The rug is 28 1/2 inches by 22 inches. Not as big as my usual ones but I didn’t want to run out of yarn or take forever to make it. I just used the regular cairngora nothing else. It is done with a continuous length of yarn that you pull through in loops from the back with a hook something like a crochet hook. My husband does the design on paper from photos and then the pattern is traced onto the fabric. I then work from his design to try to keep the likeness. I have been making rugs for about seven or eight years and use my own handspun yarn which I dye with natural dyes.

Nova Scotia and the whole of the north east is well known for rug hooking. There are several stores in my area that do nothing else from supplies, classes, finished rugs etc. They are quite expensive as they are very labour intensive. (Mine are in the $1000 range based on size etc.) Most people use woolen fabric cut into narrow strips. This is the traditional method and is done on a fine burlap mostly imported from Scotland or linen which I use as it is much stronger.

While this item is a rug, it would be gorgeous framed and put on a wall.

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This is a conceptual example. Winner will receive the rug unframed.