King of the Barnyard progress

This is my latest rug hooking project. The light was not that good so, the color is not representative. The light green is from a fiber swap at The Welcome Mat. I am using it to outline the animals. The remainder of the background will be in several light greens pictured below.

Confederate Jasmine

This is the Confederate Jasmine (and California ivy) on our front porch. It's the first time it's bloomed and in the shade; it generally likes sun. it is climbing around the grapevine wreath with no help from me. I look forward to see it fully cover it.


Confederate Jasmine

See Rock City

Eventually, I hope to be more faithful in blogging. Retirement is so busy! These are two of the latest things I've hooked. You could say that I'm hooked on hooking; that would be putting it mildly! I drew both patterns, the Rock City pillow, a loose interpretation of an old illustration. There were so many See Rock Ciy signs on barns as I was growing up. We would see them on the way to the Smokies. I haven't seen one in years. The second image I have entitled God's Eye chairpaid as it felt southwestern to me when I finished. The title really followed the hooking. The only thing I drew was the largest circle in the middle, then, just started hooking.

The final picture is what I am hooking now. It is one I designed and have done a lot of the dyeing for it.


See Rocky City



God's Eye chairpad


King of the Barnyard

Stay warm

It is bitter cold here today. I remembered to pull out my corn bag and heat it in the microwave for 3 minutes. It's meant to drape around the neck but works well on cold feet. It's simply a cotton bag stitched in a swirl down the middle, filled halfway with dried corn. Try it; you'll like it.

This is the latest rug that I just completed hooking. It is a Bea Brock design. Bea color-planned and dyed the fabric for it as well. I enjoyed hooking it and scooting pictures around for a place to hang it.

Tumbling Cats

This is the latest picture I have of Tumbling Cats. I have since had it blocked, applied rug tape and label and will post a picture soon. I really enjoyed hooking it and looking forward to the next project.

Newest fascination(s)

I really didn't need to be fascinated with anything new but rug hooking reached out and hooked me along with dyeing the wool fabric for the same. These are my latest pictures of the latest project:

"Tiger and Leopard" design by Dahlov Ipcar
"Tumbling Cats"
Rug adaptation by Patsy Becker