Hands and Crocus, hooked rug, 9x12 inches
Hands and Crocus (detail)
Hands and Crocus (detail)
I designed and hooked this piece during a workshop with Jon Ciemiewicz at the Green Mountain rug hooking school. Although Jon's specialty is hooking animals, he didn't mind my choice of subject. I had recently heard Sarah MacLachlan's song "Ordinary Miracle", which is the theme song in "Charlotte's Web", the week crocuses were blooming in my garden. After a cold winter these flowers always seem miraculous when they pop through the snow.
Inspired by Jon's work, I did hook a blue heron not long after.
