For April’s blog post, Ania is speaking about a recently finished project, “Missing Scrolls.” This pattern was designed by Jane McGown Flynn. It was hooked in three different cuts – the middle scroll was hooked in #3 cut wool, the scroll with the dark background in #4 cut wool, and the primitive scroll in #5 cut wool. The finished rug is 22 ” x 11″.
The three scrolls featured in this rug are so different, that Ania has decided to focus on them one at a time, in three separate blog posts. Look below to see an image of the finished project, and to read about the first scroll, designed and hooked in a primitive style:
What is the background on this project?
One day in class, I told Betty McClentic, who was my teacher, that I was in between projects. Betty immediately told me that she knew what I could work on. She began explaining to me that years ago, all McGown Teacher Workshop participants were required to hook a scroll sampler that included three additional scrolls that the current scroll sampler doesn’t have anymore.
Betty recommended that I reach out to Melissa Pattacini at Honey Bee Hive Rug Hooking, to ask about getting a pattern of the three missing scrolls from the current Scroll Sampler. Melissa knew what I was talking about, and was able to draw the pattern for me on rug warp. That’s also the reason for this pattern’s name – “Missing Scrolls.”
How did you approach color planning this scroll?
This scroll is in a primitive style. I wanted to take a basic, simple approach to it, as a result. I immediately knew I wanted to use a paisley wool in it. The center vein is therefore hooked with a paisley shawl that I had kept in my stash for many years. I really like how it looks, but I did not like hooking with paisley. The wool was full of very small threads that were easy to pull – I was constantly trimming the ragged edges.
I used a texture to outline the outside of the scroll too, and then I used a variety of yellow leftover wool to hook the remainder of the scroll. The background is also hooked in leftover wool. I like how the colors came together.
Anything else of note about this scroll?
I won’t be adding any more paisleys to my stash! It’s not a fabric that I enjoy working with. I’d also mention that this is hooked in a #5 cut wool, and that is the biggest cut wool that I would recommend using on rug warp. I like rug warp for projects that require fine shading. However, the same aspects of rug warp that make it great for fine shading, namely how stiff and strong it is, make it difficult to use with thicker cuts of wool.
Hooking this scroll was simple, and it came together quickly. This is the simplest type of scroll you could hook. It was the second scroll I hooked in the pattern. Next time, we’ll talk about the first scroll I hooked in this pattern, the center scroll.
If you have any questions about this scroll, feel free to leave them below!
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