Aha! That got ya!.......now that I have you, let me explain.
I'd love to be a hooker, as in, "one who hooks".
I've googled all around to find a hooking class, and have yet to find one.
I love this hooked rug!
I'm an artsy person. I can draw. I like to create with my hands. (I don't paint all that well though, which is too bad because painting classes are the most common.) My mom probably instilled most of the artsy-ness in me. I remember she would take her two little annoying children and teach them the art of ceramics at our kitchen table....how to use the tools, what the steps were, and then we'd fire up the professional-sized kiln that she housed in our garage (a sure fire hazard), and just a day later, we would have a beautiful Christmas present to give my grandma. (Poor grandma....I'm remembering right now the not so lovely duck cup that I once made her that she so proudly displayed in her kitchen.)So....in searching for an outlet for my creative energy, I decided to put together my love of "old things" and my desire for a hobby and I came up with hooking. How hard can it be? I love hooked rugs...pillows...all of it.
In fact, I love most things that are old. My dream home one day would be an "old Americana-cottage-y" type house with wood floors, bead boards, and all of these below:
old iron chandeliers
I'd paint the white walls, but all this wicker and wood ....heaven!
Old dented furniture....
White antique pottery....
And I'd fill my house with handmade pottery ....
The answer is: You just do. I can't forget that even though we lead busy lives, creativeness and things we are passionate about still trump our "to do" lists. So I'll continue searching....maybe one of my blogger friends has a "hooker" for an aunt that she can reccommend. In a non-prostitute sort of way.
Bible Journey: Exodus 9:1-11:1
Thanks to Molly, Boog, and Jimbo for helping me sort out my questions in Exodus Ch. 4 (not Ch. 5 like I had earlier mentioned!)
6 comments:
Flo - I found your blog from Dede's blog & just love reading it! (I smiled when I wrote that, I check on Dede's all the time, but never bug her about it b/c I know she is busy)
On a funny note, my granny made 'rag rugs' as a hobby. It's was a croshay using a long hook & using cotton strips, she would croshay these long strips and make rugs, place mats, all kinds of stuff -- ANYWAY, my grandparents had a computer and thought they would try and find out more of this hobby that she had as a girl and then picked back up later in life. Low & behold, they put in the search engine something like rug + hooks and came up with some BAD sites! :-) My poor old grandparents did not know that there was anything like that out there! :-)
You have such a precious family & I love catching up and reading about how you are doing.
I love your dream cottage!
Love the chandelier, we must have similar taste! Plus all the wood. If you like dented furniture, you need to see my coffee table. No worries about putting your feet up here. We encourage it! It was made from 2 inch, old floor boards and columns. Well, maybe it's a little too dented, but it fits our tastes.
:P
My...wife...is...such...a...dork! Gosh I love that about you...and your literal-brilliance!
Oh, Flo, if you love the Primitive American stuff like that, you have GOT to start making quilts!!!! ;) My neighbor has some really neat primitive stools and furniture, you'd love them. She has an old flaky painted ladder that is leaning against the wall and has antique quilts draped over each rung. What fun you're going to have looking for stuff!
Are you going to try to hook a rug? You totally should, that's how I get started on 95% of my hobbies, I see something (a quilt, some clothes, etc) and think "how hard could that be? Surely I could do that!" And off I go!
I could be wrong, but I believe I made a unicorn hook rug when I was in elementary school. If I remember correctly, it was not hard at all! But.....does that mean I was a "hooker" at an early age? Yikes!
Latch hook is so easy if that's what your talking about. You will have no problems picking it up. I tried to call you back last night but no one answered.
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