Sooo Cold..

Its been unbelievable cold here in 

Northern MN..

We have also had lots and lots of snow

which means, lots and lots of snow removal..

I have enjoyed being inside putzen, projects and playing.

here are a couple projects of late..

so if you look at the bread picture,

in the corner you can see a bit of this spice cabinet

before i painted it.

painted black, sanded and stained

years ago i had seen a tool caddy

for a wool cutter..

i even had started cutting one out.

i just knew i could find something old in the basement..

i found Marks old vintage shoe shine kit 

i had to disassemble a bit.

it was a cool blue but needed a new paint job.

its perfect!

i made a little hook holder 

and added a bit..

so i had washed and cut up a few wool

coats i have had..

and was thinking id use my dads old wool coat

for the borders but i think i like the black better.

and even have enough i think!

the black/brown would probably

 look good around the circles.

i tend to love these colors together...

Auntie Pat gave me Grandmas lamp

she used for her embroidery projects.

i ordered a new irish pencil hook,

what a difference it is for me!

i love love love it!

thank you for all your help and input 

with my dying questions..

hopefully i will have some show/tell soon!

i have a new grandpup!

she's a 13 week German Shepeard - Harley!

Oliver looks like he is pouting a bit here

but soon he will enjoy having a sister!

i love and am so thankful that

my childrens fur babes are

a very important part of their family 

and not out in a kennel.

But they grew up with fur babies inside

and part of our family..

enjoy your wintery days my blog friends!               jody

Hookers, I need help!

So my New Years resolution this year was
to start another rug hooking project
so i got it out and drew out a pattern

i found a stack of backings.
with monks cloth, prim linin and these 3.
1st question - for you guys is do you know if
 these are rug warping?

i had bought books on dyeing, supplies ect.

i was all set to dive in.
then my husband got sick
well then it got put on the back burner. 
i have finished 5 rugs over the years 
and  have done just a bit of dyeing.
i reorganized my totes of wool and 
have lots i would like to over dye
alot of creams, beiges, tans, greys plain/plaids
 that i would never use.
i would like to do some antique blacks to use as backgrounds.
so a couple questions
2 - do you use one color black to dye black or is there a nice 
recipe for antique black someone will share with me?

3 - do hooker/dyers mind sharing a recipe?

4 - do i pick a color off this Cushings perfect dye color card and order that color
or is it better to have a recipe to get nice prim colors? 

there are nice recipes in this book,
just wondering what you guys do?

i think i have the process down but just confused on the dyes..

so if anyone can help me out i would love some input, 
or point me in the right direction, blogs ect..
and i very much appreciate it!

I rescued this lil gal from being under a tarp in my garden (at least 3 weeks)
right b/4 Christmas! she was so cold and could barley function..
was 7 lbs maybe 7 months old.
her name is Sweet Noel cuz she is so dang sweet!
and such a good supervisor!

Sam has been hanging out with Dennis!

hes a busy! big boy!

 

and Koa is here Monday - Friday

 still keeping us company!

thank you my blog friends! enjoy your winter days...             jody