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Our first daytime hookin...and other stuff..

11/28/2013

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We've just had our first daytime hookin.  A small crowd but hopefully it will grow.  Deanna is all smiles after she won the goodie bag door prize.

The next daytime hook-in is December 18th from 1:00 - 4:00. Come and join us!

We all snacked on chocolates and the most delicious Coffee Cake with a heavenly crumble on top that should be rated lethal!  I had one tinny whinny piece but it screamed more!  

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Sue Cunningham has completed Crocks & Jugs.  She used all plaids and herringbone for a nicely textured piece.  I think it's stunning and bought the rug for my kitchen.  It will hang in the shop for a bit to show it off and then come to live in its forever home with me!  It's no secret I love blue crockery and dishes.  It will fit right in. 
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I'm having fun with my Gingerbread Man Christmas Stocking.  The hat trim and pom pom will be curly mohair but that has to be hooked last, after the steaming.  I'll finish it tonight. Working in #4 cut slows me down a bit but the look is worth it for the detail.  I loved hooking the candy cane skis...it got me feeling all Christmasy so I'm playing festive tunes in the shop today.  This weekend is Father Christmas Festival so it's time to crack out the decorations and the tunes.  I've order apple cider for the Keurig and hope it arrives in time so drop on by for a cuppa! 

Chelsea suggested yesterday that I design a stocking to reflect the song, "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas".   I can see it in my head already....a big ole Hippo with a bow around his neck, sitting under the tree surrounded by presents, waiting for a little boy or girl to find him and give him a cuddle.   And then there's snowflakes, bells, tree ornaments, sugar plum fairies, cardinals, maybe some William Morris pieces, like the Hare and the Fox......there is no end to the design elements.  I want to be known as "Christine, the Christmas Stocking Queen" so there will be many more designs coming down the pike.  I hope to hook a new one each week so there are coloured pictures for the website.
  Pity help me when it comes time to sew them all up into actual stockings!  The thought depresses me so I'll just forge ahead with the hooking for the pictures and worry about the needle stuff later.   Like I keep saying, I'm a hooker, not a sewer! 

Chelsea is back a couple of days a week helping to stock the racks with patterns.  At the rate she flies through them we'll be back up to snuff in a matter of weeks after being depleted over the summer months.  I've also hired  Nancy who works mornings.  I'm very pleased with her work, very neat and accurate they way we like it!   She's fun and quite lovely.   It will be so nice to pass on the pattern work so I can concentrate on designing and hooking. 
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Nancy working on "Say Cheese" to go out in the mail today.
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Nancy
11/28/2013 03:19:07 am

I'm famous! :)

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