~ Wooly WInter Hooking ~

Oh by Gosh by Golly!!!!

I have two new rug hooking patterns available and listed in my Etsy shop!

Here is ~ "Mr. Jingles"

 

and his best friend ~ "Moe Lasses"

 

available in separate listings, 

as both PDF/Download or Paper/Mailed versions.

 

each finished rug/mat is approx.: 11-1/2" square,

give or take depending on how you hook...

~ I hooked them with 1/4" strips.

 

I love adding things to my rugs, 

here you can see rusty bells, rusty safety pins, scraps of ribbon and old buttons too!

 

 here are their links:

Moe Lasses Paper/Mailed Pattern

Moe Lasses PDF Pattern

Mr. Jingles Paper/Mailed Pattern

&

Mr. Jingles PDF Pattern

I hope you love them as much as I do! 

they were a blast to hook :)

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Moving Along ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk!

and a happy overcast-but-turning-warmer Tuesday to you all!

I am in a ham & peanut butter cup stupor...

just cannot resist the food goodness of the holiday!

I have been making progress on Wool Witch though,

and have finished the oatmeal background behind witch & her sheep

and have begun filling in the border now;

I added a dimensional braid for her hair too 

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I may shorten that braid, but for now it stays ~

how do you like the border?

 I'm pulling the colors of the rug out to the border 

and hooking it in random strips ~

 

a funny thing is,

 when I went to snap a photo of the rug for my Instagram page last night,

I realized that my border matches our rugs here in the keeping room!

Hoping to finish this today,

 and then get to work on a class model that I'll be teaching in October!

 I am excited to share that with you all, so stay tuned!

Have a beautiful day my friends,

create something beautiful with your hands & heart ~

take a walk  in the fresh air ~

...be kind to yourself and others.

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ A Little Fishy ~

Yesterday I made this:

I've toyed with the idea for a while...

~ well, for a year almost to be precise.

For a long time I've worn my favorite hook around my neck,

as Peter drilled a hole in it for me to slide a length of hemp or ribbon through the wooden handle....

but

I wanted to make a wearable pocket to hold my hook instead ~

and then got to thinkin'...

how about a fish to hold my hook?

{ terribly corny pun intended of course }

and this is what came from that ~

a Big Mouth Fish!

and I enjoyed using a plethora of different textiles to hook him with

like heavy weight wool yarn, light weight yarn, beautiful Fair Trade silk sari ribbon, 

~ shiny, crinkly rayon ribbon and of course, some wool strips.

{{ in a rainbow of colors I might add }}

 :)

I chose an equally fun cotton fabric from my stash for the backing...

one I've used before as a lining for another hooked purse.

~ just plain fun!

it's comfy to wear too ~ 

and can hold a couple of my hooks in that big mouth of his!

I just listed the pattern for my fishy little friend in our Etsy shop ~
click HERE for the Paper/Mailed pattern
or
click HERE for the Digital/PDF download

and of course I would LOVE to see your version of this!!

Have a creative Sunday my sweet friends ~

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori