Leaping Hare  designed and Prodded by Jane Cook Cumbria  60cm x 90cm.

This rug is 10years old now and it came about after a frenzied natural dyeing spring. I came across a book called 'Traditional Scottish Dyes'  by Jean Fraser.
My first session was with Knapweed which grew in abundance on a nearby banking, it was easy and produced a lovely mellow yellow, I was hooked and went on to try Ragwort, Heather tops (very smelly) Nettle tops, young Fern Fonds, Larch Cones and lovely Blackberry and Elderberry.  I learnt by this time to put the leaves, roots, berries in old tights to keep all the bits off the wool blanket.  The mordant used is Alum and Cream of Tartar and some of the dye bath's can be pretty smelly so a sunny day with the kitchen door wide open is best.
Having got a reasonable stash of wool blanket now dyed I decided it had to be used all together in 1 rug and came up with this simple design.
It has faded over the years and I never place it where it would get strong sunlight.  
The rug is a reminder of all the hard work it involved, I was working full time then,so not for the faint hearted and I cant imagine I will ever repeat it!