Slow seems to be the speed of my hook, but eventually I'll get there. Am trying to figure out the right colors and where to start on the fox itself.
My friend Lauren and I were chatting this morning about protecting the edge of a rug before it is hooked. I'm referring to the 1" or whatever you use as your binding requirement. If you look at the rug pattern above you can see I did two rows of straight stitching and connected them with a zig zag stitch. That way when I trim away the extra width around the pattern it is protected against fraying
I've forgotten to take that step a couple times and it was a pain manipulating the bulky and heavy rug around the sewing machine to secure the edge after hooking.
In other news... in the wee hours of the morning a container ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Had it not been for the time there may have been more vehicles crossing the bridge. You may hear about this on your evening news and about the search and rescue. At the time of this post there are 6 bridge construction workers still missing and perhaps unknowns who may have been in vehicles crossing when the bridge was hit. God Bless them and their families.
Am sure this event will have an effect on the supply chain for this area as the Port of Baltimore will probably be out of commission for a while. Tomorrow I'm going to the grocery store and buy extra non-perishable items which are my favorites and more toilet paper, lol. Plus other items which were hard to find just before Covid hit. Or was it just after Covid? Can't remember the timeframe because there was also a container ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay but I do know shelves were empty.
Happy Hooking.
Saundra
