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Another fun-filled Wednesday Hook-in...

10/9/2015

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Being the first Wednesday of the month, here was a hook-in this week.  I was practically brain dead after a day of painting window frames and bleaching the dark mold off the main entrance porch but managed to sit and sew up some of the fifteen Ornamental Santa’s I’ve hooked.  Unfortunately, the chore came with a great deal of suffering.  Sewing these little rugs takes almost as much time as hooking them, which is tedious but not the suffering part.  The pain came from stabbing myself repeatedly with the needle, once through the soft fleshy part of my thumb right to the bone.  I’ve mentioned before how I hate hand sewing and no wonder, I’m a danger onto myself.  Charlene was also using a needle to mend a rug for a client and she was all thumbs as well.  There were ouches in stereo from both sides of the table and blood flowed freely.  

Sue is back hooking.  She took the summer off to paint furniture for her venture Perfectly Imperfect by Sue.  She sells her repurposed and upscaled furniture out of Come By Chance Antique Barn and is quite successful at it.  I tell her, “everything you touch turns to sold”.  She has a good eye and great taste, the perfect combination for success.   She’s hooking our “Backroads” pattern with a simple colour plan that speaks of years gone by. 

Simple geometrics work in any home, covering the floor they lend to an overall feel while blending with its surroundings.  I once visited a very eclectic antique dealer’s home and he had hooked miles of geometric rugs, all end to end throughout the entire house.  Each one highlighted different colour plans but they all blended together like dozens of identical siblings.  No particular rug jumped out, providing a bridge from wall to wall that showcased expensive and perfectly appointed antiques.  If you want to fill your home with rugs but are undecided on the subject, worrying that too many different designs will create a cluttered look, stick with the geometrics, they are perfect for underfoot, understated décor.  They allow the furniture and artwork to steal the show and rightly so.  A rug is the foundation for the room’s ambiance not the be all and end all.   They will shine and get the ooh factor, but a home is much more than what might lie on the floor. 

Barbara is hooking Sue Cunningham’s’ Coastal Quilts and her colour sense is fabulous.  Heather is working on a couple of colourful roosters.  Ginny has started our pattern called “Noah’s Ark” and her little piglets are darling.  If they are any indication what the rest of the rug will look like it’ll be a winner.   So much detail in such little faces, these piglets are adorable. 

Armenia is tackling another Initially Yours letter C in her beloved blacks, grey and whites.  This one is a keeper as she gave the first one away.  Pam is reaching the end of her circle pattern, it’s going to be a stunner in their new digs.  Charlene is repairing a rug, a little sideline business to support her rug hooking habit, and Audrey is whipping her latest, a delightful geometric to match her bed quilt and previously designed and hooked her morning glory rug, which will add to a custom, coordinated bedroom.


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5 Comments
Pam
10/9/2015 10:43:44 am

It was a good night between the howls of pain when needle met flesh. Glad it wasn't my fingers!

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Patricia Metner
10/9/2015 01:48:34 pm

Could you please tell me if this is a kit I could purchase? It is absolutely stunning and i would love to make it for my Daughter

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Christine
10/9/2015 01:50:40 pm

Which pattern are you referring too?

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Patricia Metner
4/1/2017 02:31:04 pm

The Lighthouse with the quilts hanging on the cloths line

Sandra Phillips
10/9/2015 03:12:58 pm

All of the rugs are beautiful! Wish I lived in Mahone Bay (instead of Ontario) so that I could participate in hook-in every month!

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