They say it ain't over until the fat lady sings. I think she has sung, but I would not hold my breath 😂
I guess I must start at the beginning. I have barely hooked in months, but finally dusted off my hook. I took a class from Cathy Stephan back in May, and the rug I started, an antique adaptation, will be my largest rug to date. As Saundra puts it, she likes to have a "plus one" to take a break from a major project. I have many patterns in my stash, but not one I wanted to start. This antique adaptation has been on my hooking bucket list for years.
Normally I would enlarge it and put it on linen myself, but with the chaos I am living with, did not have a surface large enough to draw out a pattern. Enter Saundra. She offers that pattern in her shop, so told her I wanted to PURCHASE it from her. She had the size I wanted (though she could have drawn smaller or larger). When my pattern and invoice arrived, I was told she would not accept my check because she had it on "good authority" that I write bad checks. She also would not accept payment via credit card because she had it on "good authority" I steal people's identity. WTH??? There was one more smarmy comment about our "so called friendship" (we go back MANY years here in blogland) but I have lost the invoice so can't share that. All I can say is THANK YOU, SAUNDRA. THAT WAS MOST KIND OF YOU!!! I VALUE OUR FRIENDSHIP 💕 Which leads to this post she made. I felt so guilty she went to all that work and expense that I had to reciprocate. She thinks she got the better end of the deal whereas I think I did.
Here is the pattern drawn to my specs at 18" x 30". All the little dashes are to help me with the color changes. This will definitely be challenging for me.
I have not yet started 1890 Roosters, but I have made a little progress on Primitive Horse and Birds. I finished one of the birds and have started on the branches. (I didn't realize how off the color was until I uploaded it to the blog. Hopefully next time I will do a better job!)
XOXO my friend.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren
