I get by.....

 

....with alot of help from my Friends ~

 

My thanks to Miss Joan & Miss Pat for keeping me company in the shop yesterday ~

(and for Miss Nancy & her sweete-as-pie Mom for visiting too!)

 

your company cheered me up and I love you for that.
(although, at times I was a bit snarky ~! my apologies for venting)

 

we talked, and hooked, drank tea and had a couple of cookies
(always available for you when you come for a visit)

so I made a little more progress on my Sheep rug ~

I'm a fast hooker, but not a SPEED hooker like my sweet Friend Lori over at
www.homespunprims.blogspot.com

go check out her beauteous horse rug she hooked in record time!

 

I decided to hook some leaves ~
now I know in the first post I wrote that I wanted to keep the colors in this rug lighter & more neutral
BUT

I  LIKE  COLOR.

so, it is what it is ~

 

 

 

what color background ? hmmmmm.....

close up of tree trunk & leaves ~

wool coat on sheep is nice & nubby  ~ leaves are hooked more 'orderly'

 

 

three different greens make up the colors in the leaves ~
one is my favorite 'poison' green...



love those greens ~

the tree trunks are a green/gold/brown...
nice & muted but still warm & colorful.



hand dyed wools on the trunks, dyed textured wools for the leaves...

 

I'm thinking of adding more branches...
I want more dimension to them so I think I'll cut my strips really thin and work them in.
right now the trees look to 'heavy' for me....

 

 





what are your thoughts about adding some thin branches???

 

I'll be putting this aside for a couple of days,

as I have to finish working on the model for my upcoming punch needle class
this Saturday, March 2nd here in the shop...
I'll post pics of the finish tomorrow ~

 

I have a little room left in the class if you'd like to come join us...

 

you can read about the class up there on my "classes" link under the header of this blog.

 

Have a beautiful Sunday my Friends ~

Lori from

Notforgotten Farm