~ Harvesting Wool ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

it's the last Saturday in August…can you believe it?

I am having trouble wrapping my pea-brain around the thought 

that our 8th annual Gathering of Primitive Friends Show will be here in 3 short weeks!

and as so, I am working sun up 'til sun down {and then some} on finished goods for the farm shop ~

Yesterday 

I hooked up some Indian Corn ~

loving the nubby texture of these, and how wonky they are…

they look just like real corn!

… here are some set amongst my dried gourds on our dining room table ~

and here are a few more

~ displayed on a white cupboard…

these are so simple & fun to make too ~

I'll have some finished cobs for sale at the show, but if you'd like to hook your own

you can purchase the pattern from Patternmart ~ 

the pattern designer of the corn is

BeFruitful Kreations

but be forewarned: 

once you hook one, you'll want to hook tons of them!

Hooked Indian Corn Pattern is available from BeFruitful Kreations
via Pattern Mart or CLICK HERE

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So the other day on my Facebook Group: 'the Out of Hand Rug Hookers'

I asked these questions: 

"what does everyone do with their cut wool strips after they've finished a rug? 

do you store the strips by color? by color-story?"

and got a lot of fun & helpful answers….

{here's the link to my FB group if you'd like to join}

CLICK HERE TO JOIN GROUP

and

to answer my own question and 'sheepishly' {pun-intended} 

share with you how MY wool strips are stored, 

here ya go...

thrown into a big basket!!

ha!

and it's ok, not only does my basket look beautiful wherever it is,

I love to dig in there for the perfect color strip ~ 

one of the group members' said she likes to do the same...

and likened it to 'digging for worms in the dirt" 

~ lol I agree ;)

the only problem I have with this is that each wool-worm I put in the basket

somehow multiplies into 3 or 4 ~ 

now how can that be? 

*wink wink*

Well friends,

 Peter & I are heading down the dusty road to go into town today.

My hook & linen and that worm basket will just have to wait until my return ~

Hoping you all enjoy this last weekend of August 2016!

it's been SO HOT that I'm not sad to see it go ~

 ~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori