It's the "oh where, oh where has my little dog gone" tune, except I'm singing "oh where, oh where, shall I put all this wool."
Last week I went on a vacay with my son and his three kids. We went to Georgia, then Kentucky. The boys wanted to camp. It was pretty hot in Georgia so he rented a yurt instead. It had AC. 😁.
It was right beside a lake. So pretty. The geese came right up to the site. I figure they were begging for food. No pictures, but we went to the Georgia Aquarium and I did see Stone Mountain from the road.
Next stop, Kentucky. Here we were tent camping. I haven't camped in a tent for 50 years. It turned out just fine. We made s'mores by the fire, went to the caves, and swam in the pool.
We went to a couple of different caves. Each had their own highlights.
Lexi had my phone as it has a nighttime setting for the camera. I got lots of Lexi selfies. Lots.
As the saying goes, it was good to go and it was good to be back home.
Sue
Another great day. I do enjoy our get together. Plus I'm getting more hooking and finishing of rugs done. I don't ever plan on taking my monster rug to a Hook & Thread or to a hook in. It's just too big and will be getting heavier every time I work on it.
Well, maybe one hook in. I worked on the monster rug in my Jenny Smallridge class. I plan on going to her fall fling in October. I hope to have enough done to show her and ask any questions or work through any problems I run into.
These are from yesterday.
Valerie is still working on Santa. It's been slow going, but should be done in time for the holidays.
And a peek of last week.
Have a great day. Sue
I'm at rug camp in Millersburg Ohio. The teacher is Jenny Smallridge, she runs the Wooly Horse. I had her last summer with our guild, saw her at Spring Fling, and now this week. Jenny is a very inspirational teacher. Not only has she helped with my rug, she has discussed various topics such as backgrounds, borders, using textures, dyeing to name a few. I am enjoying the class. I am not enjoying that I smurfed up my back on the day before camp and I'm hurting. Right now I'm back at the hotel resting and Lauren is still hooking and having fun.
It looks like I've not made much progress. This rug is huge, 4 foot x 5 foot. I want to replace some of the less desired motifs with something that has meaning to me. Jenny has helped to redraw some of those motifs. I added my two dogs, a cat, an American flag, a couple of bunnies. I may make more changes but this is a great start.
I have moved around the rug hooking those parts I was more sure of. And then one of the discussions was about hooking a large rug. One lady who's done large rugs said to completely hook the center. She said once the edges are done you'll not be able to get your arm under the weight of the rug to work on the center. I'm sure glad to get that tidbit now.
This was the end of day one.
I already had hooked the yellow house and tree. So just part of the buttermold, a bird, a bunny, and a little on a horse.
This is the end of day two. Not much progress. A kitty and the red house.
It's a beautiful day here in Ohio.
Sue
Our little group meets twice a month at my local library. Small group of 4 today. It's such a fun group and has been a great place to form new friendships.
The smoke seems to be gone. I'm so glad. It was messing with my sinuses. Gotta get all my chores and packing done tomorrow. Camp starts Tuesday morning. I've had Jenny once before. I'm excited to have her again. She's an all around delightful person.
Sue
The time just seems to go by so quickly. When I was a young mom I thought time would slow down as I got older, as I had less to do. I do have less to do, but time seems to go by so much quicker.
I finished hooking my reproduction antique dog. He turned out so cute. I steamed it this morning and now see I have two berries/flowers that need a bit filling in.
He turned out so cute. Even cuter than I had imagined. I started this rug last month in a class with Katie Hartner. I was unsure I wanted to do this rug in class. It's not as primitive as most the others were hooking. I had to use some #6 cuts in some places. I asked Katie the Friday before class, she said to go with it. I even considered buying a pattern from her booth once I got there. In the end I'm glad I hooked it.
We've been struggling with the Canadian smoke for several days. It's better today, but not gone. I try to stay inside as it just makes me cough. And cough and cough and then some more.
Next week I have another class. This will be my annual Millersburg class. The teacher this year is Jenny Smallridge from the Wooly Horse. I had her last year when I learned her scrappy rug technique. This year's theme is how to make a great rug. Or how to make a rug great. Should be another great class. Lauren is rejoining the Millersburg class. It'll be good to have a pal there.
Sue
My grandson has been asking me to teach him how to hook. Today was the day. He didn't catch on right away and got frustrated. He is only eight. We'll try again another day.
