~ Proper Implements ~

Hello Friends & Folk ~ 

another steamy Sunday here at the farm…

feeling much better than last week, have another appt with dr. on the 25th…

am hoping for more conclusive results to my symptoms this time?

I have been hooking again ~

the end of Summer always finds me pulling out wools & projects begun earlier in the year

or designing & dreaming up new ones!

I like to have everything near me ~ whether I'm stitching, punching or hooking.

here's my Standing Floor Frame with gripper strips that Peter makes ~ 

with a rug that's almost finished on it :)

  perfect size for me, I don't hook BIG-big rugs ~

but this frame is great for medium sized rugs like mine in progress...

I also love my 'Stripper's Tote' that I painted black with gold accents ~

{{ I personalized mine with my name & floral/bird motifs }}

you can see my trusty Fraser cutter clamped to the top/handle…

a portable cutting station you can carry wherever you want to work!

the strips flow down into the box when you cut them ~ perfect!

{{works with ANY clamp on cutter like Fraser, Townsend, Honeydoo…etc…}}

my Sliding Needle Box is painted in the same colors 

for a colonial/primitive look that I love ~ personalized with my name again.

the needle box fits down inside tote for traveling :)

what's in there?

well, I've got a tape measure, sharpies, thread, pencil & scissors…

a 'spare' hook and a loop-puller ~ some green ribbon clamped with a clothespin {why? who knows}

my cutter's wrench in case it needs tightening,

some mad-money and Burts Bees lip balm {you can wax threads with this tooooo!!}

~ here are my favorite Rug Hooks that Peter makes:

this is my primitive Pencil Hook with Brass tip ~

and my very favorite primitive Ergo hook with Steel tip

{{we will be offering these again soon!}}

I keep my hook-in-use in the handy little hole in the top of the stripper's tote ~

I keep these off-set scissors in my needle box too…

love them for cutting tails to pile height.

I can identify my scissors by the beautiful witch's hat charm at the end of my scissors fob

made by Victoria {Vikki} Gable {on Facebook}

Love it!

I also like to use my wool covered double-magnet

to hold my scissors and steel tipped hook when I'm not using my cutter, 

it holds fast to it, since it's metal!

see?

but it is mostly found on my hooking-in-progress…

one magnet on the top of my work, one underneath. handy dandy!

I made this little snippet pocket from wool and old buttons…it holds LOTS of snippets

until I'm ready to use them as stuffing -or- offer them to my bird-friends to use for nesting material :)

so there ya go…

a comfy chair, 

all of the proper implements 

and they make for a perfect hooking nest of my own!

~ almost forgot! ~

my beloved bird-friends here in the old farm-house 

keep me entertained and happy while I work away…

who could ask for better companions?

hoping you have a beautifully creative & relaxing Sunday eve ~ 

my sweet friends...

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori