Let's ... Celebration XXI

Celebration of Hand Hooked Rugs is now published. If you have your copy, what do you think?
If you do not......go purchase one and take a look at the hand hooked art rugs .....  read the history behind the rugs....their story!
When you do get your copy be certain to vote for your favorites!  Though we cannot vote, one of my favorites is  in Honorable Mention :)

The judging must be difficult...there are many many handsome, exciting rugs being designed and hooked.

Look at the video one rug hooker made as she attended Sauder Village Hooked Rug Show 2011...www.rughooker.blogspot.com!  I am certain others have posted their photos as well.  I wish I could have attended the show this year.  It seemed varied and full of excitement from the photos that I could see!

XVIII Adaptations

The photo to the left is a section of an older rug from an earlier Celebrations.  I posted it because I like to at least have one photo on my blog!  Plus I didn't have to ask for permission to post this one <g>.

Some has to pressure wash the back deck today....waiting for someone else to do my work hasn't been successful.

May Hurricane Irene decide to be gentle with those in her path.

May you find time to hook a bit today!

That's My Tale...

 and I'm stickin' to it!!


Not many Grandmother's encourage drawing on the walls....but then there's this g/ma!  I decided that my cellar house wool room needed some pizzazz!
Three grandsons and I headed to the County Fair last week....they loved the fuzzy chickens, and the rides....especially the slide, oh and the ride that I got on with them.  Took my tum 30 mins to calm after that one.

Then off I headed to visit with my sister and her family.  Her cat enjoys the wastebasket retreat like my Pip does...and Nathan and Jade's red heeler pup is just lovely....I love Lucy :O)

 Kim, Carol and I went to the movies Saturday night, ate the zucchini cake rather than popcorn because we were seated in Carol's living room with feet up, laughing and visiting. I had 4 pieces(over 3 days) of Sister's zucchini cake, and came home with a back seat full of home grown veggies.  

Today I gathered some flowers to dry for this winter's decoration.  They hang from a shelf made of antique parts from a school desk. The board is from a sheep barn that had originally been home to someone many years ago.

This photo really is organized, truly, seriously...I mean everything has a place, right where my hand can get to it....I'm nearing the toe in my sock knitting class....I have to face the fact that there may only be one wool sock ever completed....the small noodles of wool in baggies and piles are the rug in progress and temporarily on hold.

  ....and last but never least......

  Pip says that's his tail and he's stickin' to it!

I hope you are in Sauder Village for the rug show......happy rug making!

Stopping Point.....

The second cutting of hay was bailed yesterday.  DH keeps busy...now I have a grand yard for a short while to look at out my window!

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I've been cutting some recycled wool the past few days. Using the electric scissors that my Mother gave me many years ago, and a newer pair from my ds and dil has made the process so much easier.  Shown below is the work table that we made out of an old set of water bed drawers, plywood and wall board that you see in some bathrooms, etc.  I switched out the knobs and utilized knobs from an older wooden desk and I'm all set to go.  The "gizzard bag" as one teacher named it, is a child's cradle I found in an old building attic that we had.  I put all the bits and pieces that I might find a need for or to share.  The hooked doll (Lil) sits a midst  the woolies, along with her friend who doesn't seem to be happy with all that wool in this July heat!

 Ummm, I could work on some shelves I see!

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Now "the stopping point".....

 double check for needed fill in's after having finished a rug. Hooking too tight, too packed equals an uneven rug, but wide holes in the foundation isn't good for the wear of the rug either. I do this on my lap, looking at the back side and filling in with the needed wool, never taking the rug back to my frame. The steaming has been completed and the finishing of the edges are yet to be done.  This rug was done on burlap and I choose to fold and hem in this case for this Deanne Fitzpatrick style rug. It is not as uneven as it appears...blame the photographer<g>. The changes have been made, the house was repainted :O) and as in every rug we do I have reached the end point.  

...now my kitchen is yelling my name, it's in dire distress...ahhh there's a few bits of wool here and there as well! 

 Hook happy thoughts!

 

ODE to the RUG HOOKER

ODE to the RUG HOOKER

“We Have Style”

We have: fast hookers and slow hookers

and hookers on the go.

We have: hookers in the know

and hookers hanging the show.

We have: quiet hookers and

hookers who dance and sing.

We have: picky hookers and loose hookers :o)

and all those in between.

We have All style of Hookers but what we faithfully share: each rug is handmade with much love and thoughtful care!

lle 2011