~ Pulling Wool ~

 Yes, 

I am hooking.

I could not put it off another moment!

After weeks of doing my embroidery ~ 

and glancing occasionally over at my basket{s} overflowing with my luscious wools....

I could resist no longer....so I am being very careful not to get any wool dust near my eyes,

 as I will be heading to surgery 1st thing Monday morning for the right eye, 

and again on the 24th for the left eye...

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I asked the members of my 

Out of Hand Rug Hookers group {Facebook} 

to share their Autumn/Halloween rugs and WOW! did they ever!

if you are not a member, and would like to join us ~ CLICK HERE ~ to request to join

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Here are a few rugs that I 'borrowed' from Pinterest that I absolutely love:

this one is my Spinning Witch and pattern is available at www.Spruceridgestudios.com 

designed and hooked magnificently by April DeConick ~ ...I adore this so much.

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If you have sent me a PM or Email and I haven't gotten back to you,

I'm not ignoring you ~ just happily busy getting ready for the show & hook in here on the 15th!

I will do my very best to reply, and thank you for your kind patience in the meanwhile :)

Blessed be,

Lori

~ Wool Witch is Finished! ~

...and I LOVE her ~

and her sheep friend too!

♥

 I shortened her braid...

& gave the sheep a ribbon and bell. 

I also decided not to go entirely around with the hit/miss border,

instead letting the my eye rest a bit with the black portions ~

 

99% of the wools I used to hook this came from

The Wool'n Gardener

and the black & oatmeals came from Heavens to Betsy

:)

 

 and, now you can hook this too!

the pattern is now listed in our Etsy shop,

Hand Drawn on Serged Linen

or 

Paper Pattern {mailed}

and

PDF/Downloadable {instant gratification!}

I hope you love her as much as I do too ~

In Other News:

 Yep!!! 

and I am shaking with excitement!

I am working on the Class Project now, 

and just cannot wait to show you the finish ~

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Progress & News ~

Short & Sweet posting today ~

heading to town in a bit but wanted to share my progress with you on my Wool Witch rug...

I hookled all of the lettering using the same wool as I did to hook the sheep ~

i thought I would go with a much lighter, cream colored wool but pulled that all out.

see? things change & that's ok with me 

;)

I am using two different textured as-is wools in oatmeal colored tweed & heather

for the background behind our little friends,

and am almost finished filling that in ~

 

...then I will move on to the squared-off border surrounding that ~

I won't even begin to tell you what wools/colors I'll be hooking that with,

as my brain hasn't gotten that far yet!

In Other News ~

while at the Woolwright's hook in two weekend's ago, 

in my booth I displayed my 'Daisy' rug ~ 

which is a lot smaller than the rug that Kris Miller offers for us over on her  website...

and you can see her adaptation in the upper left of her booth photo below:

lots of folks wanted to know if either I or Kris had the pattern on linen for 

more the size I was displaying, so we asked Kris to work her magic and 

Voila' !!

this is what she has to say: 

We had several requests at the Woolwright's Hook-In two weeks ago for a smaller sized Daisy pattern that was more fitting with the sample Lori Brechlin had hanging in her booth. 

 I am happy to say that the new smaller size is now listed on the Spruce Ridge website!
https://www.spruceridgestudios.com/product/daisy-24-25-x-14/

Awesome!! Thank you Kris!

and hereis my Early Bird punch needle design that Kris has adapted for rug hooking and hooked ~

isn't this gorgeous??

 https://www.spruceridgestudios.com/product/early-bird-20-x-20-75/

  

Hoping you all have a beautiful, creative Thursday my sweet friends!

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori

~ Eggs-actly ~

 Rain, rain.....

 gentle but cold, wonderful rain.

much needed, since our Winter was not really snow-full.

a good day to clean this old farmhouse,

& decorate for Easter {Eostra/Ostara} a bit ~

I have a small white basket filled with beautiful paper mache eggs

that were gifted to me by a sweet friend that visited us here on the farm from far away Canada ~

 

so vintage & sweet!

 I'll have to get more of my decor out

as Hannah will be coming home for the holiday dinner...

Baked Ham

Asparagus with lemon sauce

Red Beet Eggs

Mashed Potatoes

Spinach Salad

Sweet Rolls

&

Ricotta Pie for dessert

yum!

 Progress on Wool Witch ~

and after I am finished tidying up the farmhouse I will

pull more loops on her...

I finished hooking the sheep,

the strange plant to her right and some of the ground beneath them ~

you can see the conjoined words 'wool/witch' to their left, 

and I think they will be hooked with a wool very close in value 

to the background wool behind her and the sheep.

I like when things are 'hidden' in a rug, especially words.

but we'll see...

the strange looking flower came about 

when I was hooking with the mustard wool, 

then looked down into my wool pile 

and saw the mustard wool right next to the black reversible wool

that I used for her hat & shoes...

I like it.

Well off I go then ~ 

orders to be processed and shipped, 

a farmhouse full of wool dust needing to be cleaned,

and a hook waiting to be held and warmed up again.

have a beautiful, rainy day my friends!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Early Morning Hookin' ~

Hello Friends & Folk!

and happy Monday to you all ~

Oh I am so happy I'm feeling better!

after a full week of rest, fluids, rest...ibuprofen, more rest and more fluids ~

I have declared victory!

though not quite ready to venture out 'there' yet, 

as I am coughing and don't want to get anyone else sick.

{Note to the infectious woman in the Lancaster PA Walmart: When you're sick, STAY HOME!}

my poor Joan has been sick with it too, and she is feeling better as well!

while the house was quiet this morning,

I took advantage of the bright sun and worked a little on my Wool Witch rug in progress...

I thought I was the only one awake, but...

Iggy is never far from me.

 

At first I thought I would hook a dark background around witch & sheep...

but then decided not to.

I wanted a 'dirty' looking sheep, 

and purchased a fabulous wool from 

Wool'n Gardener that is perfect {I think} for such a sheep ~

I also changed her skin from pale peach to 'poison apple' green.

more befitting of her, don't you think?

 

my Hooker's Bling:

my hook necklace ~ a Miller hook that Peter drilled a hole in for me

{I use this hook when I'm not using one of our own Primitive hooks}

I switch between hooks to keep my hand from getting fatigued and I suggest you do too ;)

my scissors are also wearing their bling ~

assorted charms & antique bone ring dress them up and let everyone know 

these are MINE! lol

 

I even have a tiny little silver rug hook charm,

~ looks like the perfect size for my tiny witch to use perhaps?

 

I'll drink more tea today ~

rest a little more and hook a lot more...

and share more progress on Wool Witch soon.

🐑

Hoping your Monday is full of everything you love!

 

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori