A Little More Hooking & Other News ~

~ Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

yep, working on another chair pad…told you so.

this one is a geometric-ish one with a kind of pinwheel or hex-sign look to it.

I chose the red & green wools for the 'petals' 

and a combination of many different black wools for the outlining…now I'll work on the background.

I think I'll make that hit or miss... or not. 

we'll see...

do you like my hook?

it is a steel shank/hook that is short & fat 

and pulls up my wonky hand cut strips very nicely & quickly too.

oh, and the kicker is, this hook is MAGNETIC. 

yep.

 that means I can plop it down on my magnet that I use when hooking to hold my scissors ~

cool, huh? and just look at that turned wood….many colors from green to gold.

perfect for my Autumn-loving heart!!

So I'm sure you're asking…'what's with the ribbon, Lor?"

well, even though the hook itself is magnetic ~ 

I like to wear my hooks.

So I asked Peter to drill a hole in the base of the handle for me…

that way I can pull my last loop, drop the hook, snip that tail and grab my hook AGAIN 

… knowing it will always be with me ~ 

{clever girl aren't I? 

no...not really ~ I have lost dozens of hooks so I figured unless I lost my head, 

THIS hook will stay attached to me somehow! HA!}

If you'd like to purchase your very own hook like mine, 

you can visit: http://aults.com 

we carry their hooks here in the farm shop also, 

but we're sold out of the steel/magnetic ones at the moment.

{fingers crossed that dear Larry Ault won't be gritting his pearly whites over us drilling a hole in his beautiful work!…but it's better than losing it, no?}

;)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In other Rug Hooking News ~

my 'Out of Hand Rug Hookers Group' on Facebook 

is holding it's 1st ever Hook-A-Long and Rug Challenge!

woot woot!

if you are a current member of the

 Out Of Hand Rug Hookers Group 

and wish to participate in the H-A-L/Challenge 

you'll need to visit the HAL/Challenge Group Page to join in on the fun.

{you'll find that info on the group}

*** this challenge is for 

PARTICIPATING MEMBERS ONLY 

and the sign up date ends on OCTOBER 1st! ***

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

October 1st means it's time for another Early Work Mercantile update too ~

please visit www.EarlyWorkMercantile.net 

to see my offerings and all of the other fine artisan's offerings as well!

I know I love seeing all of the beautiful goods made by these talented folks!

Come on over for a visit & support Folk Artists!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and of course, my shameless friendly DAILY reminder to you all ~

PLEASE VOTE for Notforgotten Farm!!!

we now have over 10,000 votes ~ 

… but need LOTS more to win !!!!!!!!

please remember that when you vote for us = you are voting for yourself.

the American Dream coming true for us means that we can share more with you!

~ 

With your continued support, 

Peter, Hannah & I 

can build on to our existing shop, 

making it more comfortable 

for our ever growing customer-base to enjoy our farm, classes, shows and shop :)

we want you to be HAPPY when you visit us ~

so PLEASE continue to cast your SIX VOTES EVERYDAY for us…

Kindly click HERE to vote for Notforgotten Farm

and Thank You from our Hearts.

Have a beautifully creative day my friends ~

~ off to town today in this once-again rainy weather…

 {{ I think my toes have begun to web }}

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori