Ditch the color wheel and learn real skills that that you will learn in this course. You DO NOT need to have a “knack for it.” I can teach you the skills you need.
Introduction
Do this first….. Mark your calendar. I host a Q&A Office Hours every 5th Tuesday for membe...
Replays
Every 5th Tuesday of the month, I invite all members of this course and the Virtual Dye Class to com...
Color Theory Introduction
What usually happens when you start a rug… Choose the color for one of the motifs, hook it. Ch...
Value is More Important Than Color
If you can get the value right in a rug, the color does not really matter. We all see color differen...
The Color Wheel
While this course does not get deep into color theory, I will explain enough of the basics to improv...
Color Relationships
Create a sense of depth using color relationships.
Seasonal Color
Seasonal Color
Did you know you are programmed each season for certain colors? Walk down any aisle in a store and p...
Personal Color
Personal Color
Did you know you are programmed each season for certain colors? Walk down any aisle in a store and p...
Bonus: Value is So Important
Bonus: Value is So Important
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Creating your Palette
Creating your Palette
Video updated 6/1/19
Paint Brochures
Paint Brochures
Those beautiful brochures in the paint aisle have inspired me in the past to buy paint to paint a ro...
Fabric & Wallpaper
Fabric & Wallpaper
What creates a mood or feeling more than a printed fabric or wallpaper? This professionally produced...
How Textures Work
How Textures Work
Textured wool is simply wool that is not one solid color. It can be a plaid, stripe, check or some o...
Floor Dump & Sort
Floor Dump & Sort
This is a method that improves with time. You need to practice. Skill is developed when you do not g...
Color Personality
Color Personality
Color personality is one of the most important color planning lessons I teach. Applying this rule wi...
Tips for Buying Wool
Tips for Buying Wool
I sure don’t need to teach you how to buy wool. I think it is embedded in our genes. When we see wha...
Prepare Your Pattern
Prepare Your Pattern
Secure the outer edge There are a few things you need to do with your pattern before you start hooki...
Value Planning
Value Planning
Creating a value study is the core of my color planning lesson for most rugs. If this is the only un...
Value Study Part 1
Value Study Part 1
Going through the planning process takes some time, but if you don’t do it on paper, you will do it ...
Value Study Part 2
Value Study Part 2
Once you have a black line drawing you can do a value study. Using just three values, light, medium ...
Color Distribution
Color Distribution
The video for this lesson will take some time because I need to finalize some new rug pattern design...
Borders
Borders
Let’s Paint
Let’s Paint
When you hook a portrait of an animal or person, you already have a background in your reference pho...
Marry & Marbelize Wool
Marry & Marbelize Wool
While this lesson is primarily a dye lesson, I thought it was worthwhile to include it here because ...
Make Major Decisions First
Make Major Decisions First
As in life, if you take care of the big decisions, the little ones take care of themselves. Identify...
Create a Wool Key
Create a Wool Key
Start with the end — Whipping Yarn
Start with the end — Whipping Yarn
Where to Start Hooking
Where to Start Hooking
Use the Value Study
Use the Value Study
If you Created a Value Study (which works on a majority of rugs), you have a value study ready to go...
Sometimes More is More
Sometimes More is More
I wrote this lesson very differently than the other lessons. Do you find this format useful? Would y...
Pinch Test
Pinch Test
Have you ever hooked two wools side by side that you thought were very different only to have them b...
Rip Out or Not Rip Out
Rip Out or Not Rip Out
When something is not right, you just want it gone, right? If you rip out your rug hooking too early...
Welcome Deer Hooked in Neutrals
Welcome Deer Hooked in Neutrals
Stacey White of Marthasville, MO is hooking Welcome Deer from Encompassing Designs.This is a recordi...
Traditional Floral Pattern
Traditional Floral Pattern
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Little House Case Study
Little House Case Study
This color plan is for Marcia, a student of the Color Planning Course and a student in my weekly stu...
