Blast from the Past: How to Hook the Barn
A Pastoral Scene for Primitive or Traditional Hooking
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Years ago, primitive rug patterns often featured objects around the home, including the house itself. The materials that were available were cut by hand and used as-is to create colorful pictorials. We have come a long way with our commercial patterns, specially dyed wool, and cloth-stripping machines, but the motifs are still fun to hook.
I always think of primitives as rural designs, and this pattern certainly falls into that category. The pattern can be hooked traditionally with a #4 cut, but the directions that follow are for hooking the pattern with a #5 or 6 cut of wool.