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Fayette Co, KY, United States
I am a country girl stuck in the city, for the time-being. I enjoy the country way of life, and practice that in my home as best I can by canning and preserving foods, cooking and baking from scratch, crocheting, living vicariously thru the many blogs I follow about country life. I enjoy learning about raising livestock, and glean from my past employment and personal experiences of working with animals to fuel some of my postings. I have 5 cats, who keep my life interesting. And I am also an amateur poet. Thanks for stopping by and checking out this Farmer-gal who is caught in town, for now.
Showing posts with label rug hooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rug hooking. Show all posts

Thursday, July 22, 2010

I'm Gonna Be a Hooker!

A rug hooker, that is! LOL
I was over at Dog Trot Farm visiting with Julie.
She does primitive rug hooking, and I emailed
her to get some information and she sent me to this website
I looked thru the website and found a beginner's
rug hooking kit and bought one.
It came in the mail yesterday.
Contained in the kit was an instruction book, a quilting frame
and a little metal container for the pieces of scraps that
I might have left over when I use the wool strips
to do the rug hooking.
Also, with the kit came the wool strips that I will use to make the rug,
and all of the wool strips are precut. There is some embroidery
thread, and some binding for the edges to finish off the product,
a rug hook, and a drawn pattern on linen. And a carry-all tote.
I picked the pattern, Two Sheep on a Hill.
Here is a photo of what it should look like when I am finished.
I'm not sure when I will start on this. But I wanted to see if I like
rug hooking enough to do some other patterns, along with my
crocheting. I am hoping to get good enough at these two
crafts to be able to sell some at a farmers market
come next season.

When I do start this, I will post some of the steps
from beginning to end, to give ya'll an idea of
where I am with this project.

Thanks for visiting today, and I hope you
have a blessed day. Take care All,
from KY.