Blue Bird Rug

started the hooking this morning

mostly stash strips

cutting as I need 

this boy

he loves to lean on quilts and hooked rugs

definitely a "do not disturb" face

image from Pinterest

circa 1880-1910

instantly fell for this antique rug

even if it has 4 hearts...

on my to hook list

Off to work soon

don't know if I can resist weighing myself

non scale successes have been great the past few days

Picking Another Winner and Freebie

 I never heard from the first winner!

a new one was chosen

Maureen McKay

I've sent you an email

now I just need your address and the wool will be on the way

(if i don't hear from you in 48 hours

it's on to the next person)

started with a 14" circle

it ends up larger

as I tend to hook outside the outer line on all rugs

I think Sarah will like it

her colors

I choose 5 hearts

 because she and her husband have 3 daughters

(just like my parents)

this was my original plan

a wider border of scrappy reds

 my rough draft

when drawn on the linen backing

I tweaked the hearts

please enjoy hooking this simple pattern

the usual requests apply

please no sharing on Pinterest

no selling the pattern

and so on...

 

 

Hooking Hearts

finally decided on the design

for this mat with hearts last night at midnight

there is enough linen in this piece

for a few mug mats too

using up red and green worms...

colors chosen by the gal I'm hooking it for

that's her below with Mom

Mom says she knows the name

but doesn't recognize Sarah as a scarecrow

last week I whipped her up a little fleece blanket

the other side is a bright-ish green 

as you can see, she's pretty happy with it

*****

the wool winner hasn't contacted me

so tomorrow morning

I'll draw another name if I don't hear from her

  

Mighty Little Progress

hooking is slow going

as I sort through my worms and stash of blues

not too much light to medium blue left anywhere

 same for the greens

until now I dyed mostly dark and drab

I purchased as-is wool the same

thankfully I do have a stash of lights for over dyeing

after this mat

it's back to the chair pads...

where the darks can be put to good use

the reason I have such a huge stash of worms is Mom

in case you're new to my blog

last year 

I cut what felt like acres of wool into strips

then took them to the nursing facilty

so she and a friend could bundle them up by color

leading to a full size bed stacked with strips

referred to as Wool Mountain

I found it quite difficult to hook from that mountain

needing to see the wool uncut

to know where it belonged in a rug

live and learn

all is well because Mom and Ann 

had a good time for many weeks

 

different shades of reds to divide

a favorite photo from 10/15

Ann is always concerned about getting it just right

mom is more like "close enough"

I haven't been sleeping much lately 

worried about mom and her meds

they are being changed to try and quash some of her anxiety

I know if she keeps acting out

(like going outside on her own and kicking doors)

they will want to transfer her to their Alzhiemer facility

 she thinks it's bad now...

A Little Hooking

a little progress

work sure cut into my hooking time

the past few days

even though this is a worm buster rug

I'm going to go through my over dyed blues

and cut a few more strips...

I am very much enjoying the colors in this mat

they may be the future of my hooking

once all my "darks" are used up

thinking a mix of Karen Kahle over dyed recipes

with as-is light to mediums

*****

thanks for all your kind posts and emails

it's been such a rough week with Mom

left her today in tears

she asked me to throw her in front of a train

the nursing supervisor got ahold of the psych care company

after my repeated complaints

they are now trying her on a different anti anxiety med

I voiced my concern

since when it was prescribed for me it

shot my anxiety and heart rate through the roof

but her current meds are clearly not working

I'm sure the heat and full moon aren't helping

different aides every day this week

some nice, some impatient

she is sad, angry and bored

all she wants is to go home

there is no explaining

that the home she wants only exists in her memory

   

I Can Explain

not exactly the rug you thought I'd be hooking...

when looking through my pile of "scrap" linen

this long narrow piece spoke to me

so here I am

hooking another piece for a beach room

I've been wanting to hook an angel or hearts for Debbie

it's fun to work with these colors

after the dark ones of late

the cat will be hooked sometime

it's a favorite

  

she is so over having her picture taken

she is ready to be brushed

or fed

Took the day off from visiting Mom

she was very angry with me yesterday for not taking her home

she was fine until after bingo

some days I can handle it

lately it's become so much harder

I nearly burst into tears yesterday

which only makes her madder

so today is a mental health day

it's not really working

anxiety and guilt eat away at me...

what my mind knows

is so different from what my heart feels

 

This Fun Stuff

when you are out of practice

having fun is harder than you think

especially when your idea of fun has changed

these rugs look like fun

if I still felt like hooking

I think I want to

but when I sit down to hook

it's just not there

so for now

fun will have to be breakfast

in the hospital cafeteria

after fasting bloodwork

don't be jealous

I'd buy you breakfast too if you were here!



Hearts...

Normally I am nor much of a heart fan...

this year I'm enjoying them more

could be too much time on

Pinterest

that's where I found all today's images

 

 

 Fat Hen Farm on ebay

love all her work

 

 

 

puddleduckprimitves on ebay

again

love all her work

 

 vintage hearts are wonderful too

maybe these will get me to hooking...

 



there's always hope