Dyeing for Rug Hooking #1
People have been asking me recently if I share my dye formulas. Well, yes and no. If I can I will. I use a lot of different dye manuals, some under copyright. Those formulas I cannot share. I can tell you I use both Majic Carpet and ProChem dyes. For Majic Carpet...
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Dyeing Nylons (continued)
So it took a lot longer than anticipated to strip the colour out of all my nylons. 1) there were a lot of them, and 2) I ran out of the magic powder - fabric colour remover - found at Walmart in the craft section. That stuff rocks! And it’s dirt cheap. I needed one...
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Weekly Review – Dyeing Nylons
Hi everyone! This week was about hooking more on my Workshop Week courses, and dyeing nylons. I am done the abstracts from Donna Mulholland’s class. I’m finished the tote bag from Beth Miller’s class. I’m about halfway done the hourglass wall hanging from Nadine...
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A Thing Happened! Dye Day!
I had a great weekend! A rug hooking friend was over Saturday and we dyed fibre. She is relatively new to dyeing and I am showing her how. She, meanwhile, is a great help to me in terms of being much taller and having more stamina. Her height came in handy, as we...
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Weekly Review
So after looking at my project mind map Monday, how did I do this week? Well, as you can see from the above photo, I’ve removed some of the hooking on “Autumn” to correct a composition error. I also took the second session of Beth Miller’s class on hooking a tote...
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Project Planning with Mind Maps
Good morning everyone! Today is Family Day where I live - a holiday. Most stores are closed, so we’re staying home. I mentioned mind maps for project planning in Friday’s blog post. I thought I’d explain a bit about what they are and how I came to be doing them. Mind...
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Weekly Review
Good morning everyone! It’s been a busy week for me. I’ve been working on Workshop Week 2 projects. Monday I focused on the market tote bag from Beth Miller’s class. I finished hooking the mandala on the first side. Tuesday I started the second mandala. By Thursday...
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Weekly Plans
Good morning all! The first storm is ending and we have a brief reprieve before the second one hits tonight It’s good weather for staying indoors and working on some projects. What’s on my plate this week? In a nutshell...rug hooking. Today I'm focusing on the...
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A Belated Weekly Review
Hi everyone. I’ve been very busy with Workshop Week 2 projects and with prepping for a couple of winter storms. I’ve also been prepping for a kitchen renovation. First, Workshop Week 2 was a great learning experience. I really enjoyed Donna Mulholland’s class on...
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Workshop Week 2!
It’s Workshop Week again! I’m so excited. I spent the last few days preparing. Hey! I even cleaned up part of my studio for this event! 😔 I have so much stuff in there. I really need to go through it and cull more stuff. In all seriousness though, I was down there...
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Weekly Review
This week my emphasis was on sewing new blackout curtains for our master bedroom. It faces the street and there is a street light right out front of the house. I finished all but the hemming by Wednesday night. They have to hang a while before I attempt to hem them. I...
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Monday Morning
This week is a red letter week! I finished binding the 44 year old quilt yesterday. All that is left is to fix and finish knotting the hand quilting. It’s mostly done, but needs a bit of touch up. I need daylight to see to thread needles. So it will happen Tuesday,...
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