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Friday, August 29, 2008

Hook-in Tales

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Lots of times at hook -in we get talking about other important things, like cooking and books. Here is Barbie just after we decided who s...

Hook-in Happenings

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Yesterday we had all the various things possible in a hook -in, rug beginnings , rug endings and rug difficulties overcome. Here Lorraine ho...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Wandering - doing it right - again

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My dye method wandering is notorious for unpredictable results. Two pieces of advice I have : Buy as much as you think you need , then buy ...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Marbelizing three ways- what do you think ?

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I find it increasingly difficult to find bleeders when I buy wool. I thought maybe trying a new way to marbleize would help, but I wanted to...

The Proof Of the Wreck

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I thought I would post you the results of the huge amount of shrinkage I achieved by throwing a texture in where it didn't belong. With ...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Wreck of the Lightweight wool

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Well, at least once when I'm washing textures I'll mess one up and I threw a very lightweight texture into the thin pile and wow hav...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Wool And The Washing

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Having returned from The Dorr Mill store recently and having just paid my bill I was motivated to get some of the wool I bought washed and d...
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Updates on the Geometrics- Today's Hook-in

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It was a strangely hot day today but we still met and hooked together. Well... me not hooking at all but everyone else was as well as doing ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The New Toy

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While away I decided to get something new to play with- The Embellisher Sounds like a featherweight boxing champion !!! This machine looks l...

Trip And Sights

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In case you didn't notice , I'm a terrible diarist. I hope you'll forgive me. I might even make up words when left to my own dev...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

PIctures of Student Geometrics

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At long last here are some of the pictures of the Geometric class I promised you.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Today's Geometric Class

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Today was the day we tried our hand at a ruler free geometric pillow/ runner/ rug . This project was featured in A Needle Pulling Thread two...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Further Explorations in Steamed Rolls

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I thought I would post the picture of the results of my further adventures with the rice cooker and my steamrollers.... Did anyone else try...
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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Saran Wrap Rolls

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Here is a set of step by step instructions with pictures on how to make the aforementioned rolls. I used Majic Carpet Dyes: Bottle Green , M...
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Rice Cooker

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It's the time of year when yard sales abound. This morning I was lucky and found a rice cooker, and two crock pots. The rice cooker mak...
Thursday, July 3, 2008

Manistee Inspirations

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Sometimes during class we have very good points that come up. I record them and pass them out on wind up day to help us remember what we lea...
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Creating Faces

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In Manistee many people were focussing on a face. Human, Frog , Alpaca, no matter. In one exercise we established that a face has a recog...

Marbelizing in the Crockpot

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Just back from the Wonderful Manistee Rug School in Michigan last week. This group really goes all out in the hospitality dept. And there a...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

A Class In July

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Looking for a simple and temperature friendly rug project this summer ? Come out to WandaWorks and find out how to make a simple but gorgeo...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Put a lid on it! - Adaptations

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It's dying day. At this time of year, that can only mean that the weather is cool. Unfortunately, it's a day to do wanderings, and I...
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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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