Rug Sharing

 On Sunday I attended our hooking group.  This group inspires me to get more hooking and dyeing accomplished. When someone else shows their beautiful work it makes me want to go home and get busy. 

These were some of the rugs they shared.

Michelle just started her hooking journey a year ago. She's doing great. She's been selling wool and hopes to start having some hand dyed wools soon.

Lauren is the overachiever of the bunch. Seems to me she has boundless energy. Kinda like the Energizer Bunny.

Barb is the newest member of our group. She said she's been working on this rug for years and it's so boring. But look, she's almost done. 

Valerie got this cute little gem from a hooker who's passed. It was already started. Isn't the squirrel wonderful. I like the colors she's hooking with. 

Last but not least. The life of spoiled dogs .

Have a good week 

Sue

Hook & Thread Society

 Yesterday was the day our little hooking group got together. There were six of us today. A small, but fun group. 

Three of the folks recently took the Katie Hartner color value class. All three say they learned a lot. And that Katie is just so sweet. The class fee included a chair mat. 

Lauren and Sheila chose the eagle, while Michelle chose the goat. Her little goat was in memory of her father-in-law's little goat. It was fun to see their progress. 

Adorable, right? 

And Sheila and Barb each brought their hook along rugs. Barb's is completed done, bound and all.

Sheila is still working on hers. She's using wool that she hand dyed. Her wools are so vibrant and pretty. We've been encouraging her to start dyeing and selling her wool again.

We also had a bit of show and tell. I'll post those another day.

Still snowy and cold here on Ohio. 

Sue 

Almost Done

 Today is a Hook & Thread Society meeting day. We meet at the local library and hook and talk for about 3-4 hours. I enjoy the fellowship, a lot. And I am hooking more because I need something to work on while I'm there. I can't just talk the whole time. 

I'm almost done with the hooking on my Dog with Basket rug. After today's meeting I should be all done with that part. She's turning out really well. I went ahead and put that sunshiny looking thing on the big blob on the right. Mostly because I didn't know what else to put in there. I am making it pink. And I think it will look okay. 

I'm going to need a new project, and soon. On my list are Kinderhook. This is the one my friend, Sheila Kennedy, hooked. I love the colors she chose.

Or Lancaster Barnyard. This was a line drawing I ordered from Lori Brechlin at Notforgotten Farm. It's already on linen and ready to go. Lauren took a yard of light colored wool and overdyed it for me. I'm excited to see it later today, as she is coming to the meeting. 

Or I could wait a few days until my package arrived. I bought  a very large, very huge pattern. It's 48x60 and will be the largest rug I've ever hooked. This one is a surprise.

A couple of months ago I had new neighbors move in. They asked me about cutting down my walnut tree that is towards their house. I said let's get an estimate and talk about it more. I came home from errands one day and..... They had someone already taking down my tree. Boy was I upset. I still am. I'm pretty sure I will never be friends with these neighbors. What a bad start to a relationship. But anyways. The wife proceeds to tell me they are sorry. The husband yells at me that I cost him as he had to pay the whole bill and then I kept the wood that he was going to sell. What,??? It was my tree. 

It got me thinking. I hate to pick up those walnuts. I can't grow the fruit trees I want in the backyard because of the jugulone poisoning the walnut trees put out. So I decided to have the other two trees cut down also. And they paid me. Thousands. I had the stumps ground down but left the tops. My son said he'll clean it up and we'll get done firewood out of it. 

It's still very cold with 12" of snow that will be here for a while. The forecast is for another 7" next weekend. Don't you love this weather modification?

I do not. Stay safe, stay warm.

Sue

Hooking, Cooking, & Shoveling Snow

 The great snow storm of 2026 is over. Hopefully the snow has stopped. We got 11 1/2". That's a lot of snow. It's not supposed to be above freezing for another 8-10 days, so it's going to hang around awhile. We did not get sleet or ice. We did not lose power. And for those things I am grateful. 

The snow is very pretty 

My son came over this morning and used the snow blower to clear my drive. I have a private drive I share with the neighbor across the street. So he has to clear the drive that is perpendicular to the drive you see. I decided to help with the shoveling part. It's a light fluffy snow so it wasn't heavy. Thank goodness. I shoveled close to the house, around the van, and the porch. I then cleaned off the van. Then I had to shovel again. So much snow.

Below is my son Jeremy, AKA Iceman. 

I kept busy hooking and cooking. I made some delicious chicken with mashed potatoes and an onion gravy. Yum. And I got quite a bit of hooking related stuff done. 

I finished a little bit of hooking, then steamed, zigzagged and applied the wool binding.

I finished hooking up what I call I lost my mitten. This has a simple fold over and stitch into place.

And plodding along on my dog with basket rug. One blotch done, two to go. I really like the naivety of this rug. It's so simple. 

Stay safe, stay warm. Sue

Camp is Over

 We finished driving home today. The weather was cooperative. We got snow for just a couple minutes. It was sunny for most of the way. And then we hit Ohio. Gray and gloomy, and luckily no snow or rain. 

I chose an antique reproduction piece to hook, a gray dog holding a basket. My teacher was Lucille Festa. And my travel buddy for the week was Lauren (from Rugs & Pugs). I had such a good time. But I am glad to be home. I missed my family, I missed my dogs 

End of day 1.

End of day 2.

 End of day 3.

End of day 4, end of camp. 

I'm still not sure about the shapes along the top. I've hooked that middle one and right one twice and am still not happy with the color. I'll sit and look at it over the next several days and figure it out. If you have suggestions I'd love to hear them. 

This weekend we are to get blasted with snow. I've been reading 8-18". I sure hope not. I'll stock up on fresh groceries, bring in some more firewood and be prepared as best I can. 

I sure missed this little dude. He sure looks happy. 

Happy to be home, Sue 

Last of the rug show

 Camp is over, we're headed home. It was 60' when we left, 34 here in South Carolina, even colder in Ohio tomorrow. Cold will be okay, just hoping no snow or ice. 

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