Wednesday 8 September 2010

Tanglewood Floor Cover

A wool sports jacket once worn by some man
Was picked up at Frenchy's by a rug hooking friend.
She dyed it and shrunk it
And gave me a piece.


Onto this I felted some fancy wool fibres
Not flat like a pancake; but lumpy and bumpy.
I gathered up threads all autumnal in colour
And began messy stitching the floor of my woods.


The stitching's a pleasure and great fun to do
Because the needle glides through with the greatest of ease.
The start of this piece was a "what if I try"
Working with wool that I'd not done before.
Now I'm wondering on finishes for this piece of wool
Perhaps it needs wetting and blocking out square?
Maybe it needs a border or two?
Maybe stitched cloth or maybe more wool?

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16 comments:

  1. More wool please! Perhaps mixed in with some spiralling hand wrapped braid. Not too tidy, keep it organic! Log and leaf shapes would be nice. Luscious, dark and broody!

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  2. And maybe its just perfect how it is.

    xt

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  3. why am i saying this out loud in a 4/4 rhythm?
    i think it's perfect as is...k.

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  4. Beautiful Penny, I like it without a border as well. But it would look very good with one I think. Reminds me of William Morris a bit. G

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  5. I love the colours. I love the textures. I really love the grid-like pattern that peeks through of the original piece of wool.

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  6. wow.that is stunning. love the colors, too. how about some braided tassels as a border...

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  7. I am drooling - all that texture! What if you ask the cloth what it wants? My vote would be to soften the edges with more wool in organic curves.

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  8. Oh the possibilities! I'm not going to cast a vote on what you might do next because I like it as it is.

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  9. that is yummilicious! It doesn't need any straight edges around the outside- curves and free just like the piece itself

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  10. It's very beautiful all by itself but I find myself wanting to go to Grannie's jar full of mother of pearl buttons.

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  11. speechless----a discrete sprinkling of bronze beads

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  12. Penny
    I'm really enjoying your blog. It is so inspiring to look and see what you are doing. Of course your colours are exciting as usual.
    Sharon

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  13. Oh I really, really like this!

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