By Guest Blogger Pam Haughn
Molly Made Coastal Scene I recently ran into a bit of luck at a couple yard sales. Normally that isn't the case so I count on my sisters to scout out wool, kits and patterns for me. One sister has brought me some small coasters to hook on linen and a bigger Bluenose pattern of a house and yard. She pays princely prices such as $3.00 for kits and $2.00 for patterns. I was always amazed that she could find these...but then I had a bit of luck too so the lucky horseshoe is genetic.
At one yard sale, I purchased a gripper 360* lap frame for a fraction of its new cost, complete with a flannel gripper cover that I had made for Encompassing Designs. At another yard sale I lucked into a bag of hooking kits, pattern, hook and hoop. One pattern is a Molly Made coastal scene with houses and clotheslines pictured here. Having recently finished the Happy Fishermen, I had a lot of the seaside wool needed to complete the pattern. Most of it was done in scrap wool and a great way to use those “wool worms” we accumulate. Also in that bag was a stars chair pad kit and a small kit with a house and trees. Great small projects to do while waiting for the next “big”one to come along.
I recently finished the “Antique Posy” rug which is a Deanne Fitzpatrick design. Several years ago, my husband Peter and I were traveling to New Brunswick for our daughter's graduation from St. Thomas. I had Deanne's shop on my "to go list" on our way there. We looked at a number of patterns and wool and Peter bought the Antique Posy pattern as a Christmas gift. I hadn't gotten around to hooking it until this year. I am really a “paint by numbers” kind of hooker, and really like a finished picture so I know where to start, but there wasn't a picture with this one. Peter suggested the blue “vase” which is perfect because I was going golden basket, which I wasn't really fond of so I really liked the idea of the blue. I found a plaid shirt that worked perfectly.
The flowers were hooked in some leftover dyed wool from my Jacobean runner and the Eggplant edge was part of that rug too. The background was my challenge. I have been saving up onion skins so I decided to try that. I searched for the right method, couldn't find directions I wanted and ended up boiling a lot of the skins in a pot and straining the darkened water off and using that “dye” to abrash some natural wool. Of course after I dyed the wool, Shelley Withers found the directions for me, stacking wool and onion skins on top of each other with lots of water and heating. (I am going to try that next time). I like the overall look of the project, and it was a small enough project that it hooked up quickly. I can't wait to start on the next project...and maybe scout out another yard sale or two, just to see what hooking treasures can be found....
At one yard sale, I purchased a gripper 360* lap frame for a fraction of its new cost, complete with a flannel gripper cover that I had made for Encompassing Designs. At another yard sale I lucked into a bag of hooking kits, pattern, hook and hoop. One pattern is a Molly Made coastal scene with houses and clotheslines pictured here. Having recently finished the Happy Fishermen, I had a lot of the seaside wool needed to complete the pattern. Most of it was done in scrap wool and a great way to use those “wool worms” we accumulate. Also in that bag was a stars chair pad kit and a small kit with a house and trees. Great small projects to do while waiting for the next “big”one to come along.
I recently finished the “Antique Posy” rug which is a Deanne Fitzpatrick design. Several years ago, my husband Peter and I were traveling to New Brunswick for our daughter's graduation from St. Thomas. I had Deanne's shop on my "to go list" on our way there. We looked at a number of patterns and wool and Peter bought the Antique Posy pattern as a Christmas gift. I hadn't gotten around to hooking it until this year. I am really a “paint by numbers” kind of hooker, and really like a finished picture so I know where to start, but there wasn't a picture with this one. Peter suggested the blue “vase” which is perfect because I was going golden basket, which I wasn't really fond of so I really liked the idea of the blue. I found a plaid shirt that worked perfectly.
The flowers were hooked in some leftover dyed wool from my Jacobean runner and the Eggplant edge was part of that rug too. The background was my challenge. I have been saving up onion skins so I decided to try that. I searched for the right method, couldn't find directions I wanted and ended up boiling a lot of the skins in a pot and straining the darkened water off and using that “dye” to abrash some natural wool. Of course after I dyed the wool, Shelley Withers found the directions for me, stacking wool and onion skins on top of each other with lots of water and heating. (I am going to try that next time). I like the overall look of the project, and it was a small enough project that it hooked up quickly. I can't wait to start on the next project...and maybe scout out another yard sale or two, just to see what hooking treasures can be found....
 Antique Posy |  Small House & Trees kit |
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