We've got it licked.....

Come hell or high humidity, the diehards were out last evening.  It was a fun group once again.  They listened to me rant and whine a bit.  I usually hook on burlap but didn't have time to draw off the J so I grabbed a linen one off the rack.  I'm not liking it and every loop I question whether I should just cut my losses and start again on burlap.  I like the stiffness that burlap offers, the linen is so soft and kinda stretchy.   I keep poking through the strands and my hook gets caught which slows me down.  I'd have this one almost finished by now.  I'm an old dog, I do old dog things.  I started with burlap and will probably end with it, unless of course the sources dry up and I'm forced into another backing.  In the meantime I'm not concerned about what happens to my stuff when I'm six feet under although with proper care my rugs should last at least as long as grannies did, considering the quality materials I use.   I'm going to chew on this one all day and decide before I go home if I want to start from scratch on forge ahead and whine all the way to the finish line. 

Then, as mentioned before, I am not enamored with the cream background behind my P.  I made a quick decision on a Sunday and didn't want to bother dyeing so grabbed a hunk of wool off the rack and hooked it up but was always thinking I should have waited and added colour.  Now that I am thinking about the poster and a book, I don't want that cream background against a white page so I'm ripping it out and redoing it with a lightly dyed red violet.  Tell me what you think...stick with the ivory or go with the pink?  I'm rooting more for the pink and put it out to the group last evening, most liked the pink but said I should ask the readers. 

So I couldn't convince anyone to try the Mahone Bay Three Churches wine.  I suppose that's a good thing, in this heat I wouldn't want to send them out there tipsy on the drive home!  The talk seemed to center around desserts and a particularly delectable treat called a Kit Kat Square that was detailed layer for layer until my tongue was licking drool.  So I jumped up and said "Ice-Cream for all, I'm buying!" and like the pied piper led the crowd to Chris's Convenience next door where he scooped up our choices. If I was going down, I was taking them all with me!   I haven't had an ice-cream in over ten years and went for the Rum & Raisin, an old favorite and it was as good as the memory.  In this heat, you had to lick quick but we suffered through!  It was pretty quiet while we were all devouring our cones!  Yuuummmmmm!

When I arrived at work this morning a little elf (Deanna) had dropped off some of those Kit Kat Squares discussed the night before.....they were as good as described!     So happy she removed all the calories before bringing them by! 

Glenna holding my ice-cream while I snapped the pictures. 

I missed some of the rugs that left early but the ones that stayed behind to colour plan and chat, got their picture taken.  

Anne is hooking "Alice".  We colour planned the next background (field) colour to use.   If I say so myself, this pattern would be a winner in every colour combination imaginable! 

Charlene's stained glass piece looks like a church window in the sunlight! 

Deanna is closing in on completion of her House Tessellation from the workshop with Heather Gordon. 

Pam is almost finished the brick work on her Stepping Stones pattern. 

I blew up the Greenfield & District Fire Department emblem and put it on a backing for Glenna to hook for her fire department.  Glenna is a volunteer fire person (don't know what is politically correct these days), and is certainly gutsy!  It's always good to support the local fire departments...you never know when you'll need them!