Throw Down ~

The first three rugs were hooked by Susan Feller.  To see more of her talent, check out a post from last year's retreat here.

Randi's rug had lots of glitter and glam.  She was trying to decide on the background color.

So sorry the color on most of the rugs is washed out.  

This rug was so sweet!  

Three friends, Debbie, Kathy and Karen each hooked 1/3 of the following three rugs.  Isn't that fun?

Enjoy the show :)

You may recognize Beth's rug from the cover of ATHA magazine. Beautiful!

HAPPY HOOKERS!

Off to a one day hook-in tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)
Lauren

Almost Heaven ~ Part two

Thanks for stopping back to see more from the Retreat into the Mountains.  Just before departing on Sunday, we had a throw down to show what progress had been made on rugs.  For the most part, I will let the rugs speak for themselves.

This was being hooked with very fine cuts of wool.  Maybe a 3???

I think this one will glow in the dark :)

This rug was based on a picture drawn by Mary's mom.

The next three pictures are very washed out.  The colors, especially in the first two are very vibrant in person.

My rug heading to camp . . .

. . . and after.  I am pleased with my progress but it doesn't seem like a lot of hooking for three days!  It is not how I envisioned it was going to look (I wanted it much "dirtier"), but so far I'm liking it.  I am going to reverse hook part of that blackish blob from the center and make it smaller.

Thanks for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)
Lauren

Almost Heaven ~

~ West Virginia and hooking.  What could be better?

I spent three days hooking at the Peterkin Conference Center in Romney, West (by God) Virginia at Susan Feller's Retreat into the Mountains.  Three days of hooking, eating (too much of that!) and hooker camaraderie.  Life is G.O.O.D.

Spring is much further along in West Virginia.  Forsythia were blooming everywhere.

The creek alongside the lodge was raging.

Sweet little flowers blanketing the ground.

Daffodils blooming creekside.

I took my first dye class ever.  Susan showing the start of a dip dye.

Braids we dyed using only red, blue and yellow.

The finished wool.  

 Fellow Ohio hooker Shirley contemplating her rug.

A 5' x 7' rug for her dining room.  With that dark background, she's lucky she doesn't have any pets that shed!

Melissa working on her Magdalena runner.

Liz from Virginia working on her Herb Angel.  She was using many alternative fibers and it was just as sweet as could be.  She is a fast hooker and was almost done with her at the end of the retreat.

Beth's rooster.  This was being hooked in either a 3 or 4 cut!

The start of Kathy's Chinese monkey.

Deb working outside her comfort zone with some very bright colors.

Mary hooking on a rug she started MANY years ago.

Randi working on a lighthouse rug.  Note the mess in the background.  

And more mess.  There were piles of wool and worms everywhere. 

Thanks for stopping by.  I have lots more to share!

Pug hugs :)
Lauren