Tuesday, August 30, 2011

My new favorite thing...

WOOL HOOKED RUGS...

My absolute favorite thing right now is a wool hooked primitive-look rug.  I like the way they look. I like the ones that are made into pillows.  I love the fall ones.  I wish for the folk art look though.  Funny how my decorating taste is changing.  I really think I want to buy a kit and give it a try. 

I used to latch hook a mean rug!  haha  (and I was a kid)  Not to mention the pot holders I made with my weaving loom:)  I even painted a sweatshirt or two with puffy paint in high school.  I still have ornaments that JoMeagan and I made when she was a little girl.  Once I cross-stitched my sister Micki a gift and had it framed.  (she should cherish it...my one and only work of cross-stitch art.  heehee)

I have a deep appreciation for things made by hand.  I dream about going into a fabric store and actually making something on my own one day.  It's a crying shame I never took Home Economics.  I truly have no sewing skills...or cooking skills...or cleaning skills...pretty much domestic skills are missing from my bag of tricks.  I am not saying I want to go back to olden days but I think a lot of the art is going to be lost.  You know when Wal-Mart stops carrying fabric that is a sure sign that no one else can sew either!

So, I'm putting it on my list...TO DO...make a wool rug.  No fabric or sewing machine involved.  Now, it may be a 2x2 rug but I am going to learn how to do something new.  But, where do I go to learn how to do this?  The better question might be...who has the patience to teach me?  ha 

Friends, my favorite season is just around the corner.  I am in the mood for some scarecrows and pumpkins around here...woohoo...I am getting sooo excited:)

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