...TEST (with a hooking update)

So... Anyone out there 'post' from their I-phone Blogger App?

...and hEre is the latest progress installment photo of THE RUG... just cruising right along!

...working on the bucket list!

No TREMENDOUS saling finds to report...

Things are rather quiet for now, with the warm weather in the NE still sporadic.

The calendar is looking hopeful with the church RUMMAGE SEASON getting into full~swing in the next couple of weeks - YIPPEE!!

...for now we are just amusing ourselves with custard on warm evenings at our favorite spots on the Finger Lakes...

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(and YES, we DID add a lock for our 10th anniversary!)

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...my main 'time-consumer' currently is tackling the AGE~OLD rug hooking project...

You have all heard me talk of it before...

http://ssveltestuff.blogspot.com/2011/11/hooking.html

Yes, I.AM.GOING.TO.GET.THIS.CROSSED.OFF.MY.BUCKET.LIST!!

I keep thinking that at some point in the process I am going to start enjoying it...

so far it has all been prep-work,

and so far NOT!!

Searching for pieces of wool clothing at Rummage Sales (NEED DIFFERENT COLORS & MORE!!!) ...

Washing the wool clothing...

Cutting the wool clothing into useable pieces of cloth...

Using the Bliss Strip Cutter Machine to cut the cloth into strips...

Finding proper burlap for the backing...

YES this is a labor of L.O.V.E.

Took J to introduce him to my new favorite Sea Glass beach.

What did he find?

Not just One, but T.W.O. MARBLES!!!!

and a R.E.D. one even!

(for those of you unfamiliar with sea glassing, marbles are a rarity to find, and RED sea glass is one of the rarest colors - so to find a RED MARBLE was a MAJOR SCORE!)

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!

...hooking!

Yesterday I went AWOL from work to roadtrip to my parents house. Spent the morning helping Mom clean the basement, then in the afternoon we started 'THE' hooking project that has been playing in the back of my mind for about a year now.

My Grandmother hooked rugs, and my mother 'used' to hook rugs - the last one that she did was back in the 50's (and yes, I DO have it, in all of it's ultra-moderne design!!!). I really have no interest in this primitive style of 'crafting', BUT, I figure if I'm ever going to learn - or may EVER have any interest - better do it NOW. Soooooooo....

~I have Grandma's shuttle style hook

~been gather 100% wool clothing in FUN colors at Rummage Bag Sales

~Finally was able to purchase a 'BLISS STRIP CUTTER' at a reasonable price

~Located Burlap to use as backing at Tractor Supply Store

~Dad is making us the proper size Stretcher

Let the good times roll!

If you would like to see some BEAUTIFUL examples of Rug Hooking done by a Pro (with proper materials!!) check out Cathy G's site!! http://orangesink.blogspot.com/