Hook-ins Rock!

Even if you’re busy helping put it on, hook-ins are a blast! On the warmest day of the year so far we were a group of 80 or so from all over New Brunswick.

Prizes, keepsakes, silent auction, hooking, eating and hooking, it was fun!!!

 

This mat was done by the legally blind woman. We outline, she fills. Amazing. 

This mat was about 8 inches big and you’re supposed to “walk the labyrinth” with your finger. It was strangely satisfying. 

End of day and I’m tired!

Happy Motherly Day

 Happy Motherly Day to all women out there! What gifts we have to share…

A bit late to the game, but I watched a recording of the coronation. Whether one agrees with the institution of royalty or not I think we can agree the music was amazing and that wooden throne!!! Built in the 1300s and graffiti- carved in the 1700s by tourists. Fascinating!

Our news is that we have still not found a home to buy but we are soon moving twenty minutes out of town to a cottage on the river!! 

We’re trying it out for a year… A new hooker friend  —who wasn’t ready to sell her place but wanted it occupied—is the owner. Aren’t rug hookers the best? And besides the river feature, it comes with everything my heart loves: a fire pit, raised bed gardens, a gazebo, two decks, a wired workshop and a sauna.  

This is a busy time for rug hooking groups too. The wonderful local hook-in takes place late May and our final potluck for the Evening Matters’ group is in sight. 

                  These two mats are the latest I’ve sent to the deep freeze for treatment at the collections where I volunteer. Interesting that the top one was so faded I couldn’t make out most features well but the camera captures them? The burgundy colours bled out on the back; it’s rather a mess. The second mat is a large sweet geometric, cottons on burlap. 

Something I’ve noted on very old mats I’ve come across: the burlap holds up very very well IF there is some sort of binding and IF the mat has not been kept in a barn. 

My own seven foot geometric runner is coming along. 

Here’s a funny: 3 years ago we got a storage unit for things that didn’t fit in our apt and in the mad rush I’d assumed all my wool went to the back of it. As I prepped a closet in our apt for packing I found four big boxes of wool! The joke is on my hubby though as I’ve been stocking my wool for the last three years 🤣