Water Lilies – Wide cut – Primitive
Pattern: “Water Lilies” designed by Joan Moshimer’s. Adaptation of the “Stair Treads & Risers” Pattern #10
Size: enlarged up to: 39” x 19”
Backing: linen
I hooked this rug in #6 cut. I dyed the wool for the petals and the water.
The water lilies petals are hooked with dip dye wool. For the front petals I choose a light yellow base wool and for the back petals I choose a golden yellow base wool.
The formula for the petals is as follows:
Dip Dye wool
2 pieces of light yellow wool 18”x14” ea.
2 pieces of golden yellow wool 18”x14” ea.
How to dye the pieces of wool:
Orange (center of the long length of the wool)
PRISM #2S:
- 1) PR 6
1 table spoon in a big pot w/BW, add 1 TBS plain salt. Once the color is in the wool, move it up and down for a couple of minutes, then add vinegar using the same movement until the dye is absorbed.
Magenta (1/3 bottom of the long length of the wool)
PRISMS #2:
- 2) PR 102A
5 table spoons in a big pot w/BW, add 1 TBS plain salt. When the color is ready, move it up and down for a couple of minutes, add 2 TBS more only for the tip of the wool, then add vinegar with the same movement until the dye is absorbed.
Preparation of the PR6 and PR 102A
PR 6 (Sundance) (orange)
½ Yellow 119
¼ Magenta #349
1/128 Black #672
Dissolve the dye in a glass container with 1 teaspoon of tap water.
Then add 1 ¼ cup of BW.
PR 102A
1/8 Red #349
1/16 Magenta #349
1/32 Yellow #135
Speck (pinch, or small amount: less than 1/128) Green #728
Dissolve the dye in a glass container with 1 teaspoon of tap water.
Then add 1 ¼ cup of BW.
For the leaves I choose a seven value swatch in green from Connie Charleson #29.
For the water I dyed a seven value swatch which I hooked horizontally. The dye formula is as follows:
Prisms #2
PR 23 Blue Bell
1/8 Turquoise #487
1/32 Magenta #349
In 1 ¼ CBW, over white wool w/salt & vinegar
The 2” additional border is hooked with 3 rows in brick red and 5 rows in camel, which brings the actual size of the rug at 22” x 43”.
I finished the edge with a herringbone stitch using yarn that matches the camel wool from the border.