Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Winding and binding....

During our visit to Halcyon Yarns in Bath, Maine I picked up a skein of Victorian two ply wool in a nice Navy to finish off Jack. I sat down Saturday afternoon to wind my yarn....

I was winding and....



 
Winding.....


 
And winding.

 

It took me an hour to wind this yarn.
It is a thinner gauge, but I love the way it looks. So then it was time to bind.
 
Jack all pinned and ready...


I was binding....
 
And binding.....
 
 
And binding.



It took roughly seven hours of work to bind this baby. Because the gauge was small it took more to cover. I did double my strands in my needle.

I am so excited to have my first major rug project complete!!!  Now I just need to label it and add a hanger sleeve across the back.

Here is Jack!
 
 
 
I am very pleased!!
 
Haulin' apples ---- loving all things Autumn
 
 
 
Keep on Stitching and Hooking.
 
P.J.
 
 


8 comments:

Margaret said...

Wow, is that how you bind a rug? Shows you how much I know. lol! Well done! Jack looks great!

Catherine said...

Love that blue color and what a great finish ~ love it!

Cricket-bug Corner said...

Beautiful!

Shelly said...

Great job on Jack! He looks great!

Erica said...

Great finish!
What a cool rug!

Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri Malinovich) said...

What a wonderful finish! I love it and I really liked seeing how you did it, as well! I love apple harvest season ~ we have such great apples in Michigan that I eat way too many of them. Oh, those and cinnamon donuts and cider. Yummmmm....

Mii Stitch said...

Great work, Jack looks really good!

Samplings from Spring Creek said...

Jack is awesome--great job! Y