 Herringbone border on a punched chairpad, 2024. Pattern is from the Oxford Rug Hooking School,using scrap yarns from my stash with a #9 regular Oxford Punch. See my previous post for why I decided to do this quick project and to contrast the finished piece with the way it looked without the border. It was great fun to learn how to do a herringbone border.  A woolly pot I made this morning. I'll use it to hold scrap yarns and wool that I trim off when I'm punching or rug hooking. It worked up fast and was hugely fun to make. I've got other uses for these cuties also so will make more for sure. Instructions and even a short video HERE. Wool, quarter-inch wooden beads, Valdani thread, fusible interfacing, and a charm.  A chair pad I just punched. It's "in progress," because I'll be taking a class later this week to learn a special edge binding technique. Punching doesn't require a binding, but this technique is decorative and I'm curious to learn it.
The pattern is an old one from the Oxford Rug Hooking School; it's not my style and I always thought I'd flip it over and draw my own design on the back to punch, but I needed to produce "something round" really fast for this class, so I opted for quickly completing this and have something with an edge to work on during class. It's on monks cloth, using a #9 Oxford Punch needle and an assortment of rug yarn scraps, some of which are from other rug projects and some of which (the dark brown) I dyed myself way back in 2016. |
ABOUT ME I'm a textile artist (traditional rug hooking, punch needle rug hooking, and other textile arts), a long-time meditator, a certified meditation teacher and coach, and focused on learning about the interplay of art, creativity, and mindfulness every day. 
Certified, 2021
Certified Unified Mindfulness Coach Level I, 2024
Certified Zentangle® Teacher, 2013
Certified by AmyOxford.com at The Oxford Rug Hooking School, 2016
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