But I wanted to make a latch hook rug again. A challenging one. I wanted it to be a gift for
I started working on the rug in December. I thought I could finish before March. No such luck. I'm terrible at estimating the time when I'll finish craft projects. I do, however, generally tend to finish them eventually. And eight months later, at long last, this particular one is finished. The yarn's hooked, the edges are sewn up, the back is coated with rubbery stuff so the rug doesn't slide around, the rubbery stuff has dried, and the rug has been packed away into a cardboard box with
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The rug is about three feet by three feet. And it's 100 yarns by 100 yarns, just like the icon is 100 pixels by 100 pixels. I still wish I'd had more yarn colors to choose from, but unfortunately, textile manufacturers have no respect for the needs of art and do not provide many colors at all. And I didn't want to risk creating a non-colorfast rug by hand-dyeing yarn myself. Now I'm about half eager to brag about my work, and one fourth afflicted with crafting stage fright, and one fourth too relieved it's over with to even care about trying to judge whether it's good enough or not.