Here are the rest of my photos from the hook-in. I posted the first set yesterday, so if you have not seen those, take a look at them too. I know I missed a few rugs - one for sure was a wonderful pine cone design - sorry! It is really beautiful. Maybe someone else got a shot of it and will post it. At the end of these photos I will put a link to more photos. You should take a look at that too! My Crazy Horse! There are better photos of it in my "Ta-Dah" post from a few months ago. This is the picture that inspired the rug above. Darling rug by my BFF Anne! We can always count on her to brighten up the rug show! I really loved this... it is hard to tell in this photo, but there is wonderful texture and dimensionality to this rug - and wonderful expressions on the deer and the child. Sorry the lighting is not right on this Rose of Sharon design. The background is creamy white. Here is the pillow table. I didn't get all the info on all of these. I know the rabbit rug is Flip Flop Bunny Hop (Dogwood Hooked Art). The two pillows in front of the rabbits are mine - Gypsy Rhyme and Gypsy Riddle, designed by Susan Quicksall, Holly Hill Designs. There are better photos of them in an earlier post here on the blog. I did not get the info on these two moose rugs. They are the same pattern - reversed and with very different styles. I think is in fascinating to see how the same pattern can be interpreted so many different ways. I absolutely love the colors used for the water in this rug. It looks FREEZING cold! Cactus Needle designs (like these two vintage postcards and many more designs) are found at www.nolahooks.com. This is a rug named Nutty, design by Cactus Needle (nolahooks.com). Nola Heidbreder had it in her booth and I love it! I bought the pattern and plan to make an Exalted Acorn - a lot like this one! This cracked me up. Love it. OK - here is the link to another set of photos. Other than Nutty above, I didn't take any photos in vendor booths - so you will have a chance to see some of those rugs in this set. Also check out the great rug patterns (like Flip Flop Bunny Hop above) and other stuff on the site, including the beautiful raffle rug! More photos: www.heartandharerugs.com If you have not seen my first set of photos, they are here.

Here are the rest of my photos from the hook-in. I posted the first set yesterday, so if you have not seen those, take a look at them too. I know I missed a few rugs - one for sure was a wonderful pine cone design - sorry! It is really beautiful. Maybe someone else got a shot of it and will post it. At the end of these photos I will put a link to more photos. You should take a look at that too! My Crazy Horse! There are better photos of it in my "Ta-Dah" post from a few months ago. This is the picture that inspired the rug above. Darling rug by my BFF Anne! We can always count on her to brighten up the rug show! I really loved this... it is hard to tell in this photo, but there is wonderful texture and dimensionality to this rug - and wonderful expressions on the deer and the child. Sorry the lighting is not right on this Rose of Sharon design. The background is creamy white. Here is the pillow table. I didn't get all the info on all of these. I know the rabbit rug is Flip Flop Bunny Hop (Dogwood Hooked Art). The two pillows in front of the rabbits are mine - Gypsy Rhyme and Gypsy Riddle, designed by Susan Quicksall, Holly Hill Designs. There are better photos of them in an earlier post here on the blog. I did not get the info on these two moose rugs. They are the same pattern - reversed and with very different styles. I think is in fascinating to see how the same pattern can be interpreted so many different ways. I absolutely love the colors used for the water in this rug. It looks FREEZING cold! Cactus Needle designs (like these two vintage postcards and many more designs) are found at www.nolahooks.com. This is a rug named Nutty, design by Cactus Needle (nolahooks.com). Nola Heidbreder had it in her booth and I love it! I bought the pattern and plan to make an Exalted Acorn - a lot like this one! This cracked me up. Love it. OK - here is the link to another set of photos. Other than Nutty above, I didn't take any photos in vendor booths - so you will have a chance to see some of those rugs in this set. Also check out the great rug patterns (like Flip Flop Bunny Hop above) and other stuff on the site, including the beautiful raffle rug! More photos: www.heartandharerugs.com If you have not seen my first set of photos, they are here.

Here are the rest of my photos from the hook-in. I posted the first set yesterday, so if you have not seen those, take a look at them too. I know I missed a few rugs - one for sure was a wonderful pine cone design - sorry! It is really beautiful. Maybe someone else got a shot of it and will post it. At the end of these photos I will put a link to more photos. You should take a look at that too! My Crazy Horse! There are better photos of it in my "Ta-Dah" post from a few months ago. This is the picture that inspired the rug above. Darling rug by my BFF Anne! We can always count on her to brighten up the rug show! I really loved this... it is hard to tell in this photo, but there is wonderful texture and dimensionality to this rug - and wonderful expressions on the deer and the child. Sorry the lighting is not right on this Rose of Sharon design. The background is creamy white. Here is the pillow table. I didn't get all the info on all of these. I know the rabbit rug is Flip Flop Bunny Hop (Dogwood Hooked Art). The two pillows in front of the rabbits are mine - Gypsy Rhyme and Gypsy Riddle, designed by Susan Quicksall, Holly Hill Designs. There are better photos of them in an earlier post here on the blog. I did not get the info on these two moose rugs. They are the same pattern - reversed and with very different styles. I think is in fascinating to see how the same pattern can be interpreted so many different ways. I absolutely love the colors used for the water in this rug. It looks FREEZING cold! Cactus Needle designs (like these two vintage postcards and many more designs) are found at www.nolahooks.com. This is a rug named Nutty, design by Cactus Needle (nolahooks.com). Nola Heidbreder had it in her booth and I love it! I bought the pattern and plan to make an Exalted Acorn - a lot like this one! This cracked me up. Love it. OK - here is the link to another set of photos. Other than Nutty above, I didn't take any photos in vendor booths - so you will have a chance to see some of those rugs in this set. Also check out the great rug patterns (like Flip Flop Bunny Hop above) and other stuff on the site, including the beautiful raffle rug! More photos: www.heartandharerugs.com If you have not seen my first set of photos, they are here.

Here are the rest of my photos from the hook-in. I posted the first set yesterday, so if you have not seen those, take a look at them too. I know I missed a few rugs - one for sure was a wonderful pine cone design - sorry! It is really beautiful. Maybe someone else got a shot of it and will post it. At the end of these photos I will put a link to more photos. You should take a look at that too! My Crazy Horse! There are better photos of it in my "Ta-Dah" post from a few months ago. This is the picture that inspired the rug above. Darling rug by my BFF Anne! We can always count on her to brighten up the rug show! I really loved this... it is hard to tell in this photo, but there is wonderful texture and dimensionality to this rug - and wonderful expressions on the deer and the child. Sorry the lighting is not right on this Rose of Sharon design. The background is creamy white. Here is the pillow table. I didn't get all the info on all of these. I know the rabbit rug is Flip Flop Bunny Hop (Dogwood Hooked Art). The two pillows in front of the rabbits are mine - Gypsy Rhyme and Gypsy Riddle, designed by Susan Quicksall, Holly Hill Designs. There are better photos of them in an earlier post here on the blog. I did not get the info on these two moose rugs. They are the same pattern - reversed and with very different styles. I think is in fascinating to see how the same pattern can be interpreted so many different ways. I absolutely love the colors used for the water in this rug. It looks FREEZING cold! Cactus Needle designs (like these two vintage postcards and many more designs) are found at www.nolahooks.com. This is a rug named Nutty, design by Cactus Needle (nolahooks.com). Nola Heidbreder had it in her booth and I love it! I bought the pattern and plan to make an Exalted Acorn - a lot like this one! This cracked me up. Love it. OK - here is the link to another set of photos. Other than Nutty above, I didn't take any photos in vendor booths - so you will have a chance to see some of those rugs in this set. Also check out the great rug patterns (like Flip Flop Bunny Hop above) and other stuff on the site, including the beautiful raffle rug! More photos: www.heartandharerugs.com If you have not seen my first set of photos, they are here.

Here are the rest of my photos from the hook-in. I posted the first set yesterday, so if you have not seen those, take a look at them too. I know I missed a few rugs - one for sure was a wonderful pine cone design - sorry! It is really beautiful. Maybe someone else got a shot of it and will post it. At the end of these photos I will put a link to more photos. You should take a look at that too! My Crazy Horse! There are better photos of it in my "Ta-Dah" post from a few months ago. This is the picture that inspired the rug above. Darling rug by my BFF Anne! We can always count on her to brighten up the rug show! I really loved this... it is hard to tell in this photo, but there is wonderful texture and dimensionality to this rug - and wonderful expressions on the deer and the child. Sorry the lighting is not right on this Rose of Sharon design. The background is creamy white. Here is the pillow table. I didn't get all the info on all of these. I know the rabbit rug is Flip Flop Bunny Hop (Dogwood Hooked Art). The two pillows in front of the rabbits are mine - Gypsy Rhyme and Gypsy Riddle, designed by Susan Quicksall, Holly Hill Designs. There are better photos of them in an earlier post here on the blog. I did not get the info on these two moose rugs. They are the same pattern - reversed and with very different styles. I think is in fascinating to see how the same pattern can be interpreted so many different ways. I absolutely love the colors used for the water in this rug. It looks FREEZING cold! Cactus Needle designs (like these two vintage postcards and many more designs) are found at www.nolahooks.com. This is a rug named Nutty, design by Cactus Needle (nolahooks.com). Nola Heidbreder had it in her booth and I love it! I bought the pattern and plan to make an Exalted Acorn - a lot like this one! This cracked me up. Love it. OK - here is the link to another set of photos. Other than Nutty above, I didn't take any photos in vendor booths - so you will have a chance to see some of those rugs in this set. Also check out the great rug patterns (like Flip Flop Bunny Hop above) and other stuff on the site, including the beautiful raffle rug! More photos: www.heartandharerugs.com If you have not seen my first set of photos, they are here.

Here are the rest of my photos from the hook-in. I posted the first set yesterday, so if you have not seen those, take a look at them too. I know I missed a few rugs - one for sure was a wonderful pine cone design - sorry! It is really beautiful. Maybe someone else got a shot of it and will post it. At the end of these photos I will put a link to more photos. You should take a look at that too! My Crazy Horse! There are better photos of it in my "Ta-Dah" post from a few months ago. This is the picture that inspired the rug above. Darling rug by my BFF Anne! We can always count on her to brighten up the rug show! I really loved this... it is hard to tell in this photo, but there is wonderful texture and dimensionality to this rug - and wonderful expressions on the deer and the child. Sorry the lighting is not right on this Rose of Sharon design. The background is creamy white. Here is the pillow table. I didn't get all the info on all of these. I know the rabbit rug is Flip Flop Bunny Hop (Dogwood Hooked Art). The two pillows in front of the rabbits are mine - Gypsy Rhyme and Gypsy Riddle, designed by Susan Quicksall, Holly Hill Designs. There are better photos of them in an earlier post here on the blog. I did not get the info on these two moose rugs. They are the same pattern - reversed and with very different styles. I think is in fascinating to see how the same pattern can be interpreted so many different ways. I absolutely love the colors used for the water in this rug. It looks FREEZING cold! Cactus Needle designs (like these two vintage postcards and many more designs) are found at www.nolahooks.com. This is a rug named Nutty, design by Cactus Needle (nolahooks.com). Nola Heidbreder had it in her booth and I love it! I bought the pattern and plan to make an Exalted Acorn - a lot like this one! This cracked me up. Love it. OK - here is the link to another set of photos. Other than Nutty above, I didn't take any photos in vendor booths - so you will have a chance to see some of those rugs in this set. Also check out the great rug patterns (like Flip Flop Bunny Hop above) and other stuff on the site, including the beautiful raffle rug! More photos: www.heartandharerugs.com If you have not seen my first set of photos, they are here.

Here are the rest of my photos from the hook-in. I posted the first set yesterday, so if you have not seen those, take a look at them too. I know I missed a few rugs - one for sure was a wonderful pine cone design - sorry! It is really beautiful. Maybe someone else got a shot of it and will post it. At the end of these photos I will put a link to more photos. You should take a look at that too! My Crazy Horse! There are better photos of it in my "Ta-Dah" post from a few months ago. This is the picture that inspired the rug above. Darling rug by my BFF Anne! We can always count on her to brighten up the rug show! I really loved this... it is hard to tell in this photo, but there is wonderful texture and dimensionality to this rug - and wonderful expressions on the deer and the child. Sorry the lighting is not right on this Rose of Sharon design. The background is creamy white. Here is the pillow table. I didn't get all the info on all of these. I know the rabbit rug is Flip Flop Bunny Hop (Dogwood Hooked Art). The two pillows in front of the rabbits are mine - Gypsy Rhyme and Gypsy Riddle, designed by Susan Quicksall, Holly Hill Designs. There are better photos of them in an earlier post here on the blog. I did not get the info on these two moose rugs. They are the same pattern - reversed and with very different styles. I think is in fascinating to see how the same pattern can be interpreted so many different ways. I absolutely love the colors used for the water in this rug. It looks FREEZING cold! Cactus Needle designs (like these two vintage postcards and many more designs) are found at www.nolahooks.com. This is a rug named Nutty, design by Cactus Needle (nolahooks.com). Nola Heidbreder had it in her booth and I love it! I bought the pattern and plan to make an Exalted Acorn - a lot like this one! This cracked me up. Love it. OK - here is the link to another set of photos. Other than Nutty above, I didn't take any photos in vendor booths - so you will have a chance to see some of those rugs in this set. Also check out the great rug patterns (like Flip Flop Bunny Hop above) and other stuff on the site, including the beautiful raffle rug! More photos: www.heartandharerugs.com If you have not seen my first set of photos, they are here.

Yesterday on Easter Sunday God surprised us with a little reminder that spring is not here yet---a mix of rain, sleet and snow and slick roads greeted us. Upon arriving back home from a noon brunch I took the opportunity to have a day of rest---several times during the day I thought about doing some work and after a brief 15 minutes decided that the rest could wait---did some reading, watched a movie, took a nap---so today will be a busy day. The Midwest newsletter came out yesterday-----If any of you have been one of my students and would like to submit a picture of your rug I would be honored---read about it on the first part of the newsletter. This is the link to the complete newsletter---definitely worth your time! https://conta.cc/2Gpvn5d Jody's crow I have tried to move this crow down for 10 minutes I give up! He stays here! he is going to have a beautiful; red sky---losing the graveyard! I am excited to be going to Maryland for a workshop on Thursday...some fun projects to be started. Here are some pictures from my recent workshop in Columbia Mo What a great group of women and the start to some great rugs Sorry for the shadow on the picture--- Joyce is going to trapunto the paisley heart at he top- --lots of standing wool techniques in this one--- love all the things she tried! Marlene's trout---awesome job! I found an antique fly in my collection and she is going to put it at the mouth of the fly and hang this from a bamboo rod! This is my hearts and stars pattern which Patty is doing with lots of standing wool techniques---each of these are so fun to see come alive-- -so many possibilities! I can't take credit for Nancy's awesome rug---pattern by Blacksheep Wool---Elinor Barrett While at the workshop she worked on the face and the path and we color planned some additional areas in the rug. Renetta was working on a Judy Cripp's jack o' lantern pattern---always a fun pattern to work on. I designed this crock Pattern for Pam a fairly new hooker from pictures of her crocks---added an "S" on the one on the left for her last name. Elinor was working on her rendition of an old antique pattern---I think she was hoping to do a wider cut but the size of the motifs dictated some smaller cuts---I love the soft palette so different from the original---there was talk about her resizing the pattern but we will see what happens. Diane designed this paisley footstool pattern with us collaborating of the design in emails back and forth---turned out great---such soft beautiful colors Ranae was also working on a Janice Johnson pattern---great primitive house and leaves Donna chose a Janice Johnson pattern "Don't tread on me" Great job on the flag---and think the banner and lettering choices came out super! Susan was hooking a new pattern by Blacksheep wool---love the pattern and color palette. Julie was hooking a Linda Brannock pattern called Summer Medley---great progress on a fun primitive rug. There are a couple more pictures that I am trying to locate---sorry Kari and Laura Lee---I will find them and post but I have got to get busy and get off my computer. I tried to post the whole Midwest Newsletter and i just can't 1do it---will try again tonite---too frustrated right now----grrrrr

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Greetings! Yesterday was the annual Rock Creek Hook-in, Lenexa, KS. As always, it was a great event. I have lots of photos - I will divide them up into several posts over the next few days - so keep checking. (LINK TO SECOND SET IS NOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST.) For the individual rugs, I have tried to provide the pattern name and designer. I think I got most of them! I did not list the name of the rug hooker because lots of folks don't like their name to be on the Internet. If you really need more info about a particular rug, leave a comment and I will try to track it down. Here are some overall views of the venue.... Here is the first batch of rugs from the rug show...if you want to see it bigger, click on the photo, then use back button to come back. Here are my bunnies!! There are much better photos in my blog post from a few days ago... I'll put more out here tomorrow so check back! (Second set of photos now ready) CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SECOND SET OF PHOTOS.

Greetings! Yesterday was the annual Rock Creek Hook-in, Lenexa, KS. As always, it was a great event. I have lots of photos - I will divide them up into several posts over the next few days - so keep checking. (LINK TO SECOND SET IS NOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST.) For the individual rugs, I have tried to provide the pattern name and designer. I think I got most of them! I did not list the name of the rug hooker because lots of folks don't like their name to be on the Internet. If you really need more info about a particular rug, leave a comment and I will try to track it down. Here are some overall views of the venue.... Here is the first batch of rugs from the rug show...if you want to see it bigger, click on the photo, then use back button to come back. Here are my bunnies!! There are much better photos in my blog post from a few days ago... I'll put more out here tomorrow so check back! (Second set of photos now ready) CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SECOND SET OF PHOTOS.

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