MORE RUGS -

Last week was a busy week for rug hooking. On Monday I attended the Blue and Gray hooking group in Gettysburg, Pa. I posted pictures of their rug show on my last blog. On Tuesday I attended the ATHA Mason/Dixon Chapter. For this meeting the group chose to have a "show and tell" program instead of a speaker. This "show and tell" program was an outcome of the Buckeystown three day workshop held last fall. Many rugs were started at the workshop and we were all anxious to see the results of three days work. As it turned out many that attended the workshop were not at the Tuesday meeting. However, many attendees did bring samples of their work and I hope you will agree with me that the workmanship is excellent and the variety wide.

This rug was hooked by Ginny and is in

wonderful shades of pink, blue and purple
closeup of one of the Iris'

This Oriental was also hooked by

Ginney and is a very long runner.

A close up of the center of the rug. The color

scheme for this rug is red, blue and green with

a neutral

This is Elinor's rug started at the

Buckeystown workshop. It is being hooked

with a number 3 cut and is her first

truly shaded rug with flowers. A great job.

This is a "protest" rug done by one of the

Mason/Dixon members in protest to the

continued killing of the whales

This is the corner of an exceptional oriental
rug hooked by the late Ruth Dietzel. Mrs.
Dietzel past away about 6 weeks ago. She was a long
time hooker of exceptional talent and a
wonderful person. We will all miss her.

The center motif of Mrs. Dietzel's rug.

Absolutely beautiful!

This is a very interesting small piece.

It was hooked by Sally A. I'm not sure if it was

started at the workshop. Here is what makes

it so interesting . . . . . . .

A close up of one of the roses. Sorry the picture

looks a little blury. All of the roses are

hooked with satin ribbon!!!!

Two color satin ribbon was used throughout -

a truly impressive use of alternative

material.

This is just a partial photographic showing of the rugs presented at the meeting. I guess that I start talking to people and forget to take the pictures! It sure was interesting to see what other members are doing.

In addition to the above, I did show my Adam and Eve. The hooking of the rug is finished and I am adding the kick strip. I will show some pictures of this rug on my next posting.

In the meantime the wind is blowing like fury this Saturday. I hope where you are it is a bit calmer. I attended an Oyster roast this afternoon. I must say that it was yummy. In addition to the Oyster's there was Ham, Roast Turkey, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Saurkraut. String Beans, Dessert and coffee. A fair feast all for very little money and for the benefit of the local Ruitan club that does so much for the small town in which I live.

Hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend - hold on to your hats if you go out!

Doris

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