CATCHING UP -

Several years ago I made it a point to give my daughter and my grand children rugs for Christmas. I did this for a number of Christmas's since they expressed a great interest in the rugs. None of them wanted to learn how to hook, they just wanted the finished project. Since I have a small house I can only display a few rugs at a time. I do rotate the rugs so that I get to see them all and to give the rooms a different look from time to time. Both Richard and Joan brought several of their rugs back to me a few weeks ago and asked that I put the tabs on them for hanging. This gave me the opportunity to take some pictures.

I call this rug "Gone Courting."

The design was adapted from an antique cigarette advertising

card. My husband enlarged the design and I converted

it into a three by five rug. I a sorry there is no overall

picture of the rug but I have altrophobia and cannot

even stand to go up one step of a step ladder!

This is a closeup of the "Tom" that is courting.

He looks like a nice fellow to me - don't know why

the girls don't seem to like him.

This rug is titled "The Mischevous Cat" and was

designed by Quail Hill Rugs.

He certainly has been busy messing things up.

He spilled the coffee and unrolled the yarn.

Such a busy boy!

On Wednesday, last week, I had my flue's cleaned so that I can now use my woodstoves. I have had the same company come for the last few years and their service is excellent. The young men that come are very polite, and so efficient! They are very careful of my house and I honestly believe that the living room and den are cleaner when they leave than when they arrived.

This is the vacuum cleaner that they use to clean
the chimney

The woodstove is out of the fire place and

the cleaning is started. When the stove was removed

the stink bugs were in the chimney, and there were a lot that invaded

the living room! The technician told me

that they had had that problem with

every chimney they had cleaned that day.

Masked and gloved, starting to clean the flue.
This vacumn that they use is a very powerful machine
and really does the job in a hurry.

This is a safety precaution that I take every year. If you have a wood stove I suggest that you not only have your chimney's cleaned but that you also have your dryer outside vent cleaned. More than one house has burned down because of a fire in the vent. I think it is something that most of us tend to overlook because we clean the inside vent with every load and we forget about the outside vent.

On Friday I went to a delightful social hook-in. This group of ladies and one gentleman are not affiliated with any organization. They try to get together once a month and just hook, chat and have a meal together. Good friends having a good time. The hostess always makes the main dish and everyone brings something to add to the table. The host and hostess this month were Jack and Sandy. Sandy made a delicious ham and potato soup, and in addition, there was homemade apple sauce, two types of pumpkin bread, scones, dips, spinich salad, cookies, and I am sure I have skipped some things. What a bountiful table! Sorry I forgot to take my camera because some lovely rugs were being worked on and several knitting projects were in progress.

Last week was busy. I am looking forward to a slower pace this week with time to work on my current rug. I am also in the process of color planning the rug that I will work on in the Cynthia Norwood workshop in early November. More on this later.

Hope all of you have a happy spooky halloween!

Doris