AUGUST HOOKING AT MY HOUSE

Projects being worked on at my monthly hosting.

Judi working on her antique flower rug. She is doing a good job on blending her dull colors.

Claudia working (sometimes) on her Dancer rug. Katie taking it easy while her back heals from surgery.

Debbie digging out her hooking for the day.

Carol's finishing her husband;s portrait using some of his own uniform wool. Very nice work.

I am working on my "how to hook white" piece.

My Nevins McTwisp bunny I am teaching at Friends in April.

OHIO AND SAUDER VILLAGE

Travelled to Ohio with Katie Knoelke to take a class from Jen Manuell about making Morrocan village rugs without a pattern drawn on the foundation. It was a great class and a challenge for me as I am not a counter of threads. The rug show is wonderful and  everyone should go at least once.Here are se photos from the show. I did not take Celebration pictures as they are in the book.

Jen's examples of her two rugs.

Creswell rugs from Laura Pierce's project. Fun to see them all together.

It was the year of the man in rug hooking so these are some rugs hooked by men.

All the above were done by men.

Some other rugs that caught my attention for different reasons.

In the hall were the rugs are located.

Love the script and the portrait.

Not crazy about the composition but loved the vibrasnt colors.

Cute idea for a grandchild--moveable pairs of animals.

Norma B. did these two hooked pieces.

Zentangle type rug but also love the colors.

Large rug and like the proportional elements.

Large rug but just like it becasue it is different.

Winner of people's choice by Doona Hrkman.

Great rope.

Colors first and then the design.

Missed our connection in Denver because of being diverted to Wyoming so use my rug hooked to help in trying to sleep at the Denver airport. Apparently the airport closes down at midnight.

Spending the night at an airport is now off my bucket list.

CLOUD CHALLENGE

I am making a book on hooked clouds. Lynne Powell is a wonderful rug hooker plus all her other talents. She offered to join me in this challenge. Here are our first examples.

Lynne's

My cirrus clouds.

Guatemalan Rugs

These rugs were on the web site of Multicolores. They will be exhibited and for sale in Rhode Island this year. The ladies are getting better and better in their choices of colors. It is hard to believe these are tee shirts and as-is.

Caswell Rugs

Laura Pierce took on a huge project of getting many pieces hooked to replicate the Caswell embroideried quilt.  This was the first time it had all come together in one showing. I took pictures of some of my favorite pieces.

Carla Fortney did my favorite piece. Very clever in color and interpretation.

Hooker Hill Camp in California

I just came back from as wonderful trip to Hooker Hill. It is one of my very favorite camps. The surroundings near Yosimitie Park are great and the people are so nice.

Here is my class and their projects.

Grant Phy's gift for cousin. He is a very good and very fast hooker and he got a lot done this week.

Cathy, Nancy and Leveda on the last day.

Jane's stool, Tess's slippers and Grace's wallhanging.

Sandra's picture, Ann's purse and Jennie's picture.

Loree's animals, and Adrine's flower rug.

Grant's two pieces and Barbara's Flower Power rug.

Project to teach as a Night Class at Rockaway Camp

This is a project I am teaching at Friends by the Seas camp in April. It is a stand alone white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. It includes felting needle, charm and roving along witn instructions and pattern on monks cloth.

Workshop Project

This was a Thursday class I was prepared to teach. Things happened and I did not fully teach it but I liked the project. I used the chevron stitch and the corduroy stitch for the animals and modified the patterns a bit. I approached it as a persian pattern rather than a finely shaded crewel pattern. It happened to fit a stool I had in the attic.

Wonderscape

This piece was done from a photo my son, Nick, took of a camping spot on Hood Canal. His boat is in the water. I did this at Puget Sound Rug School with Brigitta Phy. She is an excellent teacher and it was a good class. I used silk velvet on this picture for the first time and I liked it. I used the velvet with a four cut and it did fine on the linen.

May Gathering At My House

We had a smaller group but a busy one on Wednesday.

Arlene is dyeing wool.

Judi watvching Karen and Carol work.

Linda working on her Zentangle.1

Chick'o'Evil

This is my pattern done by Bev Young. I like her redition. She left out the scrolls and did some hit and miss.

Portrait of husband

I did this portrait when I was at Puget Sound Rug School with Laura Pierce. She is excellent.

APRIL GATHERING AT MY HOUSE

I had 12 people at the homestead on Wednesday. We had a good time and there were two show and tell.

Friends By the Sea Camp - 30th Year

I had the opportunity to teach at Friends by the Sea Camp in Rockaway, Oregon on the coast. I have attended 7 years in the past as a student. I had a great class of 11. Unfortunately I did not get everyone's picture. I took a few pictures of the Rug Show.

Nancy Terhaar

Laura Pierce-Craswell

Robin Shroder

Laura Pierce - Craswell

Laura Pierce-Craswell

Lynne Powell Craswell

Emily Weid

Katie Powell

Laura Pierce

Ann Jeter

Ann Jeter

Ann Jeter

Ann Jeter

Ann Jeter

Katie Powell

Past Horn

Ann Jeter

Ann Jeter

Laura Pierce

There was a celebration of the 30 years of existence of Friends By The Sea Camp and the founder, Arlene Strutz. Cake, hooked picture, punch, and small hooked postcards to celebrate her.

I missed taking pictures of a couple of my students and their progress on projects during the week long class.

Dorothy's progress on flowers

Fran's face

Patty's halloween rug

Candy's progress

Betty's car

Katie's Guatemala rug

Lynne's scene

Sheila's flower rug

Puget Sound Rug School 2017

I did not get may pictures during the school. We had a full house and a wonderful time with three great teachers. I was in Wonderscapes with Brigita Phy. I will post the finished piece later. I did take a few photos of rugs from the students. Our other teachers were Donna Hrkman and Sara Judith had to stand in for Molly Colgrove as Molly was snowed in where she lives in New York.

Sara Judith Guatemala Rug

Lynne Powell's Guatemala Rug

Another Guatemala Rug

I think this is Sunny's landscape

Sunny's rug from Diane's class

Mary Watson's mom

Val Flannigan's Kilmt

Lynne Powell

Kay Carmichael

WEDNESDAY AT MY HOUSE

The second Wednesday in March at my hous. Judi finished her zentangle from the class I taught. It was a big group who had fun together and got some things done inspite of all the chit chat.

NEW RUGS

I wanted something for my mantle so I hooked a "Queen of Hearts". This is a pattern for sale if you want one. I had fun with this one and did a few embellishments on it.

Backside

ers project"This is a rug I gave my little sister many years ago but I do not think I had posted it before. It was a made for the fair "sisters" project.

JANUARY SECOND WEDNESDAY AT MY HOUSE

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REITER RETREAT AT GOLDBAR, WASHINGTON

This was our 14th year at the retreat. It runs from Sunday night to Friday morning. We have comfortable enough beds, gr

eat food and lots of time to hook and enjoy each others' company. This year was different as some people could not make it for various reasons (more than usual) and some had that awful flu. Here are some pictures of the group hooking and the rug show.

Katy Powell's piece

Two lower ones were Lynne Powell's.

Gunnel Casey rug

Rose Hutchins

Katy Powell

Darlene Buckner

Julie Jones

Rose Hutchins

Beginner Classes

I forgot to take pictures of the two classes for beginners I taught in the studio. Here are two projects which were completed by students.

Merri with her project she will make into a pillow.

Both ladies did a nice job. Much better than my first hooked piece. The students had a wide choice of examples. The sunflower seemed to be a popular .pattern. They learned how to transfer a pattern, hook it and finish. Arlene was the first to finish hers but I did not get a pictuire of it