Two Down, 11 to go & Hooks!

Good Morning Friends & Folk!

and a Happy Thursday to you ~

Sunshine this morning, cold temps but will be warming up enough for me to do a little dyeing today ~

I have linens & wools to overdye and love to hang them on the clothesline in the sun.

{have never been a huge fan of dryers, unless it's snowing/raining and laundry piles are high!}

I finished the Flower Basket stair riser rug yesterday! Yay for me!

I rarely-ever make/create/finish anything for myself…

~ so these will be a treat for me to work on, knowing they will decorate our old farmhouse stairs

{which still need refinishing, but that will come}

I ran out of the black wool for the background of the Flower basket, 

so I just added some worms here & there ~ I like the scrappy make-do look of rugs like that :)

yep ~ eleven more to go.

if I hook one riser a month from now till I'm finished, 

… that will make it November of 2016 that I should be finished with them all.

but who knows? I never plan anything, 

~ so we'll just see when I'm finished & I'll just keep sharing progress here with you!

in fact,

I have already drawn out another and am hooking it!

this is the 'Welcome' riser, and will be the first on the bottom to greet us when we come home ~

and because it's Christmas Time, I chose to hook it in reds/greens & off whites.

~ simple & primitive ~

do you see that divine 'poison' green wool on the right of my frame?

that is the most beautiful, SOFTest wool I have had the pleasure of hooking with ~ 

I bought it a few years back from Mary Henck {Mary's Wool Garden}

at the Virginia RugFest 

and I am hoping she will have more of this type wool {different colors?} at this coming year's event!

{HINT HINT MARY!}

:)

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As promised, here is a look at the beautiful hooks Peter is making for us ~

he's using Cherry & Black Walnut woods too!

I painted all but two of them ~ and I must say I love them ~ hard to choose one!!

hand turned cherry & black walnut handles, painted or natural w/waxed finish

bottom/left: natural black walnut  
top/right: natural cherry

bottom/left: farmhouse white
top/right: robin's egg blue 

top: tomato red
bottom: mustard

We hope to be offering them soon, as Peter gets more handles turned.

The hooks are either steel or brass, all have brass ferrules and these are FAT hooks!

~ meant for primitive cuts of wool strips sizes 3/4" and up to 1"

and best used when hooking through linen as well…

monks cloth is a little too 'tender' for these I find.

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Have a beautiful day my friends,

enjoy some fresh air ~ go for a walk outside!!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori