My friend, Wendy, has a lovely frame for sale…
“Made by The Needleworks
14” gripper strip frame – both sit upon and lap base included with cover – very gently used, adjustment for different heights and is foldable for travel-140.00
Contact Wendy at wenvin@live.ca for pick-up in Smiths Falls.”
Ahhhhh, what a wonderful weekend we had. It had been 2 and a half years since our last rughooking retreat and many of us had not seen each other for that length of time. What changes!!!! A lot more grey hairs! some much longer (no haircuts during covid?), some much curlier (is that what isolation does to hair – I keep thinking of our Prime Minister during covid – greyer and longer and curlier – kind of like my hair!) and SO MANY STORIES to tell, pictures to share, rugs to show and lost friends to celebrate. How we all needed this weekend!!!!! This year we moved to a new location as our older bodies no longer handle camp style beds as well and hmmm, private bathrooms in our rooms are a MUST! We spent a lovely 3 days at Glen House Resort in Gananoque where we were treated to a lovely wine and cheese on our first night, amazing meals and TOO MANY TREATS! We are already planning our next retreat date and hmmmm there is talk of extending it by a day!
So, a few pix of rugs to share – not sure which rug or punch needle piece belongs to whom so I will just share the pix. Our challenge was hit and miss – some took up the challenge many times over! I actually hooked mine while we were at the retreat!!! Yup, kind of last minute 🙂 .
And of course, while we were enjoying ourselves at our retreat, hubbies were given a task – make frames out of barn wood. The task was completed BEAUTIFULLY. I have to admit, when Gord and Bill get crafty in the garage they do a fabulous job. Here are pix of our frames with their contents affixed…
Annette finished her Christmas Journey (one of my Lisa Ferguson designs)… It turned out beautifully…
Diane sent a picture of her shelf form Vince with all her oil cans and rusty bells and her new rug and punch needle. Also a fabulous bird tree by carver friend Donna…
I finished punching a few pieces…still to be attached to a few antiques…
Shelly Atkinson spotted chicken (pattern that I carry in rughooking and miniature punch needle)…
Floral sheep in different colours …
Helen sent a picture of the lovely Lighthouse she just finished punching…
Two Olde Crows hooked by Liz…I love this version…
Fun fun Dancing bunnies hooked by Mary…
ALTHOUGH I do believe that some of the mega piles of snow we have around the house from avalanches off our metal roof may hang around till May! They seem to be rock hard – Gord keeps trying to chip away at them so that the sun can get in at them but many are in shady areas! So, I may have to put up with snow for a while yet.
A few lovely show and tell pieces…
Elizabeth finished her rug Blue Eyed Dragon (pattern by Sharon Kole)…
Helen finished her stunning Sunflower punch needle – this was entirely punched with the hand dyed merino fingering yarns that I now carry for miniature punch needle…
Karen finished her lovely little cardinal mat…
Sandi has been working hard while vacationing in Florida – her latest hooked piece (Karla Gerard Sheep Farm) and a fun piece she did in an art class…I guess this cannot be classified as working!!!! – rather playing hard…
And I finished hooking this small piece which will become a kit. It is based on one of my Karla Gerard patterns but adapted so it looks more like our house – welllllll very loosely!!! based on our house …
Roger has two amazing items for sale and I thought I would post here for anyone in the Kingston area or within driving distance. Please contact him directly if you are interested or need more details…
Beeline Cutter with 6 and 8 heads $1000.00. If you have never used a Townsend or beeline cutter you are in for a treat – these cut like a hot knife through butter (I have 2!) …
And a Cheticamp frame never used and still wrapped … $450.00
You can reach Roger at threeboys@ripnet.com or phone/text 613-331-4095. Please let me know if you have purchased so that I can update my blog post…
Hooked On The Lake 