Saturday, January 16, 2010

I was at a crossroads....

As I have been progressing with the latest rug, I had started to have mixed feelings about where it was going. I had decided on a pale sky blue for the background and I hooked a bit around the monarch and a branch or two. All good!
But the more background I hooked in, the worse I started to feel. It was kind of making me sick!! The soft pink blossoms and the soft blue sky.........I actually felt like you did when you were a kid and ate too much cotton candy at the fair!! That sickly sweet feeling......blahhhhhh!
I thought maybe I just couldn't "see" it yet, so I continued to hook in blue. Maybe this was one of those things that until its finished it won't make sense. I was getting close to a "point of no return". I had to decide ASAP what to do with the background....keep going or rip out the blue and go a more neutral color. This rug HAS to be done by Feb 12 and with my crazy life I could easily run out of time.
Plus, I realized that these pale, pastel colors and not quite my taste, but this rug isn't for me.

So I called Corinne and explained how looking at this rug made me sick and I might want to swap out some wool! I knew she would tell me the truth. Remember, she is the gal who tells me when my butt looks fat and I need my roots colored! Gotta love a friend like that! LOL


But she liked it. So I trust her opinion and I will keep going. She even had a great idea for the finishing. I think I might take it to be put in a simple rough cut, white-washed frame. So it might look like looking out an old window pane. Maybe......but for now I continue to hook in background and keep the Pepto-Bismol close just in case I get that cotton candy over-dose feeling again!


6 comments:

  1. Millie, I agree with Corrine. I think the blue is right for the sky behind spring flowers.
    It will probably grow on you and you won't need the pepto.

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  2. Thanks Katie. I'm going to move forward and hope for the best.

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  3. Hi Kim,
    You're like me, I can hardly stand to hook something I don't like! There's nothing wrong with that blue in my opinion. I think you'll like it in that frame you were talking about. It really looks like spring! Carry on! Cathy G

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  4. I like it, too! Just keep going... ;-)

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  5. Looks great to me...but I often have to stand back and look at my hooking or ask a neutral person for an opinion.

    Another trick is to take a picture as it looks quite different as a photo.

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  6. I like it, Kim....doing a wonderful job. Should look real neat when finished....

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