Sunday, February 4, 2018

SPIKE UPDATE

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He's all hooked ~ or is he?  In the previous post my comment was something like...."ain't gonna worry about colors because I...
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Thursday, February 1, 2018

New Month ~ New Hooking Project

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The new project is a small antique adaptation so hooking should go  quickly....I hope.  That is unless I over think wool choices as in the p...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

New and Boomerang Projects

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Hey, lookie.....all that mess has been cleaned up, worms separated by color again and placed in the baggies.  They are now back in the conta...
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Monday, January 29, 2018

WORK and PLAY

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A couple loyal customers ordered patterns recently.  A Magdalena design was drawn last week, two patterns drawn yesterday and  shipped today...
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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Near the Finish Line

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Ah, getting close to the finish of Magdalena's Goat (smaller size).  But you know me, am second guessing wool choices again.  If you com...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Rounding the Bend

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I'm getting closer to the finish line but still a ways to go.  Yesterday there wasn't a whole lot of hooking done since I traveled t...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Rug Hooking Related Chit Chat

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To me this is a total MESS!  I'd like to think it as 'creative chaos' but in reality it changed from an organized grouping of wo...
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Sunday, January 21, 2018

Another Mini Rug Show

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At first glance I thought the motifs were hearts; but upon closer look AND then reading the description learned they were apples.  From Sout...
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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Magdalena Goat Smaller Size

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One would think since this is a smaller version of Magdalena's Goat it would be done by now.  Nope...slow progress, sad to say.  Took tw...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Mini Vintage Rug Show

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Am holding off showing additional progress on Magdalena Goat so thought I'd entertain you with a few old rugs.  So far this evening it s...
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Monday, January 15, 2018

Magdalena Goat Update

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In a previous post mentioned I'd decided to hook this design twice.  The first was hooked with Magdalena's original size of 29 x 35 ...
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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Braiding or Hooking?

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A follower asked me and interesting question.   She wanted to know if the One Room School House antique rug had a braided or hooked edge.  T...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Appreciating the Past

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It's no secret I've an affection for antique rugs and prefer to hook replications with their faded and worn state vs. what the color...
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Monday, January 8, 2018

The Rug Reveal

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Some of you probably already guessed it is a Magdalena rug with that background,  a Magdalena trademark.  This is Magdalena's Goat which...
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Saturday, January 6, 2018

On My Frame

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Now that the two rugs have been bound can enjoy hooking the present rug.  The blizzard of 2018 has interrupted my fun but thank God I have e...
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