Saundra of Woodland Junction

I love replicating antique adaptation rugs but also design my own. Looking at old rugs in Early American Life magazine was my inspiration to learn to hook.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

JACK is BACK

I'm close to being done hooking Jack but stopped to take pictures of progress to look with a different eye on the computer. It's ge...

Monday, July 29, 2013

My Hooking Projects and Penny Rug

The other day I commented about keeping records of rugs we hook by hooking date and initials in the rug, making labels, taking photos, etc....

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Wanna See Progress on JACK?

I've still more to hook on Jack as you can see and have border color decisions to make. I'm thinking of putting some green in the ...

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Got Wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir, 5 Pounds Full

Received my wool today from Heavens to Betsy. She is having a wool remnant sale and of course I just couldn't resist at those prices. ...

Thursday, July 25, 2013

A Little This, Little That 'n That

In other words some on the binding of a rug, some on the hooking of a Jack and going forward on the Jack. As you can see in this picture ...

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Making a Rug Label

Yesterday on my blog mentioned making labels for the last few of my rugs ~ a girl has to start somewhere, right? Well I did it for the Magd...

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

SNEAK PEEK

Since this project was recently started I've not much to show, so it does classify as a sneak peek. And again, my enlargement size meas...

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Next Project

Westmoreland Ponies probably has only about 1 more hour of hooking left and then the binding. So decided it was time to get another project...

Friday, July 19, 2013

Photo Editing Shadow

After my blog post about a hooking a memorial rug for Cape May decided to post an inquiry on the Rughookers group. I asked about what pho...

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Rug Update and Tooting my Horn

I'm get closer to being done despite the yard work for this almost 8 acres. No it is not a pristine, coiffed yard, it is all I can do t...

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Planning a Shadow Rug for Cape May

Cape May isn't until September but am in the planning stages of a design for class. My sweet Shadow departed July 8, 2011 and now think...

Monday, July 15, 2013

Rugs on the Floor

Many hookers are afraid to put their rugs on the floor and there are those rugs which shouldn't go on the floor. Frankly I think it giv...

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Some Headway on the Ponies

Even tho yard work and sitting at the dealership has taken a bite out of my hooking time, this is where I am on Westmoreland Ponies. Toda...

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Boring Binding Done at Last

What a better way is there to spend 2 hours sitting at a car dealership than using that time to bind a rug? I hate binding rugs and if mone...

Monday, July 8, 2013

A Few Loops Hooked and a Few Loops Re-Hooked

Back again with an update on Westmoreland Ponies. In a previous post upon beginning the rug mentioned it was designed by Barb Carroll of Wo...

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Reverse Hooking and More Changes?

Ever wonder how many times you can reverse hook an area before the primitive linen weakens? I have wondered but so far haven't re-hooke...

Friday, July 5, 2013

Color Planning by the Seat of my Pants

Color planning a rug has never been my strong suit; there are colors which I like and definitely know it when certain colors just don't ...

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

JULY STITCHERY & QUILT APPLIQUE'

Amazing how fast a month goes by as it seems only a week ago that I posted the June stitchery pieces I did. As mentioned previously, all 12...

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

YIPPEE ~ OH DEER

Have finally put this beauty to bed, so to speak. It has been completely bound using Barb's technique in her book Secrets of Primitive ...

Monday, July 1, 2013

Background Wool on Westmoreland Ponies

I've had a request from a blogger/hooker friend to see the wool I'm using for the background of Westmoreland Ponies. But first, an ...

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