" A Tisket -A Tasket " by Lori from Not Forgotten Farm
This was such a Fun small design to hook ! It is 8 & 1/2 " by 11 & 1/2 " . Just Love the straw poking out from the basket !
" A Tisket -A Tasket " by Lori from Not Forgotten Farm
This was such a Fun small design to hook ! It is 8 & 1/2 " by 11 & 1/2 " . Just Love the straw poking out from the basket !
Tomorrow will be Valentines Day and I have this heart all hooked . Now to put a wool backing on it and hang it on the inside of my front door . Was fun to do , this was inspired by Lori from Not Forgotten Farm . Her hubby had given her a heart shaped candy box she saved . She posted a picture of it filled with her pretty Valdani threads & Saundra suggested someone should hook it .....well I jumped on it ! Thank you Lori & Saundra !!!! Was fun ...Hope you all have a nice day tomorrow and enjoy some chocolates
I always like the antique patterns with just one house , so I drew this out and it fits perfectly on an end table . I was trying to create a blotchy background , but that didn't come out as I had planned , I reverse hooked little sections and decided that was enough , it wasn't easy for me .
Then the other day Saundra posted some great antique rugs with hearts ....so I drew out this design to hook .The antique was a square , but I made mine a rectangle to fit a coffee table .
Lori Brechlin from Not Forgotten Farm posted a heart shaped candy box filled with her pretty Valdani threads . My heart went Pitter Patt again !!! I am a sucker for Hearts ! Saundra suggested it be great hooked ! So I traced out 3 different sized circles . Then yesterday started on the circles ....this is fun ! I am only using worms . I was afraid I would get bored , but I am really enjoying it !
Hope you are having fun hooking some Heart designs too !!!
Last Fall I bought this pattern from Woolen Memories . It is called Salt Box Pumpkin Garden . I had it all done except for binding it . With the bitter cold we had recently, it was a good project to finish . We have lots of huge Oak trees in our yard , so was a perfect design for me .
A few weeks ago on Facebook Maria Barton offered a free pattern you could hook or punch . It is called , " Home Is Where The Heart Is " This was a fun design to hook . I wanted to make it look old , but ended up tweaking it with some walnut spray . The colors were a little too bright . The heart I hooked next to it took just a few hours . I tend to hook designs with hearts , houses and baskets. I need to get into other designs !
Thank you for visiting. Now to figure out what to hook next !I received this cute pattern for Christmas from my daughter in law . I hooked the dog to look like our boy . It was really fun to do !
It is a Cammie Bruce pattern , Baskets Of Wool . The name of it is "Treats Please " One of my 4 year old twins who just adores dogs wants to come right over to pet it !!! LOLHope you have a Very special Christmas with your family and friends .
I forgot to post a pattern I hooked and finished ! Saundra wants to see it completed ! It is Chicken and Ducks adaptation of an antique. I loved hooking this and was really sad to finish. It is one of my favorites. I purchased it from Sandy at Woolen Memories .
I recently visited Woolen Memories for a Wool Fix !!! I have always Loved this pattern that Sandy had called Chickens And Ducks . It is an adaptation of an antique. A friend hooked this a few years ago and I loved hers . I am having so much hooking this !!! It's more fun than cleaning
A good friend asked me for a green colored bench with a hooked design for the top . She is an amazing gardener . She grows her vegetables from seeds , some saved by her Father every year . She has everything from lettace , tomatoes , corn and potatoes to pumpkins ! I knew to hook a design with those on the top of the bench would be another fine cut project ! I drew my design to show her what I was thinking and luckily she was so excited about it .
I needed a little brake from hooking . I recently purchased the new Smart Punch Needle tool from NotForgotten Farm . It is great ! There is an indentation for your thumb , so you always have the needle in the correct position.
Still hot & humid here in New England and today it is pouring rain .....a good day to play with my threads & think of a new design to hook !
Happy July !!! It is Hot , Humid & very Hazy from the fires in Canada . Sounds like the fires could continue to burn for a while .
Today I finished hooking the Hydrangeas for the top of one of the nice benches my husband makes. My sister-in-law just Loves it ! My brother will give it to her for her Birthday .
Hope everyone has a Happy & safe 4 Th of July !!!!
My Sister -In- Law asked me to make her a blue bench and hook Hydrangeas .for the top of the bench . I could not say no to her , so went to Pinterest for ideas , then asked my rug hooking friends for suggestions .
My first idea was to use linen that was dyed a nice blue color to hook on , so the blue linen could remain visible for the background . Then I bought a pretty Sari Ribbon with the colors of hydrangeas thinking I could hook pedals with that ....well that was not easy to do and I didn't care for it .
Another friend suggested I use a # 6 cut for wool strips . but that just looked funny to me too ....so I went thru my very old worms that I first learned how to hook with ....#3's & #4's ......I never thought I would be using these again , but they really worked well .
So here are my results .....
My plan is to hook a basket , the leaves and the background all in a # 9 cut . This was very challenging and I hope she will Love it !!! I can't wait to hook with my wide cuts again !!! LOLI will post this again when it is All Done !!!!
My husband has been busy designing these great items to put my rug hooking pieces in . I showed them to my friends and they ordered them for their hooking projects too ! This Saturday we are taking them to The Quiet Corner Rug Hooking event in Woodstock , Connecticut . They will be in Woolen Memories Booth !!! Sandy just Loved these too and asked me to bring them ! We will have a few at this show and will take orders . We are excited to see people's reactions.
My design , for the large stool |
This is what the frames look like empty. Again we used double sided tape to adhere your hooked piece !!!
I have joined a great group of women to gather twice a month to do rug hooking . It has been so much fun and inspiring . We all hook differently and just share tips and help each other with color planning . Some hook in 3 and 4 cuts and a few of us do 8's and 9 cuts . Most of these women have been hooking for years and have taken classes from famous teachers , like Barb Carroll and Jan Hester and Betsy from Heavens To Betsy . They have great stories !
This pattern is my current project . Summer Basket by Woolen Memories . I Love Sandy's patterns . She doesn't live too far from me, so I buy her patterns and she has the nicest
The fnished pattern is from Heavens To Betsy , it is called Early Morning , this was a pattern by Payton Primitives . The needle punch design are both Lori Brechlin's from Not Forgotten Farm I made a few years ago .
These gals have gorgeous rugs they have hooked and introduced me to a Wonderful World of Hooking !!! I will have to show you in an upcoming blog post !!!
Back to hooking !!!
I have been busy hooking hearts ......my favorite motif !
The Mittens are a pattern from an old Kindred Spirits magazine . Saundra Porter from Woodland Junction and I both hooked them last year. This year when my sister in law visited , she had mine hanging around her neck as she was leaving !!! I had to make a few more !!! LOL .She has 2 Cmas gifts ready for 2023 !!!
Then I hooked a favorite pattern I have always loved ...simply called "Hearts" by Heavens To Betsy . It was a pattern by Payton Primitives.
Hope you are having a day filled with Sweets & Love from family and friends !
Last year my husband created these rows of houses. The houses are all about one inch tall. He even created fake snow for some of the houses. We sold some at a nice local craft fair in November . If anyone is interested in them let me know !
We won't be having a White Christmas again the year. Thursday night into Friday we could get 3inches of rain & high winds . My little grand children have not had a white Christmas yet ....we might have to drive to Vermont to visit my brother . They just got 17inches of snow ! However they are going to get rain too , Then it will get very cold and be Icy ....that is Winter in New England though !
This is a cute pattern by Woolen Memories . It is small and hooked up in a day . It is 11inches tall by 4inches wide. I added the little sprig of Holly and can remove it after Christmas .
Yay !!!! I finally can post this on my Blog !!!!
Overwhelming spam comments have stopped me from posting new things . They are all from "Unknown" and usually they comment on the same two posts . Marking them as Spam & trying to block them has not worked . Blogger needs to help us prevent these unwanted comments.