~ Wednesday Morning Musings ~

 Good Morning Friends & Folk

44* this morning as I enjoyed my hot tea on the porch....

although it has cooled off tremendously, we still are enjoying bits of summertime around us ~

... like our huge banana tree, happy little fig tree and red tomatoes on the vine!

the black walnuts are dropping by the minute ~ they hit our tin barn roof and the sound echoes through our little 'holler' like gunshots ~ sending the peacock, chickens, guineas & ducks into alarm.

the donkey's are used to it now though...

can you believe it will be Hallowe'en in 5 short days?

heading to Ohio for the From our Hands show in 14 days!?!

where does the time go...

this time of year is tricky for choosing what to wear too ~

sweater in the morning, shorts by afternoon & sweatshirt by nightfall :)

but I'll take it rather than days upon days of heat & humidity,

... that just "plum" wears me out!

{love my little spooky jack below}

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Peter wanted me to let you all know that FINALLY 

we will be offering more of our wonderful steel-shank Primitive Rug Hooks ~

 

I use mine constantly, 

love the shape of the hook and the fact that they are magnetized is awesome...

two, wool-covered magnets 

{one on the front of my work, the other underneath on the back}

hold my scissors & hook on my frame while I work...

handy-dandy!

 

 

We have the actual steel shanks made exclusively for us by a local machinist

~ who does a superb job at creating just the size & shape we want.

Peter & Chris lathe-turn the handles in our woodshop, 

from our farm-grown & home-milled trees 

then paint them in the color you'd like.

The red & blue handled ones you see below 

are brand-spanking new and have never pulled a loop....

 ~ you can tell they are shiny & sharp next to my 'honed' black hook.

the more you use one of our steel {or brass} primitive rug hooks,

the more 'mellow' it becomes...

their sharpness will dull a bit more, and the color of the metal 

will take on a glow from the oils on your hands and lanolin from the wools you work with. 

... as each metal shank & hand turned handle are made individually & each one by hand,

no two will ever be the exact same, although very very similar.

We will be adding them to our Etsy shop very soon,

along with our new Winter/Holiday needlework patterns & thread winders ~

OH! {almost forgot}

 Peter has another 'surprise' for us 'Hookers' out there

...something to helps us organize our wool strips while we work.

{more on that to come}

;)

 now, I'm heading out for another walk to look for turkey feathers in our deep woods.

Have a beautiful Autumn day my sweet friends!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori