Lately I have been working on some rug hooking.  This involves taking 1/4″ strips of wool and pulling it through a special fabric, monk’s cloth or burlap, with a little hook.  Little loops of wool that make a picture!  It’s a good project for sitting and relaxing in the evenings.  Part of the fun of rug hooking, is you can draw whatever you want.  This is a little design I drew that we will put in an oversized wood frame.  Hopefully it will have that modern primitive look.  Check out The Woolen Needle or Wooly Lady!

Tony has been busy modernizing some of our art in the kitchen.  We have had so much fun taking pictures that we decided to make art out of them.  Personal art!  The living room is going to be the next room to get some new touches.

Tony threw some new paint up in the kitchen as well.  Here’s hoping the makeover turns out!

So, what’s my excuse for not posting in such a long while??  My answer is that it is very difficult to post on projects that are going to be Christmas gifts come next week.  I don’t want to ruin any surprises! 

Christmas gifts have been coming out my ears here in the month of December.  I have not been to the mall once!  (That might have to change this weekend.  I must say I am looking forward to it.) 

Here is a project I finished up earlier this month. 

This is an Easter kit I bought earlier this fall from Woolen Needle.  It is made out of wool, which is very easy to work with.  One down side to working with wool, is it can get expensive.  One idea to help with this, is to dye your own.  Get yourself some white wool in bulk at a big box store and liquid dye.  Make small batches of different colors following the dye instructions.  Just remember that wool shrinks!  You can also get wool from old sweaters and suit jackets at thrift stores.  You need 100% wool items.  Take them home and wash them in very hot water and then dry them.  This is called felting. 

Hope you are all enjoying the holiday festivities!  Remember to slow down and take it all in.