Isn’t “Hit and Miss” a misnomer ? I don’t know of anyone who actually hooked one by blindly sticking their hand in the bag, grabbing a strip and hooking whatever colour came out. However this rug IS being entirely hooked with leftover small bits and pieces so I think it qualifies as “Hit and Miss” and I’m having lots of fun with the creation of each block.
I began by hooking all the large squares in the foreground in reds and yellows. …decided that the additional colours would be blue, blue/green and yellow/green and was amazed that I was able to come up with a good sized bag of leftovers of each!
I decided on the placement of the colours as I went along….trying to make sure they were evenly distributed and balanced throughout.
As you can see…I made some changes as I went along….and even in this photo…I need to change one of the B-G’s (blue/greens) on the left since I realize that I do not have a blue along the outside left edge.
A note for newbies who may be viewing this….Hookers work from foreground to background….(as opposed to painters who can layer on top) and this rug makes it really apparent why. As I work down layer by layer, it is easy to keep the squares even and straight but it would be impossible the other way. By mistake the other evening, I started hooking one square that had an edge overlapping it. Being too lazy to rip it out and start a different one, I had to leave a bit extra on each strip at that edge so I could finish it properly after the top square is hooked, which will be fiddly and time consuming. (You can see the tag ends on the red block in the middle below.)
So this is my progress to date.
In preparation for hooking the background, I’ve gathered up all my bits and pieces of light neutrals (beiges, sands and greys) . I’m still trying to decide if I will hook them as is, or marry the colours in a large stew pot so they are closer in colour. At the moment I’m leaning to the latter.
If I didn’t live in a household with two cats and a dog, I’d think seriously of creams for the background since I love the vibrant colours against the white backing. Too many mucky paws in my house for that to work though.
Thanks for stopping by.
It’s been fun hunting up all the bits and pieces from past rugs, and hooking them into the 6″x 8″ rectangles to start.
I’ll be adding other colours as well, but they will be further back, since I want the reds and yellows to be dominant.
You can see some of the repair at the bottom right. It’s been a very long time since I did any darning, but that long lost art came in handy. The outside edge of this block was hooked through the weaving with no difficulty.
This hit and miss table runner was hooked by many members……and will be won in a raffle…as will this beautiful pillow…
These coasters were hooked by many members as well.
….other sale items already completed include….
Santas…
…tree ornaments…
….hooked broaches (I realize now that some are made to be ‘point up’ so they look ‘off kilter’ the way I’ve photographed them).
….here’s the back of one…
…necklaces to set off any outfit…
…and available in a variety of colours.
Christmas tree ornaments…
…little Santa boot pins…
…a variety of goodies….
….and more broaches…this one having beads sewn around the edges…
Sunshine Rughooking 