She's Baaaaack ~

For days I searched for my hook.  A friend had been over getting wool.  Sunday I sent her a text asking if there was any chance she had inadvertently taken my hook.  Nope she replied.  "I dumped my hooking bag and it is not here".  Lo and behold last night I get a text.  "So sorry.  I found your hook wrapped in the linen."   'Nuff said.  I am thankful I have my favorite hook for camp 😘  And yes.  My hook uses a female pronoun.

Summer Glory is getting ready to be bound.  Somehow I have to get it bound before I leave for camp on Sunday.  If I didn't sleep for the next couple of days I may be ready to leave Sunday at noon 😁

Here is a better picture of the color of the blue eight point stars.  Still not great but better.

This message is for Lynda, a no reply blogger.  If you get any information about Cammie, please pass it on and let her know lots of people would be interested in her patterns!

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Lauren

Went Missing ~

Or is it gone missing?  I haven't quite figured out that expression.

When I started hooking in 2005, my first hook purchased was an 8mm Hartman hook.  I have since purchased other Hartman hooks (figured I needed back ups in case I would lose it) and many other hooks.  I always go back to using my original one.  Five or six days ago, it went missing.  I have been using my very similar 9mm Hartman (but not the same ~ the wood handle is the same size but the wood used for the handle is heavier) figuring it would turn up quickly.  Sadly, no.  I have looked and looked and looked some more.  I have searched in the most ridiculous places.  I leave for rug camp Sunday and I want my beloved hook 😢

If I am ready to leave Sunday, it will be nothing short of a miracle.  I know I always say that . . . and somehow manage to get it all done.  I am just trying to get too many things done before leaving.  Oh well, oh hell!

She is just too cute not to share.

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Lauren

A New Rug Hook ~

I know our winter here in northern Ohio hasn't been nearly as bad as some (think Wisconsin), but I've had enough.  I am so ready for spring to come and stay.  I sure hope the groundhog's prediction is correct.  Only 31 days until spring :)

 

When I started hooking back in 2005 I bought a Hartman hook.  At that time they cost in the neighborhood of $25 - $30, but having used it for so many years, definitely got my money's worth. 

 

 

Since that time I have purchased two more Hartman's, a Conner hook and several others, but I would always go back to my original Hartman.  It just felt "right".

 

 

Well, let me tell you about another hook.  Friend Linda had told me how wonderful they are, but I hesitated ordering one since I was still loving my original Hartman.  Several times I visited their etsy shop and admired them.  See, they are made from old tool handles so no two are alike.  And you know that I like anything old :)  I decided to go for it and ordered one because I just loved the old paint on it.  Well . . . it came and I absolutely LOVE it.  I've been using it for a week (with an 8.5 and 9 cut) and it just feels "right", too.  The hooks are very reasonably priced.  $30 which includes shipping and the best customer service you could ask for.  After placing my order, I got a personal thank you from Sharon, the shop owner.  She said I could return the hook, even in a month or two, if I was not happy.  Check them out on etsy ~ Hudson Valley Rugs.

 

 

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Lauren

The Blahs :(

 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day.  My sweetie and I visited our favorite restaurant ~ Five Guys.  We love that place :)  The best fries in the whole wide world - IMHO.

 

I'm just feeling kind of blah and really don't have anything to share.  I'm more than halfway through a 10 day antibiotic and for the last two days just have no spunk.  I'm sure the two are unrelated.  Not sick enough to stay home from work, but just no energy or ambition.  Yesterday I came home and slept for an hour and a half - most unusual for me.  I haven't hooked much on Daisy nor have I started on the hooking for my class in 2 1/2 weeks (the hooking must be done beforehand).  I think I've finally chosen the wools for the first month of the Rebekah Smith stitch-a-long and hope I find the energy to cut the pieces out this evening.

 

We got a bit of snow.  Not much of an accumulation, but the pretty kind that is heavy and sticks to every twig.  In a day or two it will all be gone but no complaints from me.

 

Friend Bobbie gifted me with this little pincushion she made using an antique cutter quilt for the cushion.  She did a great job painting the base and the little old newspaper clipping reads,

 

The Best Example

Little George, aged 7, was being reproved for his bad table manners.  "You act so bad, Georgie,"said his mother.  "So bad that one would almost think you had been brought up in a stable."

"But, mother," answered George, "the Sunday School teacher taught us that Jesus was born in a stable, and look how good he turned out."

                                  Willard S. Fawcett

 

Saturday I headed out to a local antique mall.  Didn't find much (at prices I was willing to pay), but did find this red rug hook with worn paint ~ for only $1.  I don't find them often.  I keep them in an old flower frog.  They are very usable, but I can't hook with anything other than my Hartman.

 

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Lauren