Fish Eye Rugs: Mother Nature's idea of an April Fools Day joke...

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Mother Nature's idea of an April Fools Day joke...

Last weekend, on my walk....

Snapped from my front steps, just now....

Welcome to April!

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My Bala Bag patterns are now available in our Fish Eye Sisters Store.....just click on the image above to go and check them out...

Retired Purse Patterns

I am retiring my original purse patterns (pictured above). There is just one Original size pattern left - designed and details as listed below. Once it's gone, it's gone. Please email me if you are interested: jen AT fisheyesisters DOT ca

The Amazing Matrix Booklet

Sells for $20 + postage ($1.51 within Canada, $2.49 to the US). To order, please send an e-mail to: jen AT fisheyesisters DOT ca

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Jen Manuell: Ontario, Canada; I am a 4th generation rughooker who began hooking rugs in 1999...and has no plans for stopping.

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About the following list of Rug Hooking Blogs....

This is by no means a complete list. For starters, it contains only the 25 most recently updated blogs on my much larger list. Plus, there are lots of new rug hooking blogs out there....so I know there are some missing. If you'd like me to include your blog in the list - or if you know of other great rug hooking blogs - please let me know. Send me a quick e-mail at fisheyerugs AT hotmail DOT com. Thanks!

Some of the other hooking blogs I've found along the way...

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