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Another hullabaloo hook-in!

5/22/2014

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A great turnout last evening for the hook-in and boy were we noisy!   Everyone was charged with news of one sort or another.  One new grandma and one waiting on number five, maybe as early as that evening, both were hooking rugs for their babies.  Grandma's are wonderful!  Here's an update on Pam's piece but Lorraine's is top secret until the little bundle arrives. 
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Charlene is going gang busters with her Stained Glass triptych.  She's fresh from the rug school experience.  It will be fun to watch all three designs evolve and where she will go with her colour plan.  Rick, saturated colour is making this unique design a stunner. I feel like I'm inside a grand church looking up at majestic stained glass windows on a sunny day.  I see this rug framed or displayed as a centerpiece for a dining room table. She has dyed the wool, cut it and taped it as it comes off the machine to achieve the stained glass look. 

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Barbara is whipping her last completed project, the pattern was a gift from her daughter for Christmas 2013.  Mary is displaying her latest geometric.  She sure has a way with blocks of colour.  This is a design offered in the book Scrappy Rugs.  Below Shelley put the finishing touches on her latest.  Sweet! 
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Anne is working out her colour plan for Alice.  It will have a lovely Victorian feel, soft and timeless!   Ginny surprised us by saying she is hooking two of these designs back to back. I told her to bring them both next time for a side by side picture.  The red is hot!

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A couple of goofy funsters came by just to hang.  Both Sue and Linda Ruth recently finished rugs and haven't started anything new yet. 
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Last evening felt like my birthday.  First the funsters, Sue and Linda Ruth took me out to dinner at the Knot Pub.  Lorraine brought in a couple of yard sale finds....a delightful sheep cookie mold and this fun "Ewe'r Amazing" apron. Awwwhhh!  And Barbara gave me a bumper sticker that reads "HOOKERS DO IT ON A RUG". I feel so special! 
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Remember these? The dreaded Girl Guide cookies?  Charlene brought them in for a hook-in treat.  In my day, as a dedicated pack member,  I sold a lot of these slices of heaven. I wasted my entire allowance on some of the inventory.  Probably ate as many as I sold. Later in life I've been on the buying side and have packed a few boxes away, probably a contributor to the muffin top bulging out over my jeans.  I prefer the vanilla ones but hey, whatever's going. 

I could smell them in every corner of the room. Their perfume followed me like a stalker, every movement of air sent a direct hit to my nostrils, clawing away at my will power, beckoning me into diabetic coma. I knew I had to be strong because once a crumb got past my lips I would have done a face plant in the box. I finally covered them with a piece of Mary's wool....out of smell, out of mind.  Foods that evoke memories are the hardest to ignore.   I'm only flesh and bone you know, not steel. 

Tip of the Day

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When incorporating fibers like curly mohair in your rugs, sometimes they are stringy and get pulled out by the grippers when moving the rug around on your frame. Use masking tape to cover the back side of the area that could be compromised.

Cover the area like a band-aid.  Put a thin material such as waxed paper on top of the curly mohair (don't stick the tape directly to it), cut pieces of tape longer than the area to cover and the ends will adhere to the back of the hooked wool strips around it. The tape's adhesive is mild so will pull off easily when the rug is completed.

18 Comments
Michele C
5/22/2014 04:20:46 am

Hi there...just a shout out to say I love your blog and FB posts! I just found your site. Your shop looks amazing and I wish it was closer...we live in Massachusetts and I told my hubby I need to go to Nova Scotia. He was not surprised when I said I wanted to go there just to see your store! I am a new-ish rug hooker and I hook exclusively with yarn. I've been at it for about 4 or 5 years. Thanks for the great tips and I loved seeing all the project your hookers are working on! Michele

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Christine
5/22/2014 05:44:22 am

I look forward to meeting you someday!

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Joan
5/22/2014 04:22:42 am

Great blog and thanks for the tip with the masking tape since I just took mine out because it got all pulled and messy and redid it when I finished the rug.

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LOrraine
5/22/2014 04:28:43 am

Ewer the best !!! baaaaaa :)

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Marye C.
5/22/2014 04:36:32 am

Thanks for the masking tape hint...great idea. Another friend and I are trying to plan a trip on the new Ferry to visit you this summer. We live in New Hampshire.

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Christine
5/22/2014 04:48:22 am

Marye, that would be fantastic!

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Maggie
5/22/2014 05:41:22 am

Thank you for the great tip!

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Marilyn
5/22/2014 05:42:06 am

Great idea I will use it. Had my cat swipe at the mohair and pull it out twice!

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Betsy
5/22/2014 05:42:33 am

Excellent tip - thank you.

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Victoria
5/22/2014 05:43:02 am

Love this idea.

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Della
5/22/2014 06:18:27 am

Great idea, that always happens to me too.

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Deborah
5/22/2014 06:18:46 am

I wish I was closer so I could join the group. I`m in Ontario, I think I was in your store about 4 years ago.

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Cathy
5/22/2014 10:13:36 am

Great advice. On my first rug the grippers chewed up the back each time I moved it around the frame so I now use only a hoop. Will try this next time and protect the work on the back. I have a lot to learn and appreciate all the advice, ideas, etc., that so many of you are posting. Thanks!

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Peggy
5/22/2014 12:31:57 pm

Great idea! I needed the advice because I always end up with a mess!

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Betty
5/22/2014 07:17:16 pm

I lllloooovvvveee your blog ..... I needed this tip as I have one of those wool eating frames. We have a good group here , and we have lots of fun. I am happy for you that your group is one that knows how to enjoy life. Keep up the great blogs.

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Pamela
5/22/2014 10:38:14 pm

Great! Thanks for the wonderful tip….I don't have gripper strips, but sometimes fibers get pulled because of life's little quirks…that sure will give me more peace of mind about using these types of fibers!

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Zella
5/22/2014 10:38:39 pm

Great Idea I'm going to try this Thanks

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Sharon
5/23/2014 09:14:32 am

I use that self clingy Saran Wrap stuff to cover both front (to keep white curls white) and back to prevent catching. I think it's called Press and Seal maybe?

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