SOLD – THANK YOU CHARLEEN…I bought this wonderful copper ladle recently at an antique store nearby. We are in maple syrup country and the tag said this would have been used to scoop or ladle maple syrup. I decided it needed a sugaring off scene but something relatively simple as it is not a huge! scoop. So here it is all punched up and mounted on the ladle. I will post this for sale on my Finished Items for Sale page…but if you are interested it is 13 inches long from tip of handle to edge of ladle; 4 inches high and 4.25 inches diameter. The handle has been resoldered onto the pot but to me this just adds to the story. It has some dings which have come from true usage but is in good condition. I could see this as a home for a succulent or perhaps a profusion of dried maple leaves (even though the sap technically flows before the leaves appear haha). Price is 90.00 Cdn plus any applicable tax and shipping. Email me at hookedonthelake@kingston.net with your address and I can let you know the total in Cdn or U.S. dollars. On to the next one… hmmm which piece to epicycle first…
haha. Here she is in all her glory… still hanging around… She has the most interesting eyes – if you can zoom in. They are flat pale blue – always thought snakes had yellow eyes but not this big rat snake…
Wow, what a weekend this has been. Our friends, Bill and Diane arrived on Saturday for a few days of fun and crafting and cards and hooking and punching.
But, who would have thought that this would all be topped off with some rather exciting and/or scary moments. Di and I had been punching on the porch while Bill and Gord were working on bird feeders for us in the garage when Bill discovered a teensy tiny hummingbird baby underneath our table saw. He picked it up, thinking it was dead, but it was actually still alive. Not knowing what to do, we placed the tiny thing in a nest of paper towels and put a little dish of sugar water in the nest with it but there was not much movement so we placed it in the back of the car and left the hatch open so it could warm up in the sun. Kept checking it and very little sign of life so we went for a walk with the dog. However, the blood suckers (AKA mosquitos) were so fierce we only made it to the end of our long driveway and had to turn back scratching furiously. When we got back and I checked on the little one he was moving!!!! As I stood there yelling to everyone that he’s alive!!!! he’s alive!!! all of a sudden off he flew into the trees. We figure he was just so cold he needed desperately to warm up and sitting in the sun and warmth inside the car got him going again. It was a wonderful, exciting moment which we were all celebrating until our neighbour came running down the driveway screaming blue murder.. Apparently, she had just come to almost the end of our driveway as she walked her dog when she heard rustling in the woods – deer? birds? squirrels – NO, BEARS. 2 cubs and a mama!!!!!! All we could think was if we had walked a little further – if the mosquitos had not been so bad – WE WOULD HAVE RUN INTO THE BEARS and been a few tasty morsels. Yikes!!!!
Later, as we were walking around the property checking to see what plants were starting to bud and what was blooming we had our NEXT bit of excitement. We have a long, armour stone wall that separates our driveway from our grassy septic field and there are a few new gardens I put in last year. As we walked along the stone wall, which is a heat collector in the afternoon, checking out the garden below what did we see – not the plants!!!! but A 6 FOOT RAT SNAKE all coiled up trying to catch the afternoon sun. Now, normally snakes don’t bother me but when there is a 6 foot one where I am not expecting it to be it is a bit of a shocker. I yelped and Diane jumped – almost into the garden!!!! Of course Bill and Gord came running – Gord did not stick around as he is NOT a snake lover. However, the snakes do! love him as later on when he went back to check on the snake it was no longer there but as he glanced sideways there it was about 3 feet away from him. Probably the same snake that a few years ago trapped him inside the garage.
So one exciting weekend to be sure. I finished my mini punch needle of a maple sugaring scene to be affixed to a vintage copper scoop that would have been used for scooping maple syrup and finished off another version of the Speckled Hens which has been attached to a vintage egg carrier (not sure that was what it was meant for but the new owner has decided it is an egg carrier! Diane started and is halfway through her next lovely Oxford punched chair paid and the boys made us fabulous bird feeders out of a reclaimed cupboard door and teapots. Have to paint and stain them and then the teapots will be mounted and filled with seeds which of course the squirrels will eat rather than the birds…
a few more pieces to share…
Wendy finished hooking her Michelle Palmer pattern – so cute…
and Debra finished her Lisa Ferguson Queen Bee…
Jane sent me pix of a few of her completed pieces…
Chicken Soup – pattern by Alana Kapell…
A Winter’s Day pattern by Joni Black…
a fabulous felted piece crow…
Orca pattern available from Willow Creek Rughooking…
and Andrea finished punching and mounting her father’s insignia and medals and now this will be placed in a shadow box…
Diane just finished punching this Lisa Ferguson Pileated woodpecker. He is sooooo beautiful (despite the fact that he has pecked condos into some of our trees!). This piece is for sale either unframed (you can put it into a beautiful frame yourself) 6.5 x 8 inches $90.00 or mounted in this wonderful vintage red box which is 7.75 x 13.5 $125. Please contact Diane directly and dhrennie@hotmail.com if you would like to have this piece for your home. Punched with hand dyed merino wool threads…
Edie finished punching her Sunflower and mounted it to an old cheese box…
Linda finished hooking this fun boat…
Helen finished punching her stunning Coneflowers…
and I finished hooking this piece (pattern Molly Colgrove) which I started at our retreat. I have added it and the following two punched pieces to my Finished items for Sale page…
My friend Diane, who lives in Montreal (well actually St. Lazare), has two Fraser cutters and multiple heads for sale. Please contact her directly – she is asking 350.00 per cutter with one head and 50.00 for each additional head – has 3, 5, 6, 8 and 8.5 heads. Shipping would be additional. Her contact info is:
My friend Linda, was all set to go to rug school at Niagara but is unable to go and is hoping someone is interested in taking her place. Here are the details and her contact information…
“I enrolled for the rug hooking weekend workshop at the Rug Hooking School at Niagara, 12 – 14 May 2023. I’ve paid for it and enrolled for the Open Weekend Class with Diane Stoffel. The workshop is for the class, single supplement accommodation and meals at the college, total cost is $560. I talked to them yesterday and unfortunately my money can’t be refunded, so I was wondering if someone would buy it from me.”
This is such a wonderful rug school and a great weekend workshop with Dian Stoffel who is a well known teacher. If you think you might be interested please contact Linda directly at 519 583-0574 or email her at…
Trish sent in a picture of her completed rug. “This is an adaptation taken from the vision of Westdale United Church in Hamilton Ontario. It is rich in meaning the more one studies the intricacies of the design. It has been a deeply meaningful piece in my final third of my life. Designed by James Cameron” – I was honoured to help out with some of the hooking of this beautiful piece…
Diane finished her little punch needle to be attached to a glass box…
Louise was challenged by her sister to create a hooked piece using only leftover worms…
Alyson took my show binding finishing class a few weeks ago and finished her piece as a show bound pillow and did an amazing job…
Wendy sent me this picture of her lovely Nutty Squirrel…
and Alexandra’s sweet horse rug hooked as a gift for her retiring Vet friend..check out the fun stitching on the hooves…
Laura finished two of the pieces she had brought for show and tell at our retreat – wonderfully grungy…
sadly is now behind us. What a wonderful weekend we had. 15 lovely, amazingly creative women together for 3 days hooking and punching, sharing tips and colour planning ideas and generally just having a fabulous time together. Pictures follow but please if you are posting to Pinterest email me first so that I can give you the name of the hooker/puncher and designer of the rug or punch needle pattern as I am afraid my brain was a little overwhelmed by the time of the throw down and I am not sure who hooked what in some cases.
My friend, Jill, has a Bliss cutter for sale with 3 and 4 cutter heads. I tested the number 3 blade this morning and it cuts beautifully and the number 4 is in excellent condition as well. Located outside Kingston – contact me if you are interested. Price is 275.00 Cdn plus shipping…
Edie finished another wonderful hooked wire basket…
Two stunning mini punch needle pieces by Helen…
Mary Beth bought my little Easter bag and this is what she did with it…
Diane did a great job on her first hooked rug…
another Diane finished her Ying/Yang mini punch needle and mounted it on an old wood stove cover…
Louise is selling this lovely rug Cat and Mouse game (The dimensions are 2.5 feet wide by 3.5 ft long. It’s made using 100% wool, the background #6 cut wool, the cats and mice and border wool yarn. There is a sleeve sewn on the top for hanging on a rod.
– if you are interested in more information please contact her directly at jeez2louise@yahoo.ca…
Hooked On The Lake 