This article gives you a quick view of the process The Ruggery uses to hand hook a heirloom quality rug from a photograph of a Black Labrador.
The Lab we are working with is black. For us the word black in the the dog takes on a different meaning where we
need to have depth and details to give the dog a three dimensional quality.
There are six base colors we use for the dog, from a light grey down to a jet black. When we see a black dog in real life
our eye makes sense of the color variations and we see the shine off the coat of the dog and our mind interprets the color changes
but we acknowledge the dog is all black.
Artisans at The Ruggery have to use there creative eye to bring the dog to life with the use of color and shades.
Wool hand dyed for the black lab portrait
We start with a photograph of the Lab. A water color sketch is then draw by hand to show the client our interpretation of the finished rug.
This also give us a guide line for how and where the colors should be hooked giving the desired effect.
Photo of the Black Lab and the sketch for reference
We then draw a pattern of the rug on cotton monks cloth that we can hook through.
The pattern is stretched tightly on a frame and the hooking begins.
We work from the back of the rug so the pattern is drawn in reverse.
Pattern complete for the lab portrait and the hooked starts
The elements of the rug are hooked first, the dog is first to get hooked. As you can see there is more then just black
being used.
Work continuing on the lab rug
Next to be hooked are the grasses and the water.
Start of the background
The border and background behind the grasses are the last part of the rug to get hooked.
This method of punch rug hooking has been around for over 100 years.
The Ruggery hopes to keep the tradition alive and help bring it into the 21 century with new ideas
and innovative thoughts behind our rugs.
Black lab portrait rug finished
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I met George Wells back in the 70’s. My Mom and I were invited upstairs to the main working area. Mr Wells explained to me how to dye the yarn. Dye the entire batch in the lightset shade that you are working on,then a little darker for the next sequence and so on. I made the black lab in the cat-tails,all b dying my own yarn.. it was the best fun I had ever had.
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Hi, I do primitive rug hooking and am looking for a pattern to hook my own rug of my dark chocolate lab. Would it be possible to buy a pattern on monks cloth you would sketch if I sent a pic of my lab? And if so, what would something like that cost? Your rug is beautiful. Thanks!
I love your rug of the black lab and I would like to make one myself. Do you offer kits and or patterns for sale?