HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Prayers For Newtown!

We need turn to Christ in desperate need, and to treasure his forgiveness, his transforming, and his friendship. Christ is the only comforter!

Mom found this little journal while straightening a table in her studio this morning.
She always buys herself a new journal for her Christmas stocking . . . and she was
putting all her journals in order. This can turn into a long time of looking back ~ after
all that is what a journal is for! She found this page . . . a color plan from her very
first rug camp ~ Star of Texas ~ the rug was a design for her grand daughter Kirstin.
It is called "I'll do it myself! . . . and so she did" ~ based on the story of The Little 
Red Hen. You can see a small sketch at the bottom of the second page.

The free pattern in the January issue is My Scratchy Wool Cap ~

                                      ENJOY!

Wool Street Journal ~ January 2013 is on its way!

This pattern called Winter Is A Blast is taken from one of Mom's inkings that are seen scattered throughout the pages of The Wool Street Journal.
Mom hooked this a few years ago and we sold more of this pattern than any others at Sauder rug show a couple years ago. You too can order this rug from gwoolikers.com. or call Tina ~ 706.273.0757.
The border shown here is a wool fabric back ground using dyed wool roving and the method of needle felting. Detailed instructions are shown in back issue ~ January 2010.

A great seasonal rug that is fun year around!

THERE ARE TIMES . . . YOU JUST FEEL LIKE HOOKING!

Do you like the background? You can do what I did....

I poured together all the little jars of mixed dyes stored in

baby food jars. I don't even know how many there were ~ 

a lot.... And this warm brown is the magic it worked over
about 2 yards of off white wool. 

I remembered after I posted about my new hooking chair and foot rest that I should also let everyone know that the pattern on top of the little blue box is available. And, also post a better photo... so here you are!
Go to: woolstreetjournal.com and click on patterns and then on antique ~ the name of the patterns is Double Eagles.
Tina also hooked this pattern... watch for her color plan.
Bonnie 

Those who have been reading The Wool Street Journal for a while know that I mention ~
my big red chair. Well, I have replaced it ~ it was BIG and took up too much room. Actually,
we had two, one for me and the other one for Mr. Honey... 
So... now we have changed the social side of our main living space... We have a huge sectional so that when folks come we don't have to bring a chair in from the dining room.
It is amazing how long we put up with what isn't working. But for me it is more than just a 

social space it is my hooking spot! So... here is a photo of my new smaller version of a mostly red chair. I am so conservative and safe when it comes to buying furniture ~ not this time! I am so proud of my new risky chair ~ I love it more everyday....

I am so short (only on one end) that when I scoot all the way back in my chair ~ my feet dangle. So I need a stool for my feet. Well, I kept thinking about the new color in our living room ~ the sectional is a robin egg blue like some of the designs in the chair. I remembered an antique box I had tucked under my desk in WSJ office. It worked great to prop my feet on there so why not in front of my chair...? So, Mr. Honey put some pieces of carpet on the bottom for easy sliding and there you have it. 

A couple of days later I tossed a little hooked mat that was on the seat of a rocker and it fit perfectly! This little box fills the spot when my hooking frame doesn't....
I am content...