Here Kitty...

Prim Kitty Chair Mat Linen Pattern is NOW available!
Click here to view on the website...also available in my Etsy shop!

Have a GREAT day ~ Laurie

…she lives on the edge of the prairie
where the wheat and the wild flowers grow

she’s called by the swaying pines
and the hills and the valley below…

Welcome to the 2013 LJ Fibers Annual Rug Project…
Pines To Prairie
I’m excited to share my newest design with you!

This year’s project is a TWO part kit…

muted…antique tones and lots of textures
a fun hit-in-miss border…reminiscent of vintage rugs
PART ONE (which will ship by March) contains the hand-drawn linen pattern, wool for the border grid and the center section, twill binding tape (for those of you that like to sew this on before hooking) and a detailed hooking guide.

PART TWO (which will ship in October) contains the wool for the border, a custom fabric label to document your heirloom and a detailed hooking guide.

♥ A limited number of kits are available…
choose between CUT and Un-CUT Wool
♥ Order both parts together NOW and SAVE…
OR spread out the payments and order each part individually
VISIT the website for all the information and join the hooking fun!

Thanks for stopping by today! ~L

New Hooked Mat Patterns...

Working on updating the website with new patterns...
all available now!
Partridge

Prim Heart

Brocade Blossom

Feather Trees Runner

The dewpoint and temperature are on the rise again...tho' I'm sure I felt a hint of Autumn in the air last evening...just too hot for the dyepots today...perfect day for a bit of webkeeping!

Wishing you all a great day ~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

Friendship & Other Fun Stuff…

Happy Mid-November to you…

The weather here in Minnesota has finally turned cold...We have been spoiled by a Gorgeous Autumn…but today reality has set in…
16 degrees this morning…yet the sunrise was still most beautiful!
Today has been one of those days where little things draw my attention away from all I planned to accomplish…
so be it…
at least there is fresh hot bread ready for dinner…

This is one of the many things I have on my work table…a wool crazy quilt pillow…I’m obsessed with these lately. The center image is my Great Grandmother Anna in her garden…I printed it on fabric…
Now the fun of stitching can begin as soon as I have some time to sit in my favorite chair!

Last week I snuck in a visit to one of my favorite places…Hunt & Gather
Treasures always follow me home…this is an autograph album from 1893.

The penmanship is amazing…the sentiments delightful…here are a couple of my favorites…

“When you twine your wreath of friendship,
Fasten in one bud for me.”

“May your friends be added,
Your enemies subtracted,
Joys be multiplied, and
Sorrows divided.

I'll share more another time…Wishing you a wonderful evening ~L

50+

...inches of SNOW this Winter!
We've had light fluffy flakes throughout most of the day...and the temps are dropping. This is usually the coldest weekend in January...Where is our January THAW???

I've been keeping warm finishing up my Plum Pony...

...26" x 33"...linen patterns are now available on the website!

Lots of lovely new wool will be arriving this week too! I'll be keeping busy hooking some smaller mats for the February 1st release at Early Work Mercantile. I've also got to get working on the stitching from the previous post...reminds me of a favorite quote...
Buttons and Patches
and the cold wind blowing...
The days pass quickly
when I am sewing
...don't know who said this...but I'm sure we'd be friends!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you are safe & staying warm ~L