More from the Scrappy Class ~

Sue is way ahead of me in posting about our scrappy class so you can check more of it on her blog.

You can tell Jenny LOVES teaching!

A few before and after a walnut dye bath pictures!  Our overachievers 😁 

Just an after.

Darn blogger would not let me put this picture under Jenny's.  I have never had that problem before.  ARGH!!!  Jenny was adamant we must label our rugs.  If my penmanship was better, I would make a label such as this!

A few more rugs in progress.

Jenny's sister Laurie travels with her and is her right hand hooker.  She also hooks amazing rugs.  This rug is HUGE and gorgeous.

I will share my rug finish soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Scrappy Hooking Class

You would never know that this was the first time that Jenny of the Wooly Horse taught her scrappy style of hooking that she developed.  She had inspiration from a punch needle piece, but this is truly her style she has developed for hooking.  (She is a teacher by trade and has taught many other hooking classes.)  Scrappy style of hooking . . . how to describe it?  Uneven loops spaced far apart, long tails, alternative fibers, adding patches as if the rug had been repaired.  

It was easier than I thought it would be, but I had to constantly be reminded to space loops apart and leave lots of spaces because when finished, loops would be squished down and cover most of the spaces.  I used wool in cuts from about an 8 to a 10, a couple kinds of sari ribbon, wool yarn, velvet and stained tobacco cloth.  I came so close to finishing!  Some of the tails may be trimmed later.

Close up.

Had I finished, he would have gotten a walnut crystal dye bath.  Jenny did send us home with walnut crystals so we can do it at home.  Only a few hookers had theirs totally done.

Jenny was THE MOST generous teacher.  She had these basket filled with pieces of wool for us to use as needed.  Plus sari ribbons, wool yarn, velvets, tobacco cloth and more . . . all for us to use and absolutely free to us.

Sue has also posted about the class.  Check it out here.

I will have more rugs to share next time and hopefully mine will be finished soon.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Sister Visit ~

The eighth grade class of 1966 has been visiting Sister Marian Coughlin since 2018, just missing a couple of the Covid years.  We had her as a teacher in 2nd grade and as a half day teacher in the 8th grade.  Back then, she was known as Sister Mary St. Patrick, but took her maiden name when Notre Dame nuns were able to do so.  She will soon be 97.  Still sharp as a tack but very hard of hearing, sad to say.  Back in the day she was this larger than life figure and she really is such a tiny little thing.  She was so excited about our visit.  One of our classmates also became a Notre Dame nun, so Sister Valerie is there for each visit, too.  I didn't get a picture, but it doesn't seem right that a nun can wear capri pants and sandals 😁

Yesterday's trip to Michigan was uneventful . . . the best kind.  I got most of my little Maria Barton sheep hooked but had not cut enough wool.  When finished it will be attached to a vintage picnic basket and used as a raffle prize at our guild's hook in.

Tomorrow.  ARGH!!!  I have a two day hooking class with Jenny Smallridge of the Wooly Horse.  She is going to be teaching her style of scrappy hooking.  Lots of alternative fibers to be used.  Have I even begun to pull wool for class?  Uh, no.  Somehow it will get done tonight.  I am not a fan of using anything other than wool for hooking (remember Saundra's challenge a few years ago?), but I am putting on my big girl panties and will use some!  I have chosen to hook her scrappy horse.  Sue from Vernon Junction is coming to class and will spend the night with me since I am only 35 minutes from the class venue and she is much farther.

MUST get busy!!!

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Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Quickie Post ~

 

So I am off for a quick little hooking get away with the Twenty Dollar Hookers in Millersburg.  I haven't been for the last year and things have been so crazy for months, I am just driving down tomorrow morning and returning Saturday evening.

What am I going to work on???  Have I started to pack???  Of course not!  

I did finish this little mat titled Nose to Nose by Baskets of Wool (Cammie Bruce) which is a Christmas gift.  Maybe I can get started on the binding?

I most likely will take Yellow Bird, a pattern offered by Spruce Ridge Studios that I started in a class with Kris Miller.  I haven't hooked on it in weeks.

I did hook this fun little flower.  Other than that, no accomplishments to share 😞  Kit can be purchased from the Wooly Horse to make several of them.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren