I have been in the dye pots and managed to get some blue and green wool done. I was running out of wool for sky. I may check my wool stash and dye a little more .........So not a lot of hooking this past week but I started working the rest of the sky last evening.I have also been busy walking Grays lake or is it greys lake .I always forget........It is paying off and I have been walking the lake to the Desmoines River by the ballpark and back around the lake.It takes about 11/2 hours and is a great walk. I have also been helping a friend get her house ready to sell. It is almost done and it looks great. She should not have any problems selling. I will miss her when she takes off to Oregon but maybe I can find a rughooking workshop out that way sometime.It would be a great reason to visit that part of the country ..........I may have to do a little painting here,,,,,,,after seeing J's house......Beautiful day today......Capri time is back.Ya!!!!!!!!!

It is chilly today. I am wondering where all the nice sunny weather has gone. I saw this old photo . At least it is not snowing. My neighbours are enjoying my spring flowers. Lots of pretty daffodils,hyacinths and a tulip or two. the rabbits seem to enjoy the tulips so there are not many. This is a photo taken in Newfoundland when I was a much younger person.There is always a great deal of snow there .I do look cold and I believe that might be my old Grenfell Jacket that I am wearing. I have not hooked my paisley lately so maybe this evening ........Maybe I should also go soak the wool that I need for blue sky..............

Happy bunny day!!!!!!!!I was helping a friend with her moving and painting before she packs up and moves to the other side of the country. A little baby bunny was hiding in her garage and she rescued the bunny. I happened to have a camera on me and we got a few pics. He scurried off when he  or she was put outside the garage. I will be hooking tomorrow with the Altoona hookers . I plan on working on the rest of the Paisley rug . Should be good ..It will be nice to see the group.  . I had a great feed of salt cod and potatoes for supper.Yum. Thank you Italian shop for bringing it in for Christmas...................time to do a few things............

Eco Bath Rug Green-It-Yourself Project

How to Knit a Rag Rug | eHow.com

How to Knit a Rag Rug | eHow.com

Crafted with Character

Heather Ritchie's Guide to Making a Hooky Rug

Oh.I decided to change my profile photo on facebook. I found this one when I was a much younger me. I remember the Bride Doll and those curtains.I also remember that bed.Growing up with 3 brothers meant that I my own room.I did work on my grandfather rug and ran out of sky blue. I may have to try to do a little dyeing. Blue sky and maybe greens for grass.I am planning a walk  today and I will be helping out a good friend with her packing . She is planning a move and I will miss her for sure. Hope it warms up soon.What happened  to Spring?ahh......

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JUST Go Hook It - Rug Hooking: WELL WORTH A LONG LOOK @: "KAFFE FASSETTs WONDERFUL HOOKED CABBAGE I love to look and LOOK at all of Kaffe Fassetts rag rugs and really any of his books from Knit..."

Happy Birthday Brother!!!!!

My brothers birthday was a few days ago and I happened to see this so Happy birthday and happy spring to all of my brothers.

Sunday walk

Yesterday I was over by the State Capital and decided to take a photo of the building .My tulips are in bloom now and it was a nice day today.I went over to the graveyard for a walk. Made it around twice and saw some purple martins . They are so stunning. I may have to bring my binoculars along next time. I tried to get a photo but they are fast .It was impossible.Such a beautiful colour. I am back on my walking schedule now after a busy week of rughooking. I checked Anitas blog and she had posted all our rugs on there. A good week  for sure. It is Pizza day here,Gervs'whole wheat healthy pizza so I guess I will be digging into a piece soon. masterpiece theatre tonight and maybe a small healthy popcorn with it.........

okay.Day 4 was the last day of the workshop with Anita White. I worked on the background and border . I decided to change the border and leave the tails out. It looked fine with a simple border . I have enough wool and paisley to hook another piece on my own. It may be a Paisley fish. Might be interesting. It was nice to finally hook with paisley . The class was great and thanks to Anita  for teaching. Also thank you Elsie for always organizing these workshops. It is nice to learn new techniques and to come home with lots of  rughooking tips.It is raining cats and dogs today so no walk.I do have to mail the grandsons gifts and the cd's to my cousins . They have been waiting a long time for them.I woke up early and have had a pot of tea so maybe it is time to get out of my comfy yellow chair . I guess its time to get moving...........

Paisley day 3

A little more done on my paisley . Tomorrow will be the last day so hopefully I will  have everything figured out for the background and border. I bought a small cupboard paisley pattern today and that should be fun . We watched Anita hook a braided style piece today..It did look difficult but a few people did figure it out. I may attempt it at home on my own. The braid looks great so it is worth a try. It has been a good week thanks to the person who organizes it and the teacher Anita White. It is always nice to learn a new rughooking style. Must work a little on my Paisley  this evening..........So my paisley and a very small tulip......

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Day 2----------- Paisley progress ------------beautiful wool

Paisley pattern and spring

My paisley is coming along nicely.It has been a good week so far. Hoping to get the second one finished tomorrow. I plan to hook them differently so it will be interesting to see how they turn out.the daffodils are in full bloom. Lots of colour around everywhere. We are having lovely weather. It may not be so great later in the week. It will be nice to see how the teacher does the braided or basket weave style rug. I will be trying that at home.There are some wonderful rugs displayed. A great group of rughookers who are very talented . It is nice to see the progress we are all making as the week goes by. Anyway.I am off to read and  to try to get to sleep early. Beautiful wool .I hope to learn something new ...........and maybe I will try another paisley on my own.They are so pretty...........

Sunny Sunday and shopping........ Paisley from Betty

It is a beautiful sunny and warm day  . I have been busy shopping for my two little grandsons. I managed to find a few nice summer outfits for them. I will have to get out to buy a toy to add to it.Another puppet!!!!!!!!!. I also have a  book from my sons godmother to mail to the little ones.I have a lovely piece of paisley to use with my new paisley design that I will be doing this week. Looking forward to it.  It was a wonderful gift from a friend. I walked all week and it does pay off when you stick to it. Planted my shamrock into a pretty soft sea blue pot. I may need to buy another pot.Yellow I think.My tulips and hyacinths are blooming . It will soon be time to get out and dig,dig, dig . Hopefully I can start adding a few more summer flowers and pull all the summer planters out .........Love this fabulous weather.......Bed early this evening.I will have a busy week............

Hooked pillows and the new pet carrier.........which she likes.........

Posting the new pink carrier with my pillows. the first pillow is a Kilim which I did  in a class a few years ago. The second pillow I punch hooked .It was my first time trying the punchhooking. I didn't like it as much as the traditional style . It is colder here today but I guess i will get out to walk .I missed getting out yesterday afternoon .We had a lot of rain.I hope the forecast is right and it warms up on the weekend...........Tea time now .........

nikko has a new pet carrier and she likes it and..a new vet

This small mat reminds me of spring . I did get out to walk yesterday and took a few pictures of flowers. My spring flowers are starting to bloom,.It will be time to start digging in the dirt soon. I love dahlia plants  and hopefully can plant a few soon. I took the cat Nikko to the new vet for her shots and they were great there.thanks.J for suggesting the place.So she is set up for another year. I must post her picture.It is raining now and I wanted a walk .Maybe I should go anyway.It is only a little rain.It is not so sunny today but hopefully tomorrow will bring more sun .Thinking about my paisley workshop coming up. It should be good.I tried to blow up an old photo to use as a design at the copy shop . I am having a bit of trouble and may have to haul out the projector or rethink the project. Drawing freehand is doable I guess.  I just went to the Internet camp and saw that a Newfoundland student had asked permission to use one of Gene Sheppard videos on Hooking a rug for a school project He gave his permission  which was nice to see. I hope the student does well and it is nice to see the Newfoundland traditions in the schools there. So good luck to the young student .Still raining  should I walk. or not........

Cheticamp Hooked Rugs - Cape Breton Nova Scotia

The Rug Hookers of Mexico

Sunny Day

It is a nice sunny day. Yesterday was windy and cold. I will be going to the Graveyard to walk  .There are always a few Canada Geese wandering around. I managed to burn a few CDs for my cousins and after I try them on another computer I will mail them off. Trying to remember who wanted them.I didn't hook last night but will get back at it this evening.I am working on a rag rug and I hope it will turn out .I was looking for a picture of a recent small flower piece I did but couldn't locate it. Oh,well.There seems to be a lot of small purse design around and that might be a nice project sometime. Would be good to try  sometime.Must go and get moving..........

Sunny days.

So it is

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JUST Go Hook It - Rug Hooking: DEUX CHEVAUX: "CARS CARS CARS . . .ONE OF MY FAVOURITES . . . Saw this on the street the other day on blvd Saint Michel . . .of course my preferred..."

Cardinal,feels like summer/Halibut Mola

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It was a beautiful sunny summer like day today.I spent part of my day sitting in the garden .We have a bird feeder and many little birds come to eat and sit in the trees. I managed to get a photo of a few. We do have a large tree where  we often see a woodpecker. I will try to get a picture of the woodpecker ,it is difficult at times to catch them. It will be back to 50 degrees tomorrow which is normal for this time of year. I guess the shorts will be put away again.I did get out for a walk this evening with my sweetie , the wind was picking up.Lots of folks out enjoying the day. Must get going now and maybe I will do a bit of hooking. Sweetie suggested a NL mola fish.A cod or even better a Halibut Mola.Now that would be fun........Must go .Masterpiece Theatre is a waiting.

From The Floor Up March 23

Five Island Art Gallery: Special Note From Ireland to the Irish Rug Hooking...

Five Island Art Gallery: Special Note From Ireland to the Irish Rug Hooking...: "This blog is a special note sent to the Hooking Our Heritage rug hooking group who traveled over to Ireland in September 2010 with the fest..."

Crocus flowers and molas

Mola fish finished except for the whipping

I finished off the mola fish pattern . I must say that I love the colours and the great textured wool that I bought from Nola in Lenexa,Kansas. It kind of matches my crocus flowers. I walked again today at Racoon Valley and survived the Greys Lake  to Principal Park walk downtown. It took over 2 hours and walked the legs off myself ....It is a beautiful Day here ,maybe the capris can come out. I guess I should get working on something new. I do need to go shopping for Easter gifts for my grandsons.I may have to buy another Puppet . Noah seems to love them. I will pull the garden furniture out and then maybe I can sit out in the sunshine.YA!!!!I love spring.........

Handmade in NS

Grandmother Halleran/St.Vincents/NL