Tuesday Ramblings ~

Howdy-do Friends & Folk!

c-c-c-c-COLD here in VA this morning ~ 

… frost on the farmhouse windows & wood stoves are piping hot.

think I'll make a bubbling pot of Chicken & Dumplings for supper 

 ~ and bake a nice loaf of good crusty olive oil bread.

:)

While I was in CT last week, 

I visited Thistle Needleworks ~ 

a loverly shop once located in Glastonbury CT 

but now has relocated to

Wethersfield, CT.

I picked up some linen for those 'pocket' designs that I have been charting…

aren't the beautiful?

on the left: 28ct 'Buffalo Check' Tattersall linen

& on the right: 28ct. 'Riviera' Tattersall linen.

both have that fresh-farmhouse look that I love 

{{ and I think you'll like the designs I have planned for them }}

 In between visiting family, shopping & getting things for the

Out Of Hand Rug Hookers Challenge {Facebook Group} together for the voting process,

{SOON I PROMISE!}

I did manage to pull a few stitches on this:

"Beloved"

I'm stitching on my 32ct Old Farmhouse hand dyed Linen

using DMC threads, 1 over 2.

I know some of you don't like how my thread colors 'fade' into the linen, 

~ but that's the exact look I like ~ 

I try to replicate those old, time-worn & sun-faded samplers…

This will be finished soon into a pin cushion

and I'll show the finish here.

On a side note ~

Peter & I would like to thank you all for the wonderful comments & sales

we've received on our Primitive Rug Hooks!!!

…more to come soon ~

Have a beautiful Winter's Day my sweet friends...

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori