Wild and Beautiful Linda Bishop

 This is for the January assignment to hook with different materials with a theme of "Wild and Beautiful."  I used a ball of thick and thin yarn for which I had not yet found a purpose.  The colors aren't very exciting but I decided it would make a nice sunset/mountain/desert hooked mat.  [My husband wants this for his office - probably a resting place for his coffee mug.  I guess these colors would conceal a coffee splash!]  The colors also remind us both of the West Texas high plains, where sunsets can be magnificent and the terrain quite harsh.I drew a few curved lines on the backing and started hooking.  The yarn was easy to hook - it was fluffier than it looked.  I had to roll out the yarn in color-phases so that I could get to the colors I wanted. I used what I think is a linen background which was easy to work with except the fibers split sometimes.  The yarn is 100% wool.  I whip-stitched around the edge of the piece with needlepoint yarn and I plan to sew a backing of wool plaid fabric.  The resulting mat is about 6" X 9".