Thursday Live Videos (11 am AST) and the Sunday Letters. — rug hooking
How much wool do you need to hook a rug? 0
How much wool do you need to hook a rug?
Choosing Background Colours in Rug Hooking 1
Choosing Background Colours in Rug Hooking
What is the difference between punch needle and rug hooking with Amy Oxford & Deanne Fitzpatrick 0
What is the difference between punch needle and rug hooking with Deanne Fitzpatrick and Amy Oxford
Hooked Rug: Setting the Little Birds Free 0
Setting the Little Birds Free. As you set things free you discover that you what you are really setting free is yourself. Letting go is about making room. Maybe it is room for small things. It is more room to be. I sometimes hang on to my routines longer than I need to. Superstition perhaps. Comfort in doing it the same way over and over. Letting go of things like this I discovered is really setting myself free. The little birds already were.
Competing Forces in Rug Hooking 0
I was making a lot of small pieces and suddenly I felt that I needed something big to show for this time. Something I worked on day after day. So I surrendered the little mats and drew a big one on a piece of linen. I gather my first four or five wools that I would need and I sat and I hooked and hooked and hooked. My hand was tired but I felt like what I did was going to matter more sometime. That what I did during this time would not be lost in a pile of small things but would stand out as the one I laboured over. It is yin and yang, is that what they call it. Competing forces? I was working small and suddenly working big became important. This time is both difficult and precious. Two more competing forces. I want something special to show for it.
What have you learned about yourself while staying home? 0
I came into my yard after my morning walk and I saw the branches in their baskets from Christmas looking so forlorn. It was not til the last couple of days that they were thawed enough to pull apart. I carried them to the fire pit. It is way past time. At Christmas these baskets were a welcome home. Right now they are a reminder that I am out of step with the present. Today my doorstep is free and clear of any encumbrances. It is no longer a reminder of things that need to be done. It feels good. I am a list maker but that doorstep never made it to the list. When I put things on my list, they get done. I love the thrill of the mark off...putting a line through it. Done. One woman told me that sometimes she writes down things she has already done on her list just so she can get the immediate satisfaction of striking it off. I smiled. I understood.
What is the difference between Rug Hooking and Punch Hooking? 1
Angela does such great job explaining the difference between two very similar crafts, rug hooking and Punch needle or punch hooking. With punch needle you work from the top side but your finished work is usually consider the back side. As Angela explains, some people are so good at it they can use either side. Amazing. In rug hooking you put your hook on a slight slant and work from the top side. The top side will be for finished rug.
Free Rug Hooking Lesson: How to outline for hooked rugs & hooking landscape rugs. 11
Well today we did a free facebook live video and I taught everyone about how I hook the rocks, the sea, the sails of the boat, the little houses, and the back hills. I answered as many questions as I could. We had about 680 people watching from all over the world. It was really fun. My husband, Robert was the camera man and he did lots of close ups including showing you how my hand works underneath the frame when I am rug hooking.
Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine is full of good ideas. Listen to the Podcast. 1
I love having a podcast because I get to just ask people if I can ask them a bunch of questions. It is so wonderful for me because I am a naturally curious soul. When I meet someone new I have to be careful not to interview them, firing off questions. It is my nature. I have to hold back...except when I do my podcast....
