More Show Rugs...St. Henri Exhibit 2010

 

Garden Trellis

Designed by Judith Dallegret and Claire Molson

Hooked by Claire Molson

 

 Garden Rug

Designed and Hooked by Kathleen Menzies

 

Sultry Night

Adaptation of A Painting by Mr. Meloche

Hooked by Maureen Meloche

And The Show Goes On...St.Henri Exhibit 2010

Primitive Flowers 2

Designed by Tara Darr

Hooked by Mary Guay

Ma Famille en Kilim

Designed and Hooked by Yanick Duchesne

Fleurs, style Naif

Designed by Tara Darr

Hooked by Lucie Geneviève Lambert

Kilim: Histoire de Sophie et Yogi

Designed and Hooked by Jocelyn Guindon

La Ferme Morgan

Designed and Hooked by Yanick Duchesne

And Here Comes Some More....St. Henri Exhibit 2010

10, rue Jobin

Adaptation of a Watercolor by Reine Ouellet

Hooked by Hélène Fortier

Escaped Canoe

Designed and Hooked by Brenda Ticehurst

Halloween Night

Designed and Hooked by Nayumi Takahashi

Pot Jaune

Designed by Wendy Miller

Hooked by Hélène Fortier

Lapin Vagabond

Designed by Kris Miller

Hooked by Hélène Fortier

The Show Continues...St. Henri Exhibition 2010

Hands Around The Hearth

Designed and Hooked By Carolyn Mungall

Vines and Roses

Designed by Mary Ruelle

Hooked by Rosemary Daisy Sylvestre

Three Teddy Bears

Designed and Hooked by Mayumi Takahashi

Jacobean Flower Rug

Designed and Hooked by Carolyn Mungall

Dépanneur

(Corner Store)

Designed and Hooked by Maureen Meloche

St. Henri Rug Show 2010 Continues...

My Davey

Designed and Hooked by Maureen Rowe

Dreamscape

Designed and Hooked by Terry Ballantyne

Dog Days of Summer

Designed and Hooked by Terry Ballantyne

Sheep

Designed by Signe Anderson

Adaptation and Locker Hooked by Margaret Brown

Four Hearts

Designed and Punch Hooked by Margaret Brown

Finally .... More Rugs From St Henri Rug Show 2010

Fluted Vase

Designed by Karen Kahle

Hooked by Marie-Andrée Vézina

Marguerite Bourgeois Welcomes 

The Kings Daughters

to The Saint Gabriel House in Montreal

Designed and Hooked by Marie-Andrée Vézina

Little Horse

Designed and Hooked by Marie-Andrée Vézina

Inspired by the Grottes de Lascaux

Fiber Art From St. Henri Rug Hookers Exhibition 2010

The Three Bears

Traditional Design by Bluenose Rugs

Hooked by Sylvie Vézina Godin

Birds and Pomegranates

Adaptation of Design by Edith O'Neill

Hooked by Sylvie Vézina Godin

Calypso

Designed by Melissa Elliot

Hooked by Sylvie Vézina Godin

Tapis du coeur sur la main

Adaptation of Traditional Design

Hooked by Sylvie Vézina Godin

La bataille des coqs

Hooked and designed by Sylvie Vézina Godin

What to Do With All Those Cut Strips of Wool......

What to do with all those cut strips of wool...Here is a wonderful idea from my Mom. She did a sort of variation of an inch mat. The count is 6 loops for the outside square, 4 loops for the middle line, and then 2 loops for the inside little square. Then the black or dark grid line surrounds it all. Make it as big or small as you wish. Here is a finished mat. Enjoy!

Here is another version without the grid lines.

These little scrap mats were designed and hooked by Lois Latham.

My Kilim So Far...

 

My progress on my Kilim has been slow, but steady. I am a very slow hooker, especially when I am using a # 5 cut. The traditional symbols found in Kilim rugs and carpets have meanings which have been passed down from one generation to the next.

"The patterns and motifs on kilim rugs have a symbolic language. Thus, many symbolic, iconic or indexical motifs (signs) on kilim rugs can help transfer the cultural data of that time to the present day, therefore kilims are media of transferring cultural heredity as well." (Assist. Prof. PhD. Nurdan Taflk›ran - Kocaeli University, Faculty of Communication, Radio, Cinema & TV Dept., Turkey.) 

This "Red" panel represents me.

Here is an iconic figure of a man that represents me. Above me is an icon which symbolizes my hands, used to create the rugs that I make.

 

Above the hand is an icon of a cross which symbolizes my connection to my spirituality, and my yoga practice (mind/body/soul). 

Here are two more two crosses, one stylized as a flower which relates to my spiritual connection to the earth and my garden and flowers and the other a more traditional representation of a cross which represents for me my profession in the health care field.

Hooked Kilim Rugs

Several years ago I taught a workshop in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on the rich color and techniques of Hooking Kilims. These are some examples of hooked Kilim rugs from that workshop.

Kilim Pillow

Hooked by Tony Latham

Adaptation of Traditional Design by Montrealcolors

Small Kilim Mat

Hooked by Lois Latham

Adaptation of Traditional Design by Montrealcolors

Kilim Pillow Top

Hooked by Jocelyn Guindon

Adaptation of Traditional Design by Montrealcolors

Large Kilim Rug

Hooked by Diane Harris

Adaptation of Traditional Design Montrealcolors