Several folks from our group took a class at Karen Kaiser's last week, learning all about oriental rugs. There were rug hookers in attendance from Oakville to Brockville and points in between.
We were greeted on arrival by Bernie, a (very) large Bouvier de Flandres - he was very sweet and gentle, and seemed to really enjoy hanging out with us for the 2 days.
Karen has completed several prize-winning oriental rugs and had them on display in her work room. She also managed to borrow several rugs from notable hookers in the area, including Dorothy Haight and Pam Duncan.
We learned about shading and dyeing (dip and swatch), and made a stab at working on our rugs. This gave us an opportunity to make changes to the cut size used as well as a few changes to the colours.
During the class we spent time checking out what everyone was working on, and Karen did a show & tell at the end to showcase everyone's work. (my apologies that some of the photos are a tad dark & blurry!)
It was a great group of folks and we had a wonderful time! Thanks, Karen!
Thanks, Jennifer, for a great day and a great blog.
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