I actually dug through the wool I have and planned some color! From the article I read, and from looking at the picture of a completed Grannie's Flower Garden, I'm doing some triangular formations of color.
I'm sort of winging it, but I noticed in Nola Heidbreder's hooked picture of this rug that there are definitive triangles of color... variations of blue/green, red/pink, red/orange...and they actually make the rug rather geometric. My life seems to have so little order, it's nice to feel like maybe there is some order in my rugs!
I do notice the centers of all of these flowers are the same, which lends some consistency. I'm rather inconsistent, so my centers don't match. Here is what I have so far:
I have taped little bits of the wool I want to use for flowers, an idea I took from seeing other hookers do it. It's a great way to remind myself what I planned to go together, since my memory isn't exactly the most reliable form of record!
I haven't selected a background color for the rug yet. I know it won't be light or creamy, and I like the brownish color Nola has on the photo of the hooked rug, particularly since I won't be hooking any brown flowers. I like navy blue too, but that might blend too well with some of the colors I'm planning to use.
What methods do you use when color planning your rugs?
