What my mom always said when we needed to hurry. Well, today has flown by. My to-do list is still pretty much full, and I must leave soon to buy some wool and drop off a birthday gift. More on that later in the post.
I am home from my hooking retreat. As always a wonderful time with lots of laughs.
I was going hooking a couple weeks ago and had nothing ready to work on, so grabbed a piece of linen that was already zig zagged and drew out a hit 'n miss mat. My "go to" project when I need something quick. I only had 3 squares left to hook so quickly finished that.
Then I moved on to the my challenge rug that will be displayed at Sauder Village during rug week. One of the guilds I belong to, Crooked River, had a challenge of "All Things Chicken". Well, nothing like waiting until the last minute. I had most of the chicken hooked before the retreat and came very close to finishing the little mat. The area around the circle is what I had left to hook when I ran out of the background wool. ARGH!!! I know I could have fudged it by incorporating a similar wool, but I am taking the easy way out and buying more wool this evening. I won't reveal the finished piece until after rug week.
ALL DONE! Thankfully I had just enough ties with colors that coordinated perfectly with the hooked area.
I just love the Nordson ties.
The back.
I wanted to incorporate this tie because my brother had a sailboat for 40 (?) years, but it just would have stuck out like a sore thumb as one of the tongues. I was just going to stitch a piece to the back, but one of the hookers suggested putting the label on the tie. Perfect! this will be delivered to the birthday girl this evening.
Will share some of the rugs being worked on in my next post.
Please think good thoughts for DSO. He is having back surgery on Wednesday. Praying that he will recover quickly with minimal pain. He has suffered long enough!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren
