Happy Solstice!

♥ ~ Laurie

Arriving in the studio/shop soon

...just in time to celebrate our favorite season! Autumn is upon us...glorious NEW wool...Life is Good!

The wool has been added to the website and pre-orders are being taken!

My hook is HOT...I've been hooking non-stop in preparation for the Fall events...
and the final part of Grandma's Garden is almost ready to ship! Where do the years go?
Reminder...3rd Friday open studio hooking and/or stitching is tomorrow from 11 til 3...hope to see you! ~L

A Focused Day...

...finishing up on the second half of this year's LJF Rug Project...Grandma's Garden. The year has flown by...again! Just a bit more hooking and then the calculating...the dyeing and the kitting can begin. The kits are due out in October...and I'd really like them off my plate...
as there is much to do before mid-October.... I'll be vending again at The Autumn Valley Hook-In in Stillwater, MN on Saturday October 6th...
this year I will also have finished work available at the Textile Center in the annual Holiday Show and Sale beginning November 1st!
...so planning and focus are my mantras of late...
and today...9-11...of all days is a good one to quitely hook and remember... ~L

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Okay...not shamrocks...but the best I could do today!

It's just a beautiful day here...unusually warm for Mid-March with temps nearing 80 today!

After a long week of finishing and shipping the Part One kits of Grandma's Garden, the 2012 rug project,

I'm looking forward to a relaxing day of stitching.

No green beer here...but what ever your traditions and celebrations are...I wish you many blessings and a safe and happy day! ~L

Merrie March...

Good Morning Friends...
I hope you are well...safe and warm!
What weird and wild weather...my heart goes out to everyone touched by these vicious storms. We got more ice than snow...and as inconvenient as it is...I know I have nothing to complain about. In fact...I'm truly blest...a sweet surprise arrived in the mail...

Thank You Dear Jody!!! Her delicious hand made soaps and a sweet candle all tucked in her beautiful handmade basket! Such a treat and such a surprise to brighten a gray day...and a much needed lift...I've been feeling kind of sluggish...dealing with a tooth infection and a bit overwhelmed with many deadlines rapidly approaching...

Early Spring Needle Book is my new March Offering at Early Work Mercantile...I hope you'll hop over to visit these talented artist's!

I'm working on a simple blue and brown mat for next week's update at the 1800 House...I love blue and brown...especially this time of year!
And of course there is Grandma's Garden

patterns to finish drawing...wool to cut...

...and dye!

I'd like to have the kits out the door by the end of next week...
It's good to have goals...right?!?

So what are you up to today? Whatever it is...may it bring a smile to your face...I'll be thinking of you! ~L

Moving right along...

I snapped this pic late last night before pushing the frame aside...I plan to pull a few more loops this evening after the dishes are done. It's always a treat when the design actually comes together like it was in my head! My sketch and watercolor study pleased me...but you never really know how the wools will play together...
More soon ~L

Grandma Anna lived here...

As promised...pics of this year's LJF Annual Rug Project...Grandma's Garden

A cool, gray Tuesday outside...

a good day spent at the hooking frame and a colorful bowl full...
more pics soon!
Thanks for visiting!!! ~L

One last look...

I snapped this pic just before I finished binding the edge...it is done now.
All that is left is to finish sewing on the label and the casings for rods on the back as my client will be hanging Old Chalk Deer. This sweet face will be heading to North Carolina tomorrow!

Many thanks for all the comments as I posted the progress of this rug!!!

Next up is to get busy with Grandma's Garden...my 2012 offering for the LJF Annual Rug Project...I'll be back with pics soon...and hope you will follow along as the rug progresses. There are a few kits still available if you'd like to join the fun...click on the banner down over on the left side for more information...or give me a holler...

Hope you have a great week~ ~L

What's Hookin' & January Ramblin'

Happy January to All ~
I'm confused...things seem to be out of sorts...it's been in the mid-teens to low twenties the last few days...we've had a bit of ice and a few snow flakes...it's mostly brown...and oh so dry...This is January?...in Minnesota??? To top it off we are still on Christmas break...oops...that is what we used to call it...excuse me...winter break. Yes, the kids were in school right up to Christmas eve...so they get two full weeks after Christmas off. Husband and son used to be on the same break schedule...not this year...hubby has had to head back to work already.

I have several rugs in progress...a couple commissions and the start of the 2012 annual rug! If you are interested in this year's project rug...Grandma's Garden...I just put a clickable link on the left sidebar...it will take you to the website page that has all the information. I'll post updates of the rug as it progresses...right now it's slow going...I'm taking my parents to doctor appointments several times a week...that's a whole other story!
So for now here is my watercolor sketch...

So I need to back away from the computer and get back to the frame...wishing you all a great week and many blessings! ~L