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I found this hooked rug on Facebook ~ I think I noticed the stone fruit before I noticed the rug.

I knew I had the book the pattern came from. 

The rug is titled Askew and it is a pattern by Pat Cross.

The enlarged size is 36" x 23" but I knew I needed a much bigger rug to put in the little hall that leads from the garage to the kitchen and past the newly renovated half bath/laundry room.  I thought easy peasy, I would just add another long row (for a total of 5) and 2 shorter rows (for a total of 9).  Let's just say it did not go as planned.  I got the pattern transferred to screen all wonky but thought I could transfer to the linen without issue.  WRONG!  I got it about 85% transferred when I discover my rows were too off.  More than an inch and a half off in some cases.  Nobody else probably would have noticed, but I knew I would never be happy . . . so I turned the linen over and started again.  This darn thing took me hours to transfer, measuring and re-measuring.  The size of my rug will be  27 1/2" x 45 1/2", which for me is H.U.G.E.  I am hoping it is going to be a real worm buster!!!

There are a total of 45 circles and my goal is too hook 2 a day and hopefully some background.  Here's my start.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊

Lauren

Stitching Small ~

No hooking has been happening, but I did manage to finish the little Rebekah L. Smith stitching small started in a mini class with her.  I only used one color of floss throughout instead of her normal three.

I added a cotton twill tape hangar.  The back is a piece of black felt that came in the little kit.  Tomorrow it will be gifted to my brother's DSO.

Do you ready Merry Wind Farm's blog?  Melinda just released four new cross stitch charts.  The really cool part?  Three of them (second, third and fourth) were charted from antique samplers I own.  I just think that is really neat :)

I previously posted this picture from the Ft. Laurens hook in.  I received a comment from Pat who wrote, "The pattern for the witch rug in the picture and be found in either "Purely Primitive" or "Simply Primitive" by Pat Cross."  Me thinks that is Pat Cross who left the comment, but she is a no reply-comment blogger so I can't thank her personally for her visit.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)
Lauren