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Maggie Bonanomi
everyone should have on their hooking shelf for inspiration

1870
designed by Maggie Bonanomi

I have just finished a very big project for The Wool Street Journal that I poured every ounce of energy I had into. I can't wait to see it in the WSJ!! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed hooking it!
I am now starting a rug that Maggie Bonanomi designed and I have had on my shelf for several years.  I have pulled it out numerous times and put away for a special time when I knew I could enjoy color planning, which is one of my greatest joys in hooking a rug.  I love to pull out wool and make several stacks next to the rug and sit and stare and then begin to move the wool around and pull certain pieces out and then head back to my wool room to find more of just the right shade to add.  It is a process that is so satisfying when you get it right! I have only pulled a few loops and love this rug already.

I will keep adding as time permits me to pull loops and hope you enjoy the journey with me.  

The tree is down at Mom and Dad's house... and  mom's hooking frame is up!!
She has designed a little mat to fill a spot on her wall that has been bugging her. The space
measures about 34" x 8" under her rug ~ Hen Club. So she designed a little fence...
What a fun quick project Mom! A sample of her hooking this "complimentary" rug will be in
the April issue of The Wool Street Journal. For now.... just a peek.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

                                MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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.