Bird (#134) animal The border is made of

The border is made of squares with a horseshoe in each corner

This is a photo of the original rug hooked circa 1900

stands on a directionally hooked background

with a floating

I thought it made a great rug without the braided border

Bird (#134) animal The border is made ofThis design was inspired by an antique engraving. A large bird stands on ground, against the sky with clouds, berry branches and clover. A lady hooked this in a workshop at my studio and it was wonderful! She mixed several darks for the bird to make a crow. She used a mixture of dirty neutrals for the sky and clouds, red for the berries on the dark brown branches and green for the clover motif. All of these colors were used in their darkest vaules in