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!

*****

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

*****

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

More Cat

this one has been such fun

if you look closely

you'll see he has a black nose and red mouth

I've had to cut some orange strips for pumpkins.

gold for sunflower 

brown plaid for inner sunflower

now off to cut some blue for the border

trying very hard not to over cut

already thinking ahead to the next rug...

every few minutes I change my mind on which it will be

for sure I know it will be smaller

*****

finally got around to putting a link

to Saundra

I asked her last week (? time flies)

if she would draw up my designs on linen

for folks not wanting to draw their own

any of my designs from past to present

upper right hand corner

just click on the picture of the sheep

to go to her blog to send a message

in the upper right corner

*****

I've been home for a few days sick

with some GI and diabetes issues...

ugh

I have made so many changes in the past few years

never enough

I'm not complaining, it could be so much worse

Happy Weekend my friends!

 

 

Quick Sunflower Freebie

a couple of readers

asked about the rugs and punches shown yesterday

they are all from long ago

most I no longer have the patterns for

this one I found in my files

as you can see

it's all about the wool or thread you use

feel free to use this freebie for fun or profit

you may sell the finished item

but no selling of the pattern in any form

as always, please give me design credit

 

More Oldies Plus

from 10 years ago

one of those amazing rugs that turned out perfect

it is, of course, living in NC with my sister

great inspiration for color

colors are horrid in the photo

another oldie

Vincent van Gogh

the mater of sunflowers...

  

combined a few of the designs in my new booklet

cat and pumpkins inside a huge sunflower... 

I want to hook and not go to work today

maybe I can get a little done 

Happy Thursday! 

If you ever want a pattern of mine drawn up
Saundra of 
 Woodland Junction
is the lady to contact
I asked her yesterday and was delighted
when she said yes

I don't care to draw up patterns for sale
lucky us, Saundra does
she uses Dorr primitive linen as the backing
 

Nearly Done

~ some wool yarn whipping

a few strips of wool on the back

then it's done~

this rug was adapted from a pattern

by Lynda Hall

in her book

A Little Porch Time

there are many more patterns

in the book

I'm planning on hooking...

like the huge watering can

with flowers

~~~

In the Garden

my latest pn piece

is on it's way to eBay...

I think it turned out just right

one of those designs

drawn directly on the backing

then changed as I went along

thinking this would make a great rug too

I can look at cats and pumpkins

all year long

~~~

this heat is kicking my butt

the AC in this house

leaves a lot to be desired

but at least I have AC

some of my coworkers don't

a few didn't want to go home last night...

Two Not So Bad Cats

" someone" knocked my latest punch needle piece

to the floor and is trying to eat the floss

Olivia thinking of maybe

sleeping in the comfy chair...

but Melrose is close by

so she'll just ignore him instead



he's just watching the birds fly by


Thanks for your recent comments on my new designs!
so maybe a cats only booklet
is in the works
~10 designs
cats, pumpkins, sunflowers
all my favorite things

Cats and More Cats

This is why I've been absent lately...

punching and more punching

works in progress

they need trimming

staining and finishing

***

I'm not sure if there will be

any more design booklets from me

I feel as if everything I create is the same old thing...

oh how they love the bird feeder

right outside the window

two minutes after this I let them

out in to the garage

where Olivia promptly caught a tiny mouse

Better After

I'm liking the Thankful redo...
changed the flower petals and stems
left out the word
see...
I can't even leave my own
designs alone
~~~
the punching is done
now to stain and finish
to sell on eBay
~~~
I'd love to see how you
use the pattern

Thankful Freebie

This pattern is from my Early Harvest booklet

in 2007 (?)

all the booklets have been retired

I have never been happy with this pattern

it needs some tweaking

So I've drawn it up to punch

and will share the new

improved version in progress soon

You are free to use the design as is

or wait to see how I change it

then use the changes as your inspiration

All I ask is that you give me credit

for the design

Ginger Cat

one of the sweetest cats ever in my life

was Tigger...a big fluffy ginger

he loved roaming around outside

almost as much as he did

leftover milk from your cereal bowl

his ruff would get so big in the winter

he looked like a lion

this is one of those designs I drew

directly on the backing

it's a one of a kind

that will make it's way to eBay

The Catnip rug pattern is available

in it's original form by

Lynda Hall

in her book

A Little Porch Time

~~~

my rug has an extra sunflower

different bird and cat

is a different size

another one of a kind

Hooking & Punching

here's my work in progress on the Catnip rug

(adapted from A Little Porch Time)

Melrose had to check it out too...

still need to dye the background wool

hope to achieve an oatmeal type color...

notice the helper still around in the lower right corner?

this photo was from before I decided to change

the cat from black to ginger...

punching on black weavers is wonderful for dark background

~~~

chemo hat update

I gave 10 hats to Paula yesterday and she was delighted!

she can wear them to surgery too

while she still has her hair...

Thanks to:

~ Mimi and Cheri for some wonderful fabric!

~ Bren for four great hats!

~ Doris for 4 more hats!

You're wonderful!!!

Hooking Sunflowers

this week

there are two sunflowers rugs

on the hooking frames at my house...

the first is for me

inspired by the photos for sale found on

etsy.com

I finally picked up this book the other day

there are so many great patterns

in addition to the

wonderful quilt...

am hooking my version

of the Catnip pattern

for Mom

~~~

photos of my WIP soon

Little Rugs

Been hooking up a storm lately...

here are two little rugs

each approx 9 x 12

even though isn't even summer yet

I'm in the mood for fall hooking

These two will be listed on eBay tomorrow night...

Fall Hooking

Olivia does the unthinkable!

As you may know,

it's always been Chester's job to get first crack at a new rug...

well the little one beat him to it today

and it wasn't pretty...

Very pleased with the way this hooked up

with the red sunflower...

to SELL or to KEEP?

it's always such a hard decision...

thanks again for all your support of my new booklet...

hoping to get some (good) reviews soon

as the first batch shipped Tuesday...

SUNFLOWERS

I love sunflowers...

all shapes, sizes and colors...

so when I want to hook a sunflower and need some inspiration

I just search for images on the net...

and usually have one set as background

on my screen...

A few Prim Stitcheries

Stitched these last year when I couldn't get motivated to hook...sort of eyeballed them on prairie cloth...cross stitched but not counted and not even...love the way they turned out and sold them on eBay...have an Olde Woolens rug drawn up but haven't gotten around to hooking it yet...

Birds, Flags and Sunflowers

Another hooked rug that now belongs to my sister Deb...hooked it a few years ago when inspired by some designs of Lori Brechlin(notforgottenfarm)...a free and unplanned piece wool wise...just used pieces form the snippet basket...a very happy rug...