Pumpkin and Blue

Anna Prims

sampler pattern by The Pinkeep

rug is my latest design in progress

My 3 Pumpkins

available as a pattern on linen

Penny Tree Farm

 a photo from earlier today

stitching much farther along

of course I'm changing colors

and the rabbit will be a cat

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Hope you're all having a great day

grateful my sisters in Florida and North Carolina are fine

I could never live on the coast

would much rather deal with cold and snow

Pumpkin Stitching Ahead

try not to be jealous of Olivia's fancy bed

this is how she likes it

a rarely seen sighting of her underbelly

only safe when Melrose is in the garage

 found in my stash

during the wool room deep clean

a chart from 1995

finally, the right time to stitch it

mine will be much more prim

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I found my unicorn chart/book the other day on Ebay

The Bells on Christmas Day

my second in line is Kindred Spirits

by The Primitive Needle

Hope everyone is keeping hydrated and cool

even with the AC on Melrose likes to sleep in front of a fan

this is the look I get

after he sniffs my Carmex lip balm

it's his own fault

because he has to check out anything I'm holding

Blue Pumpkin

a very "kankerdoodle" rug

not sure of the background

or any details along the border

just a fun rug to hook! 

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of course Saundra was first in my mind

when I posted the antique rug yesterday

I look forward to seeing

her hook it

 

Primitive Hooking Old and New

I keep coming back to this antique rug

(image found on Pinterest) 

change the horse to a cat...

might be the next rug

to hook for myself

finished the hooking on this one today

on the the next

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Fall Flight Bird

I pulled an old pattern out of the stash

one of the Collector Series desings

by Jan Patek

Fall Flight Bird

impatient to get started

I just drew up my own based on the pattern

will be adding a crescent moon 

my favorite

another little mat nearly finished

the next will be a cat and pumpkin

Itty Bitty Kitty

the first one of my three little rugs

started and finished the hooking on this one

today

the gold green mix is one of my favorite backgrounds

hope you're having a good night!

Craving

even if it's roasting outside

I'm still in the mood for pumpkin bread

Mom's church cookbook from the 70's went missing

a few years ago

it had the perfect pumpkin bread recipe

I keep checking Pinterest 

to see if I recognize anything...

I haven't baked any yet

might be too detrimental to my blood sugar

we made ours with ground walnuts and dried craisins

(a switch from raisins)

it had a pinch of clove...

Anyone else going crazy for pumpkin?

 

From Your Hands

punched by Jennifer Mayo

http://www.brushcreekneedlework.bigcartel.com/ 

thought you might like to see

a few of the designs from my latest doodle booklet

worked by others...

 the sunflower design

is another one of mine

freebie on the blog

 punched by Debbie St Germain

 http://woolnsails.blogspot.com/

hooked by Saundra Porter

http://woodlandjunction.blogspot.com/ 

edited 9/7 to add the rug finish
I'm loving this one for sure

hooked by Sandi Lucero

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/oldecrowprimitivesmo

I love seeing how others interpret my designs

Happy Labor Day!

it's my day off and I'm resting

Pumpkin Wool

 pattern by Cheri Payne

 when this pic showed up on Pinterest

the other day I knew I had to dye some

pumpkin wool 

it  is one of the few patterns of Cheri's I don't have

but that's okay

I have dozens so can make do with 

her other cat and pumpkin designs...

 

the pumpkin wool took two tries

first dye bath resulted in wool too soft/light for my taste

 redyeing made all the difference

the blue came out perfect the first time

#66 from Barb/Emma Lou's book

2 pots of green on the stove now

with 2 more to go later when the pots are free

It's a beautiful day here

very much like fall

Enjoy your day!

 

Nice and Simple

a nice simple little mat

the wool is what I used for the background

cut against the stripes

 

another little freebie pattern from one of my older booklets...

I've never hooked this one

think it's about time!

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I can get a lot of hooking done sometimes because...

I live with 2 cats

there is no one here to cook for

no one cares how clean it is (besides me)

no children or grandchildren 

I have no life!

seriously...

Another Pumpkin

as you can see

another one where I changed my mind

drew this one up last year

 called for a sheep instead of cat when I started hooking

can be drawn up from my new booklet

by mixing up designs

the wool is an older piece

probably from Heavens To Betsy

mixed in with pumpkin wools

it creates a nice sparkle

having a hard time choosing a background

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back to work today

still feeling not myself

but I've been to the Dr and he says it's okay

 great

because I am sick of my own company!

Hooking Complete

about 18 x 28

am thrilled with how this turned out

mostly cut just what I needed

ended up having to scrounge for some different blues

to finish up

the background is a mix of dark and medium blues, 

dark and medium teal

about half as-is and half overdye

the petal are a mix of four different wool pieces

one as-is

 the middle is one piece of plaid as-is

sorry

no before shots of the wool

just thought you'd like to know

scrappy is my thing

this rug will be available for purchase

once the steaming

binding and signing are complete

In the Works

currently on the frame

still using up the strips from the 

scrap baskets...

so

after dithering for ages

I've decide to do one final booklet

of my simple designs

I came across a stack of doodles

from at least 5-6 years ago

lots of little pieces of scrap paper

the above mat is from those designs

I call it new/old

because I've refined the old design

to be more hooker friendly

there will be about 20 designs included

lots of cats, pumpkins, some Christmas

all old designs being updated

if you're interested the "booklets"

(which are really just pages stapled together

nothing fancy at all

not professional

no color pictures, no shiny pages

just the designs)

they will be $20

including shipping to the lower 48 states

you can email me at

kankerdoodle @ aol dot com

 I will send you a PayPal invoice 

when booklets are ready to send

or email me for my address if you'd rather send a check

I appreciate all your support 

and encouragement over the years

if I hadn't come across all these old doodles

this booklet would never happen

as time goes on I'll be hooking some of the designs

sharing them here and on FB

 it's so much fun bringing simple designs to life

you know I love to see

what you've done with my doodles!

I've been going through my blog as time allows

making sure all the freebie patterns have labels

so you can search for them

Thanks my friends

 

Crows

 

 

planning a new pumpkin rug

with crows...

right now I'm back to the geometric

lost interest in the little cat and pumpkin rug

plenty of pressing on my plate

the big stack of chair pads all have whipped edges

now to press and stitch on wool backing

Wishing you a beautiful Sunday!

Another 2 Cats Mat

another simple one

to empty out the worm baskets

can anyone recommend a simple

dog themed antique rug

to inspire my hooking?

I'm going to hook a little mat for a fund raiser

it's just that I can't draw a dog!

thanks in advance for your help...

Kitchen Sink Rug

this scrappy rug is going in front of the kitchen sink

hoping this one will really shrink the worm stash

fun using colors I normally avoid 

mats prepped and ready to finish

whip the edges

then cover the back with a heavier wool

will practice on these before doing Debbie's

biscuit making

he looks a mess but I swear he's always being brushed

working on decluttering this week

about 20 large bags of fabric donated to a few 

churches and gals that make small quilts

for hospitals, homeless and nursing homes

still plenty left for quilt making

next I'm tackling Mom's clothes

starting with her coat collection

she loves coats like some women love shoes!

Wishing you a good day...

 

Next Please...

my other new cat chair pad design

is already waiting on the frame

this one was so fun it almost hooked itself

I did hook outside the lines 

so now it's about 13"

I'm a happy hooking again hooker this week!

 also decided to close my etsy store

so I won't be tempted to try and list things again

too stressful for me

Cat on the Frame

sorry about the blur

to put it mildly

I've been obsessed with this one

the border is WAY out of my comfort zone

and I love it!

started the background in green

fail

changed to black

just right

the stem is just there as a place holder

looking for a brownish-grey that will hold up 

next to black

as you can see I've been derailed

from listing things for sale

story of my life

especially when the hooking is going smoothly

 

 

Two Little Cats

such a fun little rug

about 11 x 21

there might be a little tweaking before the binding

very little

I'm pretty happy with it

now to decide

do I keep or sell?

see those worms on the right...

that's all that is left of the background

yes, I do have more that I could have stripped

part of the fun is using up my worms

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another chair pad is next on the frame

they are drawn up and ready to go...

 

Pumpkin and Cats

adapted from one of my older designs

still hooking from the worm baskets

I'm going to concentrate on backgrounds

once I started stripping for rugs again

it might be a while...

after this one I'm going back to the chair pads

 

 another oldie...

some freebie patterns for you

please give credit to me when creating

no selling of pattern in any form

no mass producing and so on

spoiled little monkey