I'm Hooking

In the beginning....

I received this gift from Courtney. 

She writes Sassafras and Winterberry.

I wrote a post about being 'hooked' on rug hooking. 

In that post I explained that I had purchased a kit.

A friend loaned me a rug hooking frame.

And...

I finally finished my first 'rug'.

Ta-daa:

Then I tried my hand at hooking my own design.

Here is a Canyon Jay I've been working on.

I've been collecting wool:

both recycled wool from thrift stores 

and hand-dyed wools from

rug hooking sources.

Then, I made my own frame. 

Yes...

You read that correctly!

The seed for this idea was planted when I bought the kit.

That store sold frames.... 

for very high prices... 

made by the store owner's husband.

I figured if her hubby could make one, so could mine.

Only, my hubby wasn't inclined to do so.

So... I ventured into carpentry!

Now....

 I'm hooking!