My thanks to all the members of the
Crooked River Rug Hookers for a wonderful day spent at your first annual hook-in, Hooktoberfest. All your planning and hard work resulted in a great day spent with friends old and new, surrounded by beautiful wools, awesome rugs for inspiration, good food, and lots of fun chatter.
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Hooktoberfest Raffle Rug |
The guild offered me an opportunity to do a demonstration of my favorite edging. I love to share and teach so it was a fun experience for me. The vendors had beautiful offerings. I wish I had been able to get around to visit more of them.
Larry Ault was right across from my booth and I kept eyeing up his hooks. My hand has been under strain with my current hooks. My thought has been that I needed something thinner, kind of like what is known as a pencil hook. Larry hooked me up! He had a pencil style large primitive hook and it’s so comfy to use. He recommends that we switch up our hooks to avoid a tired strain on the hand so I’m passing that advice along. I had been doing that but all my hooks are thicker than my new Ault hook so now when I switch up, there’s a real difference.
Have fun looking at my photos. I want to share a few shots of rugs but I don’t have names of the artists. If you recognize anyone’s rug, please let me know and I'll add their name.
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Caroline Twigg from Eagles Nest Woolens. Our booths were side by side and enjoyed getting to know Caoline and her assistant, Teresa. |
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One of the rugs from Eagles Nest Woolens. |
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Beautiful friends, so supportive of my endeavors, stopping by for a visit in my booth. |
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Talking shop š |
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I love this! If anyone knows the name of the maker, please contact me so I can give credit for this beautiful creation. I included the show tag in the photo so I'd have the name but there is too much glare on the tag to read it. |
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My booth |
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Lauren and Melissa's awesome jewelry was a big hit! I have several of their pieces and love them. |
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Happy shoppers! |
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This rug was created by Connie Bradley. It won a blue ribbon at the Lorain County Fair. Congrats!
....and yes, I'd love to take a walk down this snowy lane and walk right in for a cup of coffee!
To all of you who sponsor Hook-Ins across the country,
thank you so very much, for providing rug hookers and vendors a place to gather and learn from each other!
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