Editing the magazine has made me think more about how I edit my hooked creations. There are many times that I will rip out a whole section to try to get things more the way I want them to be. I will often hook in elements very quickly so I can study things like body gesture and color. Then I go back and refine the hooking. I did not feel that the little girl looked little enough, and the balloon was too easy to over look.
I have again begun work on the rug that I blogged about back in October - called Letting Go. Between teaching at Little River, then Steamboat Springs, Thanksgiving and getting layout and edit done on ATHA magazine, and then Christmas — I have not had time to hook much. But now I am happily hooking away!
Editing the magazine has made me think more about how I edit my hooked creations. There are many times that I will rip out a whole section to try to get things more the way I want them to be. I will often hook in elements very quickly so I can study things like body gesture and color. Then I go back and refine the hooking. I did not feel that the little girl looked little enough, and the balloon was too easy to over look.
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It is hard to believe that it has been 2 months since I taught a faces camp to the wonderful ladies in Steamboat Springs! It was a fast few days of furious hooking, but they got a lot accomplished! Not only did they learn to visualize and hook a portrait, but we sculpted the faces as well. You can see what a fun texture the wide cut becomes when you clip the loops! I had a camera card melt down and am unable to put all of the portraits up for you to see. But, out of nine women there were 9 wonderful portraits! |
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