Cat on my Lap kind of Day!

 Good afternoon!  The good thing is that we have no ice happening here right now. I'm still struggling with loosing a sister in law recently to ovarian cancer.  She's ok now and in no pain.  The sad is still with me and my prayers ongoing for her husband and children.

This is one of the larger rugs that I have done.  It first started out as a walk on rug and then morphed in to one only to hang.....I got a bit carried away with the sculpted behind :O) and prodded the rug at her feet, and added a piece of wool hanging down...that was made with two wool strips and a wire glued in between so there could be shape to it.  And here's the story:   One of the very first rug camps that I attended was a smaller one on a mountain in PA.  There were probably only 6 or 7 ladies in my class.  One of the gals had been a rug hooker for longer than I.  This day I remember her in a summer long dress....getting up to walk across the room...so elegant was she...then I noticed the wool hanging from her tush!  Of course after that I noticed that whether it was jeans, skirts, or shorts rug hookers had on we "never leave wool behind". 

Deanne Fitzpatrick design

Nova Scotia Morning

In the Fall of 2009 I had the good fortune to travel to Nova Scotia to take a class from Deanne Fitzpatrick.  Her new store was wonderful, and what a fun class she holds.  The rug that I completed on the left is in the home of a very good friend of mine.  She loves blue and fell in love with this one.  As soon as I saw her face as she looked at it I knew it was hers.  What good is living if you cannot bring joy to those you care about? I also have to tell you that spending the time in a cabin with a group of rug hookers rather took me back to high school and band camp!  After my shower I found 3 underarm deodorants in my kit....all looked like mine too!  Now ask me what I did.......of course I took the new one!

Smile as you hook!

Story Rugs 2

Out the Window

Flurries on the ridge this morning.  This photo is taken out of my family room window...we haven't seen the state road plow for a couple days...love my 4 wheel drive!  




One of the earlier rugs that I designed was the 9 - 11 rug.  I use what I had and that ended up with coat wool, and some wool yarn.....and a slight ripple in the finishing work!

Shadow on Our Heart

The story:  There are 4 stars and they represent the flights, all those with God, all those who were sadden by this act, and those who will carry on forever with this memory.  There are few events that leave shadows on our hearts.  May the strength of those who survived lighten those shadows.






Hook what touches your heart.

Story Rugs

Reg's Truck

Rug hooking has a beginning; in necessity, in usefulness, in creativity.  All of that...but each rug has a story to tell, about the man or woman who designed the rug, who hooked the rug.  Even when you hook another's design, you choose it for a reason, for a person, or simply because you love the feeling that the design brings to you.  

     My brother's version of art is his modified Ford truck.  This rug was begun in Carol Kassera's class in 2008.  Her wool was utilized and the design was the photograph that you see to the left.  Only minor changes were made. For instance, the tree on the right was there but moved closer to the truck.

     The river in the photo is the Ohio.  Her color changes as the weather does! 


Hook what you love.