Just returned last night from the Hooked in the Mountains rug show in Essex Junction, Vermont. What a wonderful show!!! So much beauty and creativity to share with you. We would have taken even more pix if the iPhone had not stopped taking pictures. Now I know usually I complain about my camera running out of battery power but this time it was the iPhone that let me down! It was FULL! How did that happen??? Well when we loaded the pix on the computer last night we realized that every second picture was a 2 – 3 second video!!! whyyyyyyyy… Apparently this is something new Apple has decided is necessary (or at least that’s Gords explanation). In any event, thankfully I had packed my 11 year old free camera and the rest of the pix were taken with it and only 2 recharged batteries!!!!
The rugs are amazing so if you have the opportunity to go to the show (it does, unfortunately, end tomorrow afternoon) do so! For us it was a 6 hour drive (well that did include many bathroom stops – and one junkin stop) lovely drive on Wednesday through the fall foliage… but it was worth every second of the drive to see these rugs. And, of course, to visit the vendors! So without further ado … (I have tried as much as possible to give credit to the hooker and designer of each piece either but I think I may have missed a couple 😦 – my apologies)…
Davey was one of the three featured artists (Davey Degraff, Jackye Hansen and Liz Alpert-Fay) and I am excited to say I am taking a class with her at the Green Mountain Rug School next June!!!)… The next few rugs are all hers… 
As we walked in Jane grabbed us and hauled us over to a presentation being given by another of the featured artists, Jackye Hansen, who is well known for her Waldeboro style rugs (raised and clipped hooking) (thank you Jane as we would probably have missed this very interesting presentation). These next few rugs are some of the ones Jackye had on display…
Roxy designed and hooked by Heather Wright… 
Nude designed and hooked by Jon Sullivan…
Madame designed and hooked by Jane Sittnick…
Golden Moment designed and hooked by Rae Harrell…
Miscou Decoy designed and hooked by Jane Sittnick…
The Old Lady’s Shoes designed and hooked by Louise de Tonnancour…
Taylor’s Pork Roll designed and hooked by Weezie Huntington…
So sorry to the designer and hooker as I missed the card for this one but decided it was too wonderful not to share…
Dream Stream designed and hooked by Sandy Haller…
Lovely display by one of the hooking groups… (I want those punkins!)…
So sorry I know the designer is Margaret Shaw but did not get the name of the rughooker…
Designer Tish Murphy and so beautifully hooked by Carol Murphy – this stool is just toooooo fun…
This amazing rug was designed and hooked by Nancy Thun and is entitled Mirror Mirror…
The Guardian designed and hooked by Dana Psoinas…
Heating with Wool designed and hooked by Anne Cox…
Mergansers designed and hooked by Jennifer Davey…
Under your Soles 1 and 2 (left and right) also designed and hooked by Jennifer Davey… and so very sorry but I could not read the label on the lovely centre rug…
A wonderful display of hooked pets (if you zoom in you should be able to see the name of the various rughookers)…
In Praise of Autumn designed by Blackbird Designs and hooked by Marilou Leclaire…
Flower Power designed by Carol Feeney and hooked by Carol Murphy…
Geometric designed and hooked by Susan Longchamps…
Mz Zinnia designed and hooked by Pam Bartlett…
Everything Comes Around designed and hooked by Julie Rogers…
The Muse designed and hooked by Dana Psoinas…
Autumn Memories designed by Lin Wells and hooked by Tricia Tague Miller…
Sultans #291 hooked by Yvonne Isabelle…
Daisies in the Sky designed by Martina Lesar and hooked by Jen Nunnally…
Rocking Chair Seat Pad designed and hooked by Barb Ackemann…
Molly’s Fall Tree designed by Molly Colegrove and hooked by Dawna Matthew…
Apothecary Rose designed by Karen Kahle and hooked by Janice McKnight…
Tessellating Oak Leaves designed by Beth Calabrese and hooked by Priscilla Heininger…
Coriolus designed and hooked by Anne Cox…
Crazy Horse designed by Alex and Alma Shelly and hooked by Alma Shelly…
Kensington OSV designed by Pearl McGown and hooked by Yvonne Isabelle…
Oh oh, the bottom rug is Happy Hour designed and hooked by Grace Collette but not sure about the top rug… 
The Shaman designed and hooked by Dana Psoinas…
51 Shades of Purple designed and hooked by Heather Wright… 
Ipswich Clammers designed by Pam Kirk and hooked by Denise Commons…
Cosmo adapted from Leigh Standley card and hooked by Judith Phillips…
If I lead will you Follow designed and hooked by Sharon O’Neill…
Mer-Cat designed by Margaret Shaw and hooked by Jaime Jacobs…
Angel and Sheep designed by Karla Gerard and hooked by Georgette Provencher…
Birds can Coexist adapted from a card by Vickie Sawyer and hooked by Judith Phillips…
With wings and Prayer designed and hooked by Sharon O’Neill…
The Road Home designed and hooked by Julie Rogers…
Girl and Basket designed by Karla Gerard and hooked by Suzy Senecal…
Geometric Hit or Miss Runner designed and hooked by Bonnie Olson…
Domestic Zoo designed by Sandra Porter and hooked by Jen Nunnally…
Birds in the Border designed by Lin Wells and hooked by Jane Griswold…
Oh To Dance with Flowers designed by Heart to Hand and stitched by Peggy Stanilonis…
Primitive Flower designed and hooked by Noriko Manago…
Jane’s Magdalena designed by Norma Batistini and hooked by Jane Griswold…
Mr. Iggy designed by Star Rug Company and hooked by Dorothy Walsh…
Colonial Table Runner designed by Cheryl Brubaker and hooked by Sharon Jerome…
Nouveau designed and hooked by Grace Collette…
A Sheep named Goat designed by Fabric Foote and hooked by Lynn Soule…
Chilly Winter Evening designed and hooked by Sue Barton-Kelly…
Carmi Sunrise designed by A. Dunne and hooked by Anita Rogers (top)…
Picken Apples designed by Jodi Desjardins and hooked by KC Carr (centre left)…
Good Morning designed and hooked by Beth McDermet (centre right)…
15 Mile Falls designed and hooked by Roberta Smith (bottom)…
Beyond the Bridge designed and hooked by Reggie Price…
Oceans of Tears designed by Deanne Fitzpatrick and hooked by Cheryl Orcutt…
Design for the back of the (Tarot) card designed and hooked by Pris Buttler (part of the Tarot card display)…
Horse designed and hooked by Mary Lee O’Connor…
My Vermont Cow designed and hooked by Dayle Young-Wheeler…
Bobcat designed by Jon Ciemiewiecz and hooked by Mary Aman…
Wood Duck adapted from a Kelly Quinn painting by Pam Bartlett and hooked by Dayle Young-Wheeler… 
Hola Mola adapted from a Kuna Mola and hooked by Beth McDermet…
Heathen Hill designed and hooked by Nancy Thun…
Crocodile Mola II designed by Norma Batistini and hooked by Suzanne Girouard…
Up North designed by Cabin Creek Designs and hooked by Sue Burton-Kelly…
Blooming Floral designed and hooked by Dorothy Walsh…
The Fisherman designed by Bev Conway and hooked by Alma Shelly…
Pineapple Antique designed by Marion Ham and hooked by Fran Oken…
Jazz and Poppy designed by Margaret Shaw and hooked by Jaime Jacobs…
Horse and Bunnies designed by Lucille Festa and hooked by Susan Gingras…
Hawk Eye designed and hooked by Sandra Grant…
The Dance of Life designed and hooked by Sandra Grant…
Alpaca Quartet designed and hooked by Robert Wertz…
Belgians and Berniers designed and hooked by Barbie Beck-Wilczek…
Passing Winter Storms in the Dunes designed and hooked by Jane Sittnick…
Spirits of the Lakes designed and hooked by Sandra Grant…
Seaside Landscape designed by Wanda Kerr and hooked by Jane Sittnick…
Toby designed and hooked by Meg Howland…
North Atlantic designed and hooked by Jane Sittnick…
Paradise designed and hooked by Kris McDermet…
Words of Wisdom designed and hooked by Emily Robertson…
Genghis designed and hooked by Rae Harrell…
Passion designed and hooked by Kris McDermet…
Great Horned Owl Mother with Baby designed and hooked by Sandra Grant…
Anny with her daughters designed and hooked by Louise de Tonnancour…
Tennescott Four Dogs designed and hooked by Barbie Beck-Wilczek…
Child of the Universe designed and hooked by Grace Collette…
Annie’s Birches designed and hooked by Barb Ackemann…
Hooked On The Lake 