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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Looking after yourself in this busy season

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Will the world fall apart if you don't do everything on your list by Christmas Day ? Having a happy person around is the best gift you c...
Saturday, December 15, 2007

Answering Lawanna's comments

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Lawanna asked : Hi, Wanda I have bought wools from you that glow. How do get the glow effect from the dye pot? Also, what do you mean by not...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Light Backgrounds- How to make them sing

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Where I started hooking light background were the bomb , most every one used them most all the time. As an avowed daughter of darkness I was...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Question about glow in my Rug October

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The Divine Lawanna Holmes of Minneapolis MN said I love the way the colors glow ( in your rug October). How did you do that? I am Big on the...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Great Backgrounds

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There comes a time in every hooker's life where we want more stimulation from our backgrounds. I'm of the school that more is better...
Monday, December 10, 2007

Rug October

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Hi All, This journal rug challenge from the Welcome Mat felt like it might never get done. But sure enough, one loop after another I finish...
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Monday, December 3, 2007

Colour and Rug hooking

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Once you learn how to bring up a loop the only thing we need to know is how to use colour effectively. We might be good at putting colours t...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Silver Lining's Variation - Viking Good Luck

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Here is a variation of Silver Lining. I’ve dyed over 1/4 yd of natural wool with Majic Carpet dyes in a dye bath with citric acid added to i...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

A Recipe: Silver Lining

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I’ve dyed over 1/4 yd of natural wool with Majic Carpet dyes in a dye bath with citric acid added to it at the 5 minute point. Having the ex...
Monday, November 19, 2007

Rug October

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Well , Here is the weekly installment of the Rug October .....A little progress is better than none ! I'm greatly consoled by the fact ...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Galaxy's Partner Solar Flare

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THE SPOTS- it took 1 hr 30 mins.. @ 350 ˚ F to process this. Gather up 1/2 yd of wet wool in peaks and valleys, add 1/8th tsp. citric acid t...
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Loops- How wide ?

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I'm a big believer in using wide strips. I think it lets the beautiful wool we use be shown to the best advantage. Seeing more of the wo...
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Monday, November 12, 2007

How high the Loops ?

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This is a question often asked and really I think it depends on how you want your rug to feel underfoot, how much money you have to spend on...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Acceptance

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Be flexible about your dyeing. Be accepting of what you create rather than feeling disappointment if it doesn’t turn out, try to see where y...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

WIPs

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What is a wip you might ask ? Well, we all have them- those are works in progress. Right now I have a few but I'm on a quest to make a ...
Thursday, November 1, 2007

BUG

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I hope you enjoy this spring green ! Bug 2/32 tsp. lemon drop 106 1/32 tsp. key lime 724 I dyed over 1/16th of a yard in a three inch ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Busy days; created a Galaxy !

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Finding time to hook can be difficult when I'm dyeing each day. Here is Galaxy with Majic Carpet Dyes. It's a spot dye. It took 1 hr...
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Friday, October 26, 2007

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Great Colour for a Fall day ! ROCKET’S RED GLARE over 1/2 yd wet wool 1 tsp. Orange 1 tsp. Reddish Brown In a dye bath with 2/32 citric acid...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

What all good hookers need

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If I could give rug hookers only one piece of advice what do you think it would be ? Make time for yourself ? Keep connected to other hooker...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Pickled Ginger Variation- Copper Penny

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These recipes use Majic Carpet Dyes COPPER PENNY 1/16th tsp. Orange + 1/16th tsp. Reddish Brown
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Wanda
Wiarton, On, Canada
I created The Welcome Mat and author the dyeing column in RHM for rug hookers to find new ways to bloom in the garden of life. Seed, bloom, withered stalk, I"ll tend them all!
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