A Goode Witch

Finally the Be Goode Be Nice witch is all finished and bound.  Was too excited to post a picture so it hasn't had it's final steam and might not even get done after all.  

What remains is the final steaming (maybe) and stitching the label to the back.  BUT, since I screwed the label by forgeting to delete the date 2015 next to my county and state will re-do the label.   Let me explain... I have a document which is re-used each time a group of 6 or 8 labels are printed out.  Sadly I forgot to delete the 2015 date.

The label shows the original artwork of Lori which inspired the pattern offered by Spruce Ridge Studios.  I even tacked on a skeleton key instead of hooking the one drawn on the linen.  Thankfully Kris draws those little elements into Lori's patterns so the hooker can choose what to do.

Today I haven't pulled a loop on the lion as I was determined to finish this one and have it ready for Halloween.

Enjoy your Sunday evening.

Saundra

Oh No What to DO......

There is just a smidgen more to hook on Be Goode Be Nice pattern but at this point I'm saving it to have those last few comforting inches to hook tonight.  This will keep mama happy with a hook in her hand one more evening.

But what will I hook next?  There are so many tempting designs and patterns in my stash. Originally the plan was to start an adaptation of an antique lion.  Uh, notice that blotchy background.

And then Lori of Out of Hand Rughookers has offered up a free winter design which is pulling at my heart strings too.

So am now in a debacle... will definitely give this some thought while pulling the last loops on Be Goode Be Nice pattern.  Which, by the way, still needs to be steamed, bound and ON my harvest table Before HALLOWEEN.

Oh my, decisions, decisions...

Saundra

Almost Finished, but Not Quite

Sad to say Lauren, that my Goode witch won't be finished by this weekend......

.... am sure it will be done in time to celebrate Hallow's Eve tho.  Right now gracing my harvest table for October is Nantucket Broom Ride which I LOVE also.  Both patterns are offered by Kris Miller of Spruce Ridge Studios and from the art work of Lori Brechlin.  

That little birdhouse was one my grandson Zach painted for me as a gift in 2012 since they know I have birdhouses outside everywhere.  But, this one was going to live inside so grandma could see it every day.

Tomorrow is left eye cataract surgery and I've been good and put all the drops in my eye today except for one more which goes in the eye at bedtime.  I've got a driver and a back up just in case.  Then will sorta chill and take it easy.... UH, lol, like I don't already do that.

Yet will need to be more careful about not bending my head below my heart, no rubbing of the eye and a few other restrictions.  At least this one is almost over and will only have one more eye to deal with and all that comes with it.

Happy Sunday evening.... and LAUREN..... just think... you don't have to go to work tomorrow.  You are actually retired and enjoying life!!!!!!!

Saundra

Purple Flower Power

Here is a cool way to hook this flower.  In this picture below your probably wondering how the heck you'd hook those dainty flower petals.  Could you imagine hooking them from the flower part outward with a tail, loop or two and then tail?

Oh no, there is a cool way to hook this flower and it is with the 'beading technique'.  So first I hook the inside part of the flower.

Then using a strip of background color and flower petal color you hook one color at a time altering the color.  If you are a knitter then you know about working two strips of wool yarn at a time and this is the same.

Above is how the left side flower looks after using this technique.  Isn't that the coolest ever?

Yes, there is a hooker's rule (I prefer to call it 'guideline') where we aren't supposed to 'cross over' our hooking.  Yes it does weaken the wool when the rug is used on the floor, but this rug isn't going on the floor so it will be fine.

There is still water in my backyard and into the woods.  The rest of the yard feels like I'm walking on a sponge it is so saturated with water. Yet there is the threat of the hurricane.  Honestly, I'm frightened and tho I don't wish harm on anyone else sure hope it doesn't hit the eastern shore.  Let's hope it heads back out to sea.

Have a good evening everyone.

Saundra