Bunny Rugs ~
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16h ago
Just another quickie post to share the bunny rugs I have hooked. Peter Rabbit, pattern by Baskets of Wool, Cammie Bruce. Miss March Hare, paper pattern purchased from Winter Cottage Studio, Terri Leamer.  I doubled the size of the pattern. A sweet little bunny I hooked in 2006.  Just a little drawing I did so you are welcome to copy him.  That is the extent of my drawing talent ? My take on the antique Dancing Bunnies.  And finally, I don't consider this rug by Woolen Memories a bunny rug, but since there are a couple of bunnies I thought I would include it.&nb ..read more
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Monday ~
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3d ago
  Happy Monday to one and all.  Just popping in for a quick post.  Really don't have much to blog about today, but wanted to stop in for a minute. Maria's Sheep is hooked, bound and labeled.  It will be turned it at our guild meeting this week ~ a door prize at our September hook-in. Askew is coming along.  I am not one who hooks really big rugs, and for me, this is REALLY BIG.  I think I am nearing the half way finished mark.  I normally enjoy hooking mindless backgrounds, but I am starting to get B.O.R.E.D.  I may have to do a Saundra and start on a ..read more
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Tipp City Throw Down ~
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1w ago
There was so much talent on display at the Tipp City hook in.  We had a throw down in the afternoon.  I probably missed pictures of a few of the rugs.  Sorry.  It is hard to take it all in. Another sweet wool applique. I just completed another trip around the sun.  I am trying to figure out where the time has gone.  It is truly scary how quickly the years are passing. My poor brother.  He was recovering so well from the open heart surgery.  Then he started developing "cysts" on the incision.  Th ..read more
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More from Tipp City ~
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1w ago
So much fun stuff to share from Tipp City.  Jo Wick of Jo's Folk Art Fibers sharing punch needle tips. Antique rugs belonging to Jenny Smallridge of the Wooly Horse.  She talked about the directional hooking of the antique rugs and why it makes a newly hooked rug look old. A pulled loop showing the old blue cotton fabric used on the geometric. This rug has two moons. Chrisi Koehl of Rustic Eweniques sharing some of her rugs. There were quite a few patriotic rugs being hooked. This pattern by Red Barn Rugs is one of my absolute favorites! Wooly Horse ..read more
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Tipp City ~
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1w ago
  Tipp City is a vibrant, upscale little community in SW Ohio near Dayton.  Dayton is the home of Orville and Wilbur Wright and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.  This is the second time I have attended a 2 day hooking event hosted by Ali Strebel, Jo Wick, Jenny Smallridge and Chrisi Koehl.  This little get-away did not disappoint.  The above mentioned hookers each have a hooking business and offer the most wonderful goods.  One could easily go broke there! Ali is set to teach at the Crooked River Rug Hooking Guild in June.  I had absolutely no intention ..read more
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Dear friend Julia just finished her tree skirt.&...
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2w ago
Dear friend Julia just finished her tree skirt.  She started it at rug camp mid-January.  It is 34" in diameter, hooked in a 6 & 7 cut with a 4 cut for detail.  That is some seriously FAST hooking.  Pattern is No Crib for a Bed by Irene M. Carter.  Isn't it just the sweetest?  The animals just make me smile. Here is my progress on Askew.  60% of the circles done (I am not a big fan of hooking circles!) but did not yet get any background hooked. Background worms are ready for my hooking get away.  It will be totally no brainer hooking ? Spea ..read more
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Floor Frame ~
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2w ago
~ For you non-hookers,  I will probably be speaking Greek to you ? ~ In all my years hooking, I have always used a lap frame.  6-8 years ago I purchased a floor frame.  It was an inexpensive one found on eBay.  I tried it and hated it.  It did not hold my linen taut and it being octagonal in shape, the work area was very small.  (It was not the more pricey octagonal frame many hookers rave about.)  I eventually sold it and never tried another floor frame, although I know there are great ones out there.  My Snapdragon frame has me spoiled.  I really ..read more
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What's Up Next?
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3w ago
  I found this hooked rug on Facebook ~ I think I noticed the stone fruit before I noticed the rug. I knew I had the book the pattern came from.  The rug is titled Askew and it is a pattern by Pat Cross. The enlarged size is 36" x 23" but I knew I needed a much bigger rug to put in the little hall that leads from the garage to the kitchen and past the newly renovated half bath/laundry room.  I thought easy peasy, I would just add another long row (for a total of 5) and 2 shorter rows (for a total of 9).  Let's just say it did not go as planned.  I got the pattern ..read more
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Wabbit Season ~
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3w ago
  So hard to believe it is the Easter season.  I know it falls early this year, and here is what I found in a search. "Easter, the annual Christian celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection, can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25. Easter as early as March 22 is very rare.  The last time it happened was 1818, the the next time will be 2285.  Easter last fell on the latest date in 1943, and will again in 2038. How the date is determined sounds simple, but is pretty complex.  Generally, Easter is observed on the Sunday following the first full moon in the Northern ..read more
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Why did it Take so Long?
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1M ago
~ HAPPY LEAP DAY ~ Geez.  I just don't know why it took so long to hook this sweet little sheep mat I have named Maria's Sheep?  It took a week to go from this . . .  . . . to this.  The pattern is only 11" x 13"!!! We are back to cold temps for a couple of days, then back to very spring like weather.  The winter aconite are blooming like crazy.  This was a couple days ago with warmer temperatures. Today the snowdrops and aconite have closed their buds it only being 28*. Daffodils are budding.  I cut the buds when they are just a few inches high.  ..read more
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