Those are beautiful Sharon. How long does it take you?

Very nice, Sharon! I am totally impressed! Please be sure to post the cottage rug when it is finished.

Teresa

Aren't you a clever girl Sharon ! Those are beautiful.

Looking forward to seeing the big one when it's finished too.

I bet one of those will look great in your cottage.

SharonCb

Well now I know what you have been up to. I like them both, but I especially love the Oak leaf, the pattern and the colours. Beautiful.

Ann

I agree, Ann, I like that Oak Leaf rug with the various browns and creams. The colors are very nice.

Sharon, you are getting to be quite an accomplished hooker, and you seem to enjoy it. Maybe we could call you the Happy Hooker? Of course, that's already been done, but still....

All joking aside, those are beautiful.

Annie

Sharon, I knew you were hooking but I thought you were a beginner! Wow, those are accomplished pieces.v I like the oak leaves rug the best.

I remember when I was stripping woodwork in the house. If someone called and asked "what cha doing?" I remember saying I was stripping....

Sharon, that's quite an accomplishment. My DDIL is a hooker also. She learned from her grandmother. That's one of the few crafts that I have never attempted. It looks painful.

Wow! Beautiful work. I had no idea you were a hooker girl.

Sharon, your rugs are just beautiful. I especially like the oak leaves. I knew you were hooking but didn't realize how accomplished you were at it :-)

Thanks guys! I'm really enjoying the learning experience but have a long way to go.

I like the Oak Leaves too but I'm prouder of the Butterflies. Hooking all that detail was a real challenge. For example, the pattern only has an outline of the log. You have to figure out how to make it look like it has dimension and light. I also had to research the various butterflies to determine the colours and detail. The leaves was just (just I say!) a matter of shading.

Diana, as far as time, I can't really say but it's lots! I have done 3 rugs, starting a 4th, in almost 2 years and I spend about 7-10 hours a week hooking. That counts all the research, wool cutting and colour planning.

Sorry..I meant Gina not Diana......get those California babes confused!

Beautiful, Sharon! How do you display them?

Lori

Those are beautiful, Sharon! You are a very talented hooker :)

There is a very dedicated group in town.....calling themselves "The Happy Hookers".....many of them are so involved they drop all other commitments and just meet with the hooker group.....and...WOW do thney do beautiful stuff!!
Am really glad to see you still have time to pop in here from time to time....
Tongue firmly in cheek!!
Linda C

Wow, Sharon - I'm impressed! Beautiful pieces and keep us updated on the cottage rug!
You are doing the hooking profession proud :)

Cindy

Sharon, us Californians all look alike, dontcha know?

(psssst Ann make me Sharon's swap partner now so I can start shamelessly plugging)

Sharon, they are works of art. Just stunning.

I don't even know how I got here:)

I love them!!Masterpieces Sharon!
When I go to the Cape..I have tried to visit Claire Murray stores as often as I could..Twice in 7 yrs:(

This is a craft I would enjoy..I did crewel work the first 10 yrs of our marriage while the girls were young and I was at home..
Have not touched it in 20 yrs..and now I have taken up needlepoint again..basket weave on printed stocking canvas:)
I adore the calm:)
This is fun for me:) I see for you too.
C'est beau!

Those are stunning, especially the oak leaves, just the colours that happen to appeal to me.....and the detail is amazing!

you should be proud of yourself.

janet

Very nice Sharon! My mom and sister both do this, and both also belong to hooking groups and have given instructional classes. My sister has gone so far as to dye her own wool.

Thanks guys! I am loving this craft but have a very long way to go. As Linda mentioned you should see some of the work the "elders" put out! Flippin' amazing! Scott I bet your Mom and sister do amazing work. Hopefully I'll get closer to "there" some day.

Spent hours today trying to figure out colours for my cottage pictorial. Want to do all four seasons, so how does the sky and water and ice and snow and trees, really look? Sure isn't blue, white, and green! I've never painted but I am starting to understand how complex colours are. I'm hanging in....and humbled.

Those are absolutely gorgeous Sharon--- you said you didn't use a latch hook ? so educated me--a large eye needle -up & thru and back down leaving the loop?

Diane

Diane this technique involves cutting pure wool fabric into long, thin strips and then bringing it up, with a hook, in continous loops through a canvas. The rug side is closed loops.

Latch hooking is individual short pieces of yarn (not wool fabric) that are brought up through the canvas and when finished look sorta like a "shag carpet". The wool is open on the rug side.

Clear as mud????

They are beautiful, I especialy love the oak leaves.

What a talented Hooker you are,

you must have a lot of patience!

I was expecting to see a saucy picture of you in a vinyl mini-skirt. Rats. Well, the rugs are beautiful, too.

Nice job Sharon. I love trying to figure out colors for things. You are painting BTW, it's just with wool rather than liquid paint.
Keep going...

Nancy

THose are beautiful, Sharon!

I (unfortunately) don't have the patience to do projects like that and I have an enormous respect for people that do.

Great job!

Alexa

Wow, Sharon, those are absolutely beautiful! Hard to believe you are a novice, looks like you have been hooking your whole adult life!

Linda

You are very talented! Like Linda, I can't believe you have just started.

I use to sew everything, bathing suits, tee shirts, slip covers, suits, and actually won a blue ribbon at the fair-now I can't even hem my own slacks.