OFF THE HOOK

Yes. these pieces are "off the hook."

Hooking is finished, they are bound

and labeled.

This first rug was hooked by

Lorie S.  Lorie is very proud of her

rug, as she should be.

Prior to hooking this rug her hooking

experience had just involved two small pieces.

This piece was designed by

Becky Mummert.

Becky also does beautiful Redware Pottery.

 This picture shows the beautiful background.

 Lorie used 5 or 6 different shades

of blue and green in her background.

 Since this piece was done with a number 6

cut we thought it best to make the

face as simple as possible.

It turned out to be very effective.

A job well done by a 

learning hooker. 

 This is a small piece done by Margie.

Margie is new to hooking - this is her first

piece.  She bought this in kit form

and started it with very little instruction.

I am very proud of the job she did on

this piece.  The backing in the kit

was a material I had never seen before and

hope to never see again!

It was so tightly woven that you could not see any holes - 

it was a "guess and begolly" as where the

hook should be places.  To complicate

matters the wool was cut with a #6  blade.

All in all, a job well cone.

UPDATE

 Progress continues on my project.  This

pattern is Blue Basket, designed by

Edyth O'Neil.

The colors seem washed out in

these pictures and I don't know why.

This is the left hand side of the rug.

I am just starting to introduce a

variety of dull reds in the flowers,

coupled with some brown/golds.

Well folks, that's it for this update,

Next blog I will tell you about the "Dyeing Bug"

that has bitten me!

Quote of the day -

the only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Doris and Eloise

NOSTALGIA TIME

Yes, its that time of life when you

begin to look back at all of the happy moments 

and some of the not so happy times.

I have long wanted to do a "wall of pictures"

and finally I took the time to

look thru boxes of old pictures.

I decided that I would like to tell the story

of my family.  I was able to find pictures

of my Grandpa and Grandma on

my mother's side as well as so many other

nostalgic pictures that my cup

runneth over!

With the help of Grandson Richard

the wall has been started.  We are using the

walls on the stairway to the

family room.  I wanted the pictures to

be spread randomly as well as

being in all sorts of frames.  I really

like the effect.

This is where started and this wall

is almost full.  Just room for a few more

small things. 

 A slightly different view of the wall.

Center picture on the bottom row

is my birth certificate.

 This is the other side of staircase that

we have just begun to work on.

I have ten more pictures framed and

ready to put on the wall.

 This is my husband, Bob Aymar, at the

age of 19.  This is my favorite picture

of him.

 This is my Dad at age 19.  He had many brothers and

and sisters and always wore "hand-me-downs.  Here

he is modeling his first new suit of clother ever!

 This is my brother Bobby, in his Army

uniform in WW11/  There are patches in

the frame but I am not sure of their

significance.  This photo came to me in a box

of his personal items after his death in

2005.

 This is my beautiful mother.  She was a

very special lady, therefore, a very special hand

embroidered frame.

My three lovely grandchildren.  All are now

in their 40's - WOW, where does the time

go?

 My brother in France, November 1945.

  One of the prettiest babies I have ever seen.

This is Kristen, just a few days old.

I have tried to give you a sampling of

what I have on the walls and of what

I have been up to.  I do wish that all of

you could stop by and see the walls

for yourself.  They really tell the story

of four generations of my family, of

which I am very proud.

In addition I have been in the dye pots and will be

doing more as the weather cools.

I also am working on Edyth O'Neals

Blue Basket Pattern.

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful summer.

Keeping cool is a feat in the

weather we have been having.

Eloise wants to remind everyone to drink lots of

water in this sticky weather.  She also

says hello to all.

Quote of the day -

The only reason people get lost in thought is because its unfamiliar territory.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Doris and Eloise