Slow Progress is Still Progress

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here's my rug progress

still working out which colors to use

which to leave out

I'm used to hooking much faster than this

especially with such a stash of wool strips

right now I'm splitting my time between hooking and cleaning

my NC sister will be here in a month

she and her DH will be doing some work for me

they know I have no time

but still...

Mom went to the hair salon for a trim today

she's been refusing for about a month

( we had a good day

she was looking serious here

after dropping a puzzle piece on the floor)

it's a roller coaster ride for her

always happy for good days

they started her on a new medicine

an anti-anxiety cream 

praying it helps

so we can keep the Haldol to a minimum

some day I get all boo hoo about my life

then  I talk to a lady at the facility who is my age

has MS, broke her leg last year, hasn't walked since

she has been doing rehab for months

as her leg heals while she works to lose some weight

 

a little giveaway for my blog readers

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I'd like this to be for my regular readers...

a very nice book

but once through was enough for me

a little worn around the edges

from bouncing around in my totebag

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letting me know of a story you'd like to hook

I'll draw a name Saturday morning

March 11th

it's already in an envelope with a piece of wool

planning on getting to the post office Monday morning

What to Hook

I was doing a Pinterest search for a simple rug

am ready for some mindless hooking

so what do I find but this beauty!

definitely not mindless

  

another non mindless

I see it with a cat in the middle....

 I keep returning to this rug

it might finally be time

or this one

another choice

could just do one section

Whichever I chose it needs to be soon

haven't stitched or hooked in ages...

my energy has finally returned

maybe 60%

yesterday I was able to do some housework

with a very small nap!

Happy Sunday

More Simple Hooking

am working up to drawing up this sort of rug

need something mindless

to use up more scraps...

it's day three of a chest cold

thank goodness it's my day off

had to skip seeing Mom

cats don't mind if all I do is sleep

hope you're all having a better day than me!

 

Srappy Tips

Saundra

asked me about my hit-n-miss hooking

I should really just refer to it as scrappy

I choose my colors palette...

this project included all the colors except the light neutrals

mostly medium to light shades

no high contrast strips

I have a ton of worms after cutting so many last year 

for Mom and Ann to sort for me

 normally there would never be a mountain of worms

they have been sorted by color

then into light, medium and dark bundles
placed in a large basket by color

I pull a bunch of worms 
 put them on the rug in progress

my huge Talon frame has given me lots of room

to the left in this photo is a small basket overflowing with worms

I work from these worms

pulling from the large baskets as needed

I NEVER pull a random strip and hook

the traditional way to hit-n-miss

I have to like the feel of the rug I'm hooking
I've tried the traditional way and it doesn't work for me

I hate to waste linen

normally I draw my pattern leaving a 2-3 inch background

stitch on some scrap fabric so I can move it on the frame

usually I hook beyond the marked outside edge too

adding scrap fabric to your background 
lets you hook on small pieces of linen

if you purchase a pattern 

with a generous background

stitch some fabric to the edge before hooking

then use the excess linen for coasters or ornaments
before you take it off the frame

*while this one is off the frame

I'm going to do a few more small pumpkin mats

some of my rugs from years ago

the American Alphabet Crow was such fun to hook

if I remember correctly I did the border first

without any idea of what would go in the middle
obviously my design

bottom left is a Lori Brechlin pattern 

Old Glory my own drawing

it feels good to be back hooking

thanks to all who have welcomed me back

Big Orange Cat

another fun chair pad

now to decide on the border...

after this I have a large geometric planned

to use up lots of scraps

inspired by this rug:

mine will have a lot of red

a lot

Wishing you a great day!

Geometric Hooking

 

as always

when no pictorial rug catches my fancy

I fall to geometric hooking

 

another great Pinterest find

now to decide on which mess of worms to use...

 

 

*****

 

Mom is slowly recovering

her appetite is for soup and "maybe" dessert

I'm taking her a supply of veggie soup in today

with some fresh dinner rolls

 

 

she's still weak and tired

to be expected

her spirits are excellent

for me, that's the most important thing

 

Wishing you a beautiful day

it's sunny and cool here in Ohio

perfect by my standards