Could you get hooked??...

After a week of wondering what to do next I seem to have come back to one of my favourite pastimes....hooking!! No, not fish or even crochet but this kind of thing.....

These are all ones either already sold or for sale in my Folksy shop.!!

After searching on the internet I am quite surprised by how few people out there actually make hooked rugs / wall hangings etc.....there doesn't seem to be very many at all!! After selling a few and having so many positive comments about others, it's obviously not because people don't like this sort of thing so I have to wonder why!!?? Maybe the time taken to make these just makes them not worth it (they do take a while!!) or something else.....who knows?

But as I enjoy doing these and want to focus on something a little bit different for a while I'm going to launch head first into some different themes and ideas in the hand hooked genre.....watch this space!!






 

Trunk Murder!!!

It's a little disconcerting having this stood in our garden at the moment!!!

On the crafty front, I've been trying to get ready for the first craft fayre of the year which was (much to my childrens disgust) on Easter Sunday!! The easter egg hunt had to be postponed until the Monday but they've made up for the lack of chocolate since!! I was up to midnight the night before getting these lovely shimmery glasses cases ready....made from curtain samples. It's been really hard to photograph them as the material is a kind of shiny, shot silk like material with textured velvetty pattern. My poor camera just doesn't seem to cope with it anymore!! .

Up, up and away........maybe!!

From our garden.......

 Mum, there's a hot air balloon in the field...... Is it landing?

 It's landing, it's landing, it's going to hit the trees......shall we call the emergency services yet!!??

 Don't panic, it's going up, it might land in the farm's field.....

 No, it's OK it's still going up...

 ....and down again...it's a kangaroo air balloon...

Still not sure where it was meant to be going but it disappeared from view!! 

On the crafty front, I've been making a batch of Tote Bags from some curtain samples.

My  weekly friday market stall has now come to an end because next week I start working at the local sewing shop one day a week instead.....exciting but a bit scary! I've not worked in a shop since I was about sixteen but I get a steady wage, great discounts and five whole days paid holiday a year!!

Woolly Eggs...

The birds have flown and left behind a whole lovely woolly nest with some colourful woolly eggs!!....

Being listed in Folksy over the next couple of days....

Seaside and Daisies....

Just a quick catch up...here's what has been made in the last couple of weeks..

A few more seasidey bookmarks....

and some lovely daisy flower purses....

Pink, Turquiose AND Orange??!!

Yes, I wouldn't have put them together either but that's what she (being a friend of mine) wanted!! Not the normal , run-of-the-mill purse but it came out quite well.....I think!! I've been told off for moaning about making this on Facebook so I won't here BUT it took me AGES! Not that it was difficult but just trying to get everything in that she wanted  without it looking tacky. You can't see very clearly but there are little triangle patterns on the turquoise bits and the pom-poms look fun but I hope I never have to make another one that small!! ......oops ...that was just a little moan!!

Anyway, she seemed to love it so alls well that ends well!!

Recurring Themes!!

I don't know about you but I always seem to come back (eventually) to similar themes for items which are my very favourites. Although I now live in a beautiful area with mountains, lush green fields, rivers, and lakes I was actually born and lived near the sea until I was about ten. Long summer days spent on the beach have obviously left their mark as I LOVE anything seasidey......beaches, boats, shells, seaglass, beach huts and especially lighthouses. I find myself, (yet again) back on this theme with some fabric bookmarks this time. Here are the few attempts, lighthouses and kites etc to come later.....

   













On a personal front, we had a fantastic day on Thursday with our local Home Ed groups, playing and picnicing in some beautiful woods in one of the most gorgeous parts of the Lake District......

If only I could have the sea and all this rolled into one!!!