~ Spiraling ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

it seems like Spring has finally decided to stay for a while now…

and I am so happy for the warmer temps & sunshine!

since the weather has been so nice, I have been trying to work a little outside more ~

here is my progress on

" Bee Witched" 

you can see that I've made small spirals from contrasting wools for her skirt…

purple & burnt orange make a nice combination :)

… they aren't stitched on yet,

 but have pins through them to hold them together whilst I play with 

adjust them where I'd like to them to be…

{apologies for the blur}

I'm liking how I have them placed, 

so now I will begin stitching them down.

Once the spirals are stitched down onto my rug linen, 

I've hooked around them using an awesome hand dyed yellowish & black boucle wool

that looks like tiny polka dots when hooked…

I've used this same wool throughout the tall & wonky beeskep too ~

this ties the whole design together and makes for a rug with character & movement.

I'va also used the same grey/blue wools for her hat, 

the 'door' to the beeskep and the beeskep's legs for more balance there.

I've begun hooking her top with two different purple wools, 

one is a hand dyed and the other is an as-is texture with many subtle colors throughout.

I'll bring the purple wools down into her skirt next,

most likely in the planned-random striped style that I've hooked her top.

so far so good!

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 Then it will be on to the background ~

not sure what color yet, 

but I am thinking dark wools 

to make those saturated colors I've used really pop.

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 our Farm  Shop 

has resumed it's normal hours once again and will be open 

Today {friday} ~ 10:00 - 3:00

Tomorrow {saturday} ~ 10:00 - 3:00

so come on in for a visit!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

Lori