~ I’m hooking again ~

After a pretty long break from rug hooking, I’m back at it!!

I’ve been looking through my older patterns and finishes and I just couldn’t stand not hooking…

The reason for such a long break? Well, back a few years, I had eye surgery to remove cataracts, fix an astigmatism, correct ‘open-angle drains’ and have lens implants to improve my eyesight. All was well for a while while recovering, except that the wool dust was killing my eyes!

Every time I stripped or cut wool, the dust seemed to get sucked into my eyeballs, making them itchy & watery and blurry. Friends and family suggested I wear goggles, but really, who wants to do that? Lol

So I put off going near wool. And missed it. A lot. 

I occasionally tried a bit of hooking or appliqué from time to time but ended up quitting before I finished a project…

But I am no quitter! 

I am back hooking and so far the eyes aren’t being bothered like they were by the wool dust ~ that could possibly be due to the fact that there is SO much pollen in the air that I’m not seeing/feeling a difference between allergies and wool dust! Ha!

So long story short, here is my recent progress on a quick project I drew up ~

I’ve chosen my wools, the hand dyed ones are from Jan Cole

from https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoolnGardener 

and the as is wools are from Rebecca at https://www.thewoolstudio.com/

So far I have hooked leaves and stems, and am almost ready to start on my flowers… I want this to be a very primitive and humble-looking rug when I’m finished, so I’ll share my progress with you all 🌻

Happy hooking!!!!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori