog! I felt like you deserve a comment. Keep it up.
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