August Meeting

We have a new hooker in our group! Debra Inglis and her husband are moving to Clark, Wyoming from Texas. She was such a delight to meet. Debra had contacted me a while back through a shop Patty and I buy from called I Love Rug Hooking. Debra had run into the owner, Shelley, at a Camp and through the conversation Shelley mentioned she had a couple of customers from Wyoming and contacted me to see if it was okay if she gave Debra my information. I was so excited! We are all looking forward to more meetings with Debra.

 Debra brought two of her finished rugs to show. I adore these two rugs so much. The first one is called Two Old Deer by Sally Kallin at Pine Island Primitives. 

 Debra also hooked this adorable floral designed by Maggie Bonanomi. I just love the colors! She had an adorable sheep pillow too but I guess we didn't get a picture of it.

 I (Sylvia Gauthier) was finishing the edge on my Game Board Rug designed by Polly Minick. It is in the book Everyday Folk Art by Minick and Simpson. I had so much fun making it that I'm doing the Irish Chain from the same book in the same wools.

 As in an earlier post, I had ordered this kit from Molly Colegrove. I must say that I learned so much by hooking this little rug. I framed the mat on a frame my gracious daughter Shelly made for me.

 Patty Tyrrell and I both hooked Crocks from Encompassing Designs.  I really enjoy seeing the same pattern hooked two different ways. Both are very similar and yet very different. The top one is mine.

 This Crock rug is Patty's.

 Carol Messerli was working on Hearts Abound by Designs in Wool. She is making it for her son and daughter-in-law as a commemorative rug for their wedding.

Patty Tyrrell was working on her Lincoln Bag. This one is going to take a while. She is using a lot smaller cuts than usual, but it will be worth it! I love how it's turning out!

Barb and Craig Pearson were working on their same rugs. They have had super busy lives and it doesn't seem to be slowing down for them. We are just happy when they are able to come.

Can't Get Enough

One thing I've notices about rug hookers is that we just can't get enough when it comes to looking at other hookers work, either in progress or finished.

I (Sylvia Gauthier) have a Pinterest addiction and one day pinning hooked rugs I came across a rug that I knew I HAD to hook. Unfortunately, on Pinterest not all pictures have information on the hooker and/or designer, which is really sad. That was the case when I tried to find the designer of the rug Angel of the Morning.  I finally sent an email to the guild in Canada where the photo was taken. The woman who answered my question thought it looked like a Beverly Conway design. GREAT!!!  I had a hard time finding Beverly but once I did I was ecstatic when she sent me her book of designs to order from.

 

Since this was my second rug, I had a lot to learn, for example, I had never hooked a face and hands. Even though this is a comical rug I still wanted it to be recognizable. I still want to take out the white steam and initials and replace them with something more muted.

 

I had the most fun hooking the bunny slippers. I found slippers on the Internet I loved and changed the faces just a little.

 

My grandson Vince said the lady in the rug kind of looks like me. I think it might....

 

A site to find great rug designs is Encompassing Designs. That's where Patty Tyrrell found her adorable Cat Rug that she is working on.

 

Don't you just love how the cat tails make hearts? What an appropriate rug for the month of February. She had her picture in our local news paper while hooking on this rug at our monthly hook-in after the photographer for the Enterprise showed up to find out more about our hooking group.

 

We are hoping that the little article in the newspaper will catch the interest of people who either want to learn to hook, or already know how but didn't know anyone in our area hooked too. 

 

Post written by Sylvia Gauthier.