Yes, hooking

 

Tuesday night a few of my hooking buddies headed out to blogless Sandy’s for hooking…..

Sheri is working on the  most adorable witch doll….we all went nuts when we saw it!

Kelly was hooking a sheep into wool for a customer…..this is going to be a pillow…..

Sandy is just about finished with her flip-flops rug, which is also going to be turned into a pillow….

As for me, still plugging along on my Redbud Runner…..oops, no pics of that.

There is really nothing better than getting together with good friends and hooking, eating and conversing.

The weather here has been super beautiful, so Sheri picked me up in her new convertible and we headed down the highway to Sandy’s…..she has pics of our wild hair after our ride, you’ll have to visit her at her blog and bug her to post some pics!

Hope it’s great in your neck of the woods.

A big knitting project

Found this as I was surfing the web today.

I’ve knitted some scarves, but I can’t imagine taking on a project of this magnitude!

Fascinating!

By the way, kind of surprised by how FEW people commented on yesterday’s post.

Did you click on the LINK to see the Beyond Rugs catalog from the Farnsworth Museum?

Maybe not that many of you are bored with traditional rug hooking like I am.

I thought this was a real eye-opener…….oh well……

Beyond Rugs

If you find yourself “bored” with rug hooking check this out…..

Beyond Rugs

Dulcy and I have had many conversations about still wanting to

rug hook, but being a bit bored with it….this helped open our

eyes to several new possibilities.

Do you ever find yourself “bored” with rug hooking?

Satisfying Saturday

It’s so good when every once in a while, you have a Saturday that just seems to flow……

I went to a posture clinic at Sumit Hot Yoga.  This was a 2.5 hour class where they work with

you on getting proper alignment on your yoga postures…..very helpful and I feel like I learned a lot.

When I got home  Kenny asked if I wanted to go downtown to OktoberFest…

We headed downtown…had a few beers with the rest of the revelers….

Listened to some live music

That’s where I saw this…..

Got up this morning to check on tickets and saw this:

An Exclusive Engagement with

BRYAN ADAMS
SOLO AND ACOUSTIC
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9TH @ 8:00 PM

SOLD OUT!

Kind of bummed about that.  Oh well….we did try out a new

restaurant, new to us that is, Bruno’s.

Great service, great dipping sauce for the bread….olive oil, balsamic vinegar and sundried tomatoes….yum!

Had a delicious Bloody Mary, really good brick oven pizza, and a “to die for” Italian Wedding Cake!

Definitely somewhere I plan on eating at again and again.

Today I’m headed out to the craft show to see my friends.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Fed up? Watch this

Rebellion is percolating under the surface all over America……


photo from BLGARCIA

Home

Looks like Daisy has found a home….who could resist that sweet face?!

I’m still feeling a bit unsettled, but I have settled on a book to read…..

I’m only a few chapters in, but really enjoying it so far.

Today, Saturday and Sunday is the Ozarks Craft Show.

Even though I’m not participating I have a few friends who are so be sure and stop by

their booths if you get a chance to go.

Renee and Kelly will be in the big brown barn with their hooked rugs, stitched pillows,

wool and assorted other goodies.

Another friend, Meredith, will be in big tent #5…..she previewed some of her goodies on

Facebook……looks like lots of girly goodness for sure!!!

Get out and enjoy the weekend!  Just have to make it through work today……

Unsettled

Here it is, the ending of summer

and the beginning of fall. 

This time of year always seems to make me feel unsettled…..like an itch that you can’t quite scratch,

or being hungry, but not being able to find just the right food to quell your hunger…..salty….no, sweet…..no, crunchy……no, creamy….no.

I want to read, but do I want mystery, romance, adventure……..

I want to get out my sweaters, but it’s not quite cold enough…..

Want to wear my flip-flops, but it’s getting a little too cool…..

In the past few weeks I’ve bought new faux fur boots and some jewel toned tights, but it’s not QUITE right to wear them yet.

That yearning for cold weather, but wanting to hold on to the longer days of summer.  Why can’t we have fall with lots of light….lots and lots of hours of light?

Like I said, unsettled……

Samantha and “Blood on the Rug”

While I was talking to Elinor Barrett, at the Truman Rug Show, she told me that she adopted one of the dogs that was featured on my side bar last year…..this was Samantha on my blog last year…..now Sammie Jane Doe….now that makes me smile!

Elinor said she had also made up a story about Sammie Jane’s past life and how she came to be in hers…….

“I didn't tell you that I've made up a history of her life. Did you watch
the Bourne movies? Well, Jason Bourne was originally David Webb from
Nixa, MO. I think he left her behind when he went into the CIA and that's
when the Nixa pound picked her up. (I may have too much time on my
hands!)”

Oh Elinor…..this makes me feel so “un-alone”…..we make up stories about our dogs all the time.

If you’d like to meet Elinor, she’ll be at the Baa Baa Boonville Hook-in Saturday, 29 October 2011. $15 to attend (This price includes morning pastries, lunch, snacks and beverages.)

E-mail me and I’ll be happy to send you their flyer!

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

~from Elinor~

Hello!

We are so looking forward to seeing all of you at our Blood on the Rug~Halloween Hook~in, October 29th. We already have 83 registrants and are expecting more and a wicked good time! We want you to have a wonderful weekend and have updates for you to help you in your planning. If you registered other people, please pass this information along to them.

1. We've spoken with the managers at the Boonville hotels and they love the idea of hookers at work in their lobbies and rooms they're making available. Sounds like a pajama party to us! At least two hotels (Hotel Frederick

 

and Comfort Inn

)

are offering a special and most excellent rate - just tell them you're with the Baa Baa Boonville Hook-in for either Friday +/or Saturday nights. There's also a special public reception scheduled on Saturday afternoon at the Hotel Frederick that will include quilt appraisals and book signing by Ann Hazelwood. http://www.booksonthings.com/php/bot2009.php?topic=home. Also,Glenn's Cafe,

the restaurant at the Frederick is terrific and highly recommended. We encourage you to check it all out! Let's show them what a good time hookers can bring to the Boonville hotels!

....See all the details on the hotels below.

2. We're busy brainstorming for our breakfast and lunch menus. No hook-in would be complete without the snacks and desserts, and because we're going to have such a large crowd...

...if you feel so inspired to bring a treat along, we would be totally delighted!

3. We've added more vendors! In addition to Rhonda and Marty from Black Sheep Wool Designs

Patty (Queen of the last weekend's awesome Truman Lake/Warsaw hook-in) from Saltbox Primitives

and Marcia from White Horse Antiques, we are very pleased to welcome the following vendors:

• Ozark Handspun - if you haven't seen this opulent yarn before, you'll love it! Meet Dave Gentzsch who dyes and spins these gorgeous fibers. www.ozarkhandspun.com

• Prairie Road Designs - Sheila Arbogast from Wentzville, MO. You'll love Sheila's charming patterns for totes, rugs, pillows, and wool applique. Dog lovers alert - take a look at her cool three-dimensional dog pattern! www.prairieroaddesigns.com.

• Sleepy Hollow Wool: delightful bags, beads, dyed wools and more designed with hookers in mind by Mary Barile and Jenny Schutte. You can find them on Facebook and Etsy.com

....And making his first appearance, our newest exhibitor: Hank the wonder dog! We anticipate at least one or two more vendors may also be joining. Stay tuned!

4. Parking is available in a lot next to Turner Hall (on the west side of the building -- between the building and Main Street.) There is also ample street parking.

Let us know if you have any questions and we'll see you on the 29th. Bring lots to show and tell! Best wishes for a great start to fall, and may the wool be with you!

Cheers,

Your Rughooking Fiends

elinor.barrett@gmail.com

 

Ode to Dulcy

We have some new fall décor…..my husband laughed and called it,

“Ode to Dulcy”

Hot

So Thursday after work, I went to my first ever “hot yoga” class.

I’d been told I’d either love it or hate it…..

well, I must say, I’m somewhere in the middle…..

it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be.

Sweaty…..yes! This is me after class.

Doing downward facing dog with sweat dripping down your body and stinging your eyes…..

I knew it would be hot, but had no idea.

I swear there was not a dry spot on me when I finished!

I think I could have probably wrung my shirt out when I was finished…..seriously!

I have not sweated this much since I was in drum and bugle corp in high school

and we would march up and down hills in the humid Missouri August heat.

September is national yoga month and my first class was free, but I also had bought a

series of five classes earlier in the year, but was waiting for the weather to cool off before I gave it a try.

Will I be going back…..yes, I think I’ll try to go once a week until I use up those 5 classes and see if my body becomes more accustomed to the hot room…..100-105 degrees.

Maybe the colder it gets outside, the better that room will feel.

I did decide to bite the bullet and purchase one of these yoga towels….

When I took my first class you could borrow a beach towel to put on top of your

yoga mat, so you wouldn’t slip/slide around in all of your sweat.

It just didn’t work for me….it kept bunching up and sliding around…..hopefully

this will be a good investment.