Woolen Memories ~

Sometimes the stars align just perfectly.  When we decided on the get away to western Massachusetts, I wondered how far Nancy lived from where we would be staying.  HOLY MOLY!!!  I discovered she was less than an hour away and I knew she wasn't that far from Woolen Memories wool shop.  I have hooked a few of WM patterns and have admired many more.  Nancy had mentioned what a cute shop it is.  Thankfully DSO didn't have a problem with me abandoning him for part of a day.  So . . . Nancy and I met up in the Big Y grocery store parking lot and headed to Woolen Memories.  

Sandy was just a delight to meet.  I was in absolute wool heaven.  She has some of the most primitively dyed wool I have ever seen.  And patterns.  The shop is small but packed full of wooly goodness 💞

That table in the back was loaded with bargain patterns that may have had a slight boo boo in transferring to the linen.  

I couldn't resist this Santa from that pile . . . and I see absolutely nothing wrong with him.  Will I hook him before Christmas?  Of course not, but there is always next year 😁

A few more pictures around the shop.

The picture does not do the wools justice.

Nancy on the left and Sandy on the right.

I also purchased the pattern hanging on the wall.  What a fun pattern to use up a few worms!

This was a smallish pattern that I absolutely loved.  Sandy hooked it so old looking.  I am considering asking her if she will enlarge it for a camp I am attending in January.  Just a thought.

A big thank you to Sandy for opening the shop and to Nancy for taking me there.  I resisted purchasing any wool because I was afraid if I started, I would not stop!  You can find Woolen Memories on Facebook or etsy.

Yesterday I decided to dye some wool to perhaps use in Saundra's hook along.  I used her old patina recipe to dull down some wool.  I used the two tablespoons of dye mix like Saundra said she did, but it didn't seem like the color was changing, so I added two more tablespoons.

Wool before ~

And after ~ (not in the same order)

Great recipe, Saundra!  Thank you.  All the wools will work well together except for the piece that started out gold is still too gold.

I decided to dye another pot using just the two tablespoons of dye mix.  I didn't take a before pic, but used many of the same wools.  I just can't get an accurate picture of the results, but just believe me when I say there is a difference!

Now I better get busy on that hook along pattern that Saundra so graciously provided.  An update is due tomorrow.  You can read about the hook along here.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren