SCHOOL'S OUT

Indeed school is out in Washington County.

No more school busses to wait for,

no more teacher's dirty looks!

However not all school's are out. 

 I still have two more classes to

teach before our summer adjournment

Thought you might like to know what we 

are doing in our classes.

To begin with, when all of my

students came to me, with the exception of

one) they all were hooking in a primitive

fashion., i.e. using wide cut strips.

Several have changed their minds about using

such a large cut and are now using

#3 and #4 cut.  Will they stick with it?

I don';t know, but at least they have opened their

minds to different types of hooking

 This is Cathy hard at work on her pumpkin

rug.  This is a really cute design.

 This rug is also Cathy's.  Perfect design

for her new grandson's bedroom.

 Closeup of several of the panels.

This is Sunny (and she is "sunny" always smiling).

She is working on a very interest head of a

Tiger.  It is hard to tell just what is happening

in the piece from this picture, but take it

from me, her Tiger eyes are wonderful.

This is Elinor's hand working on a piece

that she started at the Biennial.  It is much further

along than this picture shows and

is a beauty.

 Here are Margie, Lorie and Elinor hard at 

work.

 This is the piece Lorie is working on.

It is a scene of a New England coast line.

This is her first pictorial and she is

doing a great job.  She has used a variety of

cuts in this piece.

 We occasionally have a combined class.

This is a closeup of Cathy's pumpkin rug.

Her black cat is a real cutie.

Just is just a smattering of the work that

has been accomplished this hooking year.

I am very proud of my students, they have accomplished

so much.  Sorry I couldn't show all of the pictures

that I wanted to, and that includes Margies first

piece.  A pair of sheep in the a meadow,

very nicely done for a first piece.

In the mean time, I needed a rest from 

so much fine hooking and I have finished

my Lion rug and started work on "The Blue Basket."

I have promised myself to get back to my

large pictorial when this rug is finished.

In the meantime, I am enjoying this wonderful

weather, warm days. cool nights.  The joy of living in Maryland

in the summer is eating Crabs and our wonderful

sweet corn.  I have indulging myself

in Crabs once a week.  Whoopee!!!!

Quote of the day:

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent,

Eleanor Roosevelt

Doris and Eloise 

THIS AND THAT - - - - -

On my last blog I promised to show more

pictures from the open house at Barb Carroll's.

When I sorted thru the pictures

thee were only this few that I thought you might like.

Sorry, I can't remember the name

of the young lady that was hooking this piece.

 This is a very large piece so it was

hung on the door to the classroom.

I wish this picture had been better - oh well,

it's what I have.

A closeup of her tail.  The scales were

perfectly hooked. 

 Wow!  What an upper body

 Catch that sexy face!

All in all, a great day at Barb Carroll's.

Hope you enjoyed the pics.

So many things have happened in the past few weeks

I could not figure out where to

start this blog - sooooooooooooooo

I decided to do the easy

thing and do a lot of catching up later.

 This lovely basket is hanging on my deck.

 A beautiful mixture of pink and purple

 Don't know the name of these

but the orange and purple are lovely together.

 My favorite flower along the fence

leading to Eloise's play yard.

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The pretiest white Iris I have ever seen.

Not too shabby either!

The last few week have surely been busy.

It is so good to feel good again and be able to go

places.  More pictures and more things to

catch up next time.

Quote of the day:

The future belongs to those who believe in thier dreams

Eleanor Roosevelt

Let me remind you that tomorrow is the meeting

day of the Boonsboro ATHA Chapter.  Hope to see you there.

Doris