~ My Heart ~

Home is where the heart is...

Home is where they love you ~

Home Sweet Home.

Good Morning Friends & Folk,

and happy Wednesday to you all!

What a crazy-busy moth December is for our family...

online sales, open houses, birthdays & Christmas celebrations surely keep us on our toes!

are we tired? yes, a smidgen, 

~ but we wouldn't want it any other way.

keeping our hands & hearts busy is what we love to do ~

♥

I know how busy you all are too this time of year

with baking, decorating, shopping, cleaning & wrapping gifts...

but please,

make sure you spend some time doing something you love

... a gift just for yourself

I have been designing more hooked rugs lately...

{{ really getting back to my first-love of rug hooking & working with wool }}

and will be offering not only paper patterns {mailed & downloadable}

 but patterns drawn directly on linen for you too!

here's one in progress on my hookinpunch frame,

 a simple design called 

"This Place"

 

a very primitive design ~ and nice size at 13" x 25"

hooked with muted colors and random dark background...

BUT the border will be very different from what I've ever hooked before, 

a super-scrappy hit or miss border using very old looking tones 

of textured wools from my scrap baskets.

 

... you can see I've drawn in my 'squiggle-lines' with my sharpie ~

these are just a guideline for the direction & placement for my rows...

{{ which may or may not change as I'm hooking them! }}

HA!

 

I may try to get a little Frying-Pan Dyeing in this afternoon,

after all of the orders have been packaged & shipped today...

I'll share photos of my dyeing using that method soon...

did you know I'll be holding a class on Frying-Pan Dyeing here at the Farm Shop??

class is on February 18th...

I have only 2 spots available as I am limited to only 6 students. 

if you'd like to sign up for the class, please email me

notforgottenfarmwitch@gmail.com and I'll make sure to save a seat for you! 

a fun class, and an easy dyeing technique!

also, on January 21st I'll be teaching a 'Hook a Sampler" class 

at the Farm Shop as well...again, limited seating and its filling up quickly!

I hooked this rug, below,

 in 2003, when we first moved here to Virginia from Connecticut. 

I usually bring it with me when at shows to display in my booth or on my table...

Here are a few random photos of the outside of the Farm Shop for you ~

we just love where we are...

quiet & peaceful

❤ 

 

~ a smattering of simple decorations ~

~ the 'Privy' ~

 ~ silver bells ~

 ~ good old stuff ~

 ~ dried gourds & grapevines ~

 ~ Pinocchio & Daisy ~

{love donkey-butts!}

 ~ the Farm Shop ~

I'll be teaching a private punch needle class here this Saturday, the 10th...

... but the Farm Shop will be open for those who wish to come for a visit to shop a little ~

 

Blessings from the Farm ~

 Peter & Lori