~ Betwixt & Between ~

Good Tuesday Morning

~ Friends & Folk ~ 

a little rain falling gently on the farm today...

~ and we need the rain badly.

not much of 'the white stuff' fell on us this winter, so our ground is in need of a good soak.

happily, though ~ our Robin Red Breast friends are able to poke their beaks

 into now-softened ground to pull up a few fat worms...{no, not WOOL worms silly}

and speaking of fat,

just look at the bellies on these three below! ~

not sure but me thinks these are all females ~

aren't they sweet?

 

  sorry for the bit of distortion, my photos were snapped 

looking through our old wavy glass windows here in the farmhouse.

In other news,

 I've finished hooking the background of my

 'Elda's Flowers' rug...

and of course when I set it down to snap a few.....

 

well,

... do you approve, Iggy?

 

this background is made up of 3 different textured, as-is blues.

with a few random worms of off-blue for interest...

 

I would describe the overall background color as

" Denim-y, with a touch of Prussian and a pinch of Sunday School Wool-Skirt tweed."

{but that's just me...lol}

... now on to the border.

I have a bag of worms from previous rugs that I've been saving 

for a scrappy  hit or miss kind-of border.

I still have to figure out just how I want to hook the border, although I know what wool to use.

what direction? planned random-ness? controlled-chaos? maybe wavy?

OR how 'bout super prim, kinda-toss-them-up-in-the-air and hook 'em where they land technique?

sure. 

whatever my hook tells my hand to do will be...

are you a member of my Facebook group for Rug Hookers?

~ The Out of Hand Rug Hookers Group ~

(OOHRHG)

it is a WONDERFUL group of friendly folks for both new & old 'hookers'

where we get together and ask questions, share photos, learn & encourage one another ...

We are getting ready to begin a fun Hook-A-Long (HAL) {more details to follow}

and at the moment, I have over 3700 members and we are growing everyday!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/theoutofhandrughookers/

One of our OOHRHG members, 

Kelley from http://kankerdoodle.blogspot.com is holding her own little HAL on her blog and participating folks will be posting their progress on the group page while following along with Kelley's progress ~ join in the fun, won't you?

And just a friendly reminder that I will be vending again at the

~ Virginia Rug Fest ~

 this coming Saturday, April 1st 2017

http://shockoesliprughookers.com/virginia-rugfest-2017.html

 this event is in it's 15th year, 

and I have been blessed to be a part for a couple of years now...

Hmmm...actually since 2010

 as my blog 'records' show!

click on the link  and read all about the Shockoe Slip Rug Hookers 

and if you get a chance to come out to the event ~ stop in my room and say Hello!

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well I am off to run errands now ~ post office, banking and a little trip to the market.

then it's back to hook and frame for me!

Hoping you all have a beautiful day my friends!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori