Sheep's Wool & Cactus ~

Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit!

~and~ 

Happy December 1st to you all…..

can you believe it?

D E C E M B E R already!

I swear I just set down my sweet tea and rocked 

on the front porch to swing in the hot summer breeze a bit…

what the heck happened?

oh well, roll with it I guess ~

TODAY
marks the first day on the
Buttermilk Basin's BLOG HOP
please see my sidebar for links to the participating designers,
 and visit their blogs for free patterns and recipes :)
December 1st is designer
Cheri Payne
www.quiltsbycheri.blogspot.com

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getting more finished goods together for the Open House saturday…

here is

"Wooly St. Nick"

...a mixed media rug hooking/needle felting project I finished up last night:

hello!

 I posted photos of my progress of hooking him on the

Out of Hand Rug Hookers group on Facebook ~

and this is how he ended up!

I took some of our sheep's wool

{from my sweet gentle ewe, Esther}

and needle felted it into the rug for St.Nick's beard, mustache & eyebrows ~

LOVE IT!

love the dimensional effect ~

~::~

you can see how I left the 'staple' or curl of the raw wool 

for the beard in the snap below ~

kinky-curly

I used a 'smoother' raw wool for his eyebrows ~

but still they are effective :)

I think I might hook a sheep next,

and use the same technique for his wool ~

it's an easy way to add character to your rugs…

think I'll offer a class here at the farm shop for this technique if I have enough interest…

what say you?

Wooly St. Nick ©2014 Notforgotten Farm

I had to share with you a few photos of our Christmas Cactus…

the red one on the left is an older plant, about 10 yrs old I guess ~

the pink one on the left is a baby and these are her first flowers!

{we're so proud LOL}

pretty little blooms

festive & happy colors

strange little plants, but love to see them blossom every winter :)

Felicia & I will be working hard out in the farm shop today ~

there are tons of orders to be filled, lots of cleaning and rearranging to do 

~ before Saturday's Open House!

Hoping you all enjoy a beautiful December Monday my sweet friends!

* Blessed be *

 Lori