The enchanted – Wide Cut – Primitive

The enchanted, P777 (16×30), Jane Mc Gown Flynn design.

This was adapted from a pattern by Jane Mc Gown Flynn. Originally the cat was sitting at the sill of a window watching a bird on a branch, but I changed it to use the “proddy” and ”sculpture” techniques. The cat is now sitting in a “proddy” garden.
I removed the window and the branches are now attached to the trunk of a tree.
The leaves and bird are made with the “sculpture” technique in 3 cut.
I had to incorporate a lake and small mountains since the horizon space was so large. The rest was done in primitive 6 cut. It is finished as a hanging piece

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Cat who ate the canary, Wide Cut, Primitive

“Cat who ate the canary”, Designed by Pris Buttler, (33” x 14”)

Primitive pattern, hooked with cut #6, with Studio Swatch “N” for the cat and other transitional swatches for the three birds and their feathers.  Plain natural color wool was used for the background as well as gold and blue wool for the border.
The edge was finished with a blue commercial yarn applying the herringbone stitch.  The color of the edge matches the blue in the border.

Winken, Blinken & Nod, Fine Shading

Winken, Blinken & Nod, MP225 (14×24), Joan Moshimer pattern

I  hooked this pattern with cut #3 for the owls, branch and leaves, and cut #4 for the background.
I applied fine shading and sculpture and fingering techniques.

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Stain Glass Fish – Wide Cut

Jane McGown Flynn design,  P836 (16″x 16″)

Primitive pattern hooked in 6 cut. The full design is outlined.
The central motive, the fish, is hooked with different colors of dip dye for the tail and fins.
The face is hooked with a solid yellow and the head with a dip dye wool brown to gold.
The water in the circle is hooked, with two different colors of turquoise.
The motive behind the circle represents the sea water with the sea weeds. The sea weeds are hooked with a dip dye wool which goes yellow-green to beige and the water in a solid silver green wool.
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