Oh, Darn!!!

My first blog post with Askew was on March 6 and at that time I had 8 circles hooked.  I really hoped to be done by now, but progress has been very slow the last couple of weeks.  I am so tired of hooking it.  I have to force myself to pick up the hook.  It doesn't help that yard work season has begun, although my heart isn't in that either.  So far I have only used my worms, but I am running low on dark ones.  You know, blackish, dark gray and black.  I still have lots of browns, but since there are blacks in all the stripes already hooked, I need to continue to incorporate those.  Sadly, I now need to cut some strips.

Here is what is left of the "dark" worms . . . and most are not very dark.

Here is where she is today.

I am hoping to finish by Sunday, though I can't see that happening.  Monday we are leaving on a little get away to Myrtle Beach ~ never been there ~ and will drive down to Charleston for a day ~ been there for just a few hours.  I get home, am home for a week and then head to rug camp.  It will be crazy busy getting ready for camp, getting camp store consignment items organized and being ready to vend at a hook in the day after I get home from camp.  Just thinking about all that is making me tired.  Oh, and of course there will also be plenty of yard work to do since that yard guy never shows up 😁

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Mindless Hooking ~

Good Monday, dear friends.  I hope today finds you all well.  It is another rainy one here in northern Ohio.  Everything is so lush and green, but I'm sure the poor farmers are in a world of hurt.  Then come August, we will be praying for precipitation.  

I needed something mindless to hook, and this little hit 'n miss fits the bill perfectly.  Granted, I do think about each worm I choose, but once it is chosen, the row hooks quickly.  The finished size will be about 13" x 22".   

I have seven totes of sorted worms and this mess which needs separating.  I'm sure this little mat will not make a dent in the worm farm.

I've been wanting one of these double wash tubs for ages, and finally found this one.  Not exactly what I was looking for finish-wise, but for the price thought it best come home with me.  I don't plan on planting it this year, but it will make the perfect beverage container for DSO's annual 4th of July party . . . which will be here all too soon.

Ernestine is so funny.  She goes crazy whenever an animal is on TV.  Last week we watched the movie Patrick.  It is a cute, kind of cheesy movie that stars a pug.  After the initial barking and craziness of seeing the dog, she then sat and stared intently at the screen.  Too funny.

She is not a motorcycle dog, but was content to sit on it :)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)

Lauren

Worm Buster ~

I first saw this hit and miss on Saundra's blog and she said that anyone was welcome to hook one.  I first did a single block of 12" x 12".  I'm thinking I must have given it away because it is nowhere to be found.  Then on our 2016 cross country tour, I hooked this one which measured 12" x 36". 

 

 

DSO said he would like a rug for his master bath . . . so I am now hooking one that will be 24" x 36".  My progress so far.

I have plenty of worms to choose from.  A basket in the hooking room that has not been sorted.

 

Tubs sorted by color.

 

Another basket and a number of bags of worms. 

Sadly, I doubt I will make much of a dent.  As any hooker will tell you, they multiply while we sleep :)

 

Enchilada has settled in quite nicely.  She has been a good girl in the house and I'm hoping the poop issues are behind her (pun intended).  She has learned to jump on the bed and snuggle in the pillows. 

 

 

I assume she must have lived in a ranch home in her previous life because at first she would do no steps so I was carrying her up and down.  Then I got her to go up and down the steps to the garage which are carpeted.  She is now going up the hardwood stairs and has gone down with a little encouragement.  She loves to cuddle and is my shadow.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs :)
Lauren