BACK AND FORTH.

Last week I worked on the red and black scrappy rug, which I am traditionally hooking with wool strips.

This week it's back to the punched rug for a bit, using yarn that I dyed by hand.

Back and forth.  Get stuck on one, work on the other.  Get tired of that one, work on the first again. 

I was stuck on this Moon Runner rug, gave it about ten days off, and now, after much pulling-out and re-punching, here it is today:

I'm very much in experimental mode here.  I ripped out all three clouds and re-punched them yesterday and today...I know that before I make any decisions about whether this is working or not, I need to fill in a lot more.  Right underneath this is another moon, and another small cloud--I will see how it looks after I get those two motifs punched, along with much more background. 

By the time I get all that done (and that won't even be half the rug!) I think I'll be able to tell what's working and what isn't.  That's the working theory, anyway!

Trial and error...trial and error...