From Beginning to End

 

First, choose the color scheme...

and, no, this wasn't "Christmas".

 

 Stitch the strips together,

and begin crocheting.

 It's coming right along...

faster than I thought it would!

 The finished rug...

a neat and tidy 2' by 3' oval. 

Closer view of colors,

but, the camera

just doesn't do it justice.

 

Finished...Begun

  
I actually forgot to post this very peaceful, "misty" rug that has now found its home along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.  It's soft colors reflect the gentle nature of its owner.

And, already I've begun another, quite different rug as a belated wedding gift for Ethan's "ex" - physical therapist.

I told her that at the rate I was going, she might have it for her first anniversary, instead. She didn't mind.

Seriously, though...I am thinking up new rugs faster than I can create them...there's the one I want to do for Lina, and Joel, and Amber's friend, and Theresa, and Regina, and...

Etsy. ;-)