~ Good Reads & Funky Chicken ~

Hello Friends & Folk!
Happy Monday to you ~ I wanted to post earlier,
 but the morning was a busy one, with printing and filling orders!

I wanted to share a couple of FABULOUS new books I purchased through Amazon:
 {yes, I am a bibliophile}

Rug Hooking Traditions with James & Mercedes Hutchinson{on left}
by Kathy Wright & Janet Conner
&
 Tavern Signs by Karl & Mary Jo Gimber {on right}
if you haven't had the pleasure of peeking into the pages in both of these books,
you're missing something wonderful!
 

Bravo! Two Thumbs Up! 5 Stars!!!!!

∞∞∞∞∞∞ and ∞∞∞∞∞∞
here is the finish of the Chicken Basket I've been teasing you all with:
yep!
I LOVE it!
it's a big basket, but not a huge project ~
meaning,
from top of handle to bottom of basket it measures a whopping 30 inches tall...
but, this hooks up quick!

I added a couple of hooked flowers to show you that you can use them for display

or tuck in some drieds and such....

~ the basket-rim has been hooked using LOOOOONG loops, 

then cut and 'flopped' over, to look like hay or straw

{I like to call this 'faux proddy'}

A great design for using up scrappy wools, I think.

I wrapped the heavy gauge wire handle with brown/cream calico fabric.

the back of the basket is the same linen I used to hook through....

a white Dorr linen.

We will be offering this design {and a bunch more!}

in our Etsy shop in pattern form soon ~

as a mailed paper pattern, 

an instant PDF downloadable pattern and a mailed pattern drawn onto serged linen!

Iggy sends his sleep-y eyed love

 & Merry wishes to you all

∞∞∞ ♥∞∞∞

good boy.

Blessings from the Farm ~

  Lori