I arrived home mid-afternoon yesterday, and after cleaning out my inbox, I finally sat down and hooked for the first time in days. I'd ...

I've added some new colours. I was a little worried that it was starting to look a little bland -- and I have to keep reminding myself ...

I tried posting this snap before I went to work this morning, but the internet wasn't cooperating. I'm going to go and hook for a b...

Before I could start hooking -- since I'm starting in the middle -- I had to roll and truss some of the backing, to try to keep it out o...

Hooking a big rug is a big commitment. Many years ago, (when asked for Christmas present ideas), I jokingly told AJ that she could give me h...

Things have been quiet for a couple of days because I've been working away on my "stocking challenge" contribution....and it...

It was a perfect weekend. Just the right amount of adventuring, reading, hooking, visiting, sleeping in, sunshine and laundry. Well, the p...

No time for text today....but I'm pretty sure these are the last few pictures I have of rugs hooked by Grandma (Muriel Reany Smith). En...

....to the 3rd Annual Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival, but I've got too many things on my plate at the same time (and I'm fast runni...

Yep! Only nine skeins, but it was just windy and warm enough tonight for it to mostly dry, before the sun went down. My favourite Orillia ...

I procrastinated last night by fiddling around with the settings on the blog, to give it a bit of a more summery wardrobe. One of these day...

...and particularly in this month's issue of Elle Decor . I was completely taken aback on Sunday when I started flipping through this m...

I had heard the forecast, but I still had a hard time believing what I was seeing: snow on Saturday. It didn't really start falling unt...

Let's hope the second time's the charm -- I was up early this morning, plucking away cropping and resizing pictures...when the power...

For the last couple of years, I've been telling anyone who will listen about the wonderful textile magazine called Selvedge ....and ofte...

In the flurry of activity during the week before the Annual, I did manage to get the hooking finished on Simple , the tape sewn in place, a ...

Back from the Annual, and back to normal -- almost! There is still some unpacking and reorganizing that needs to happen....but I am no lon...

I was so busy this weekend, even though I was doing lots of fun and colourful things I only took 3 pictures. This was the best one....and I...

How fitting that on my 500th post, I'd be blogging about the first rug hooker I knew: my grandma Muriel Reany Smith. Several years ago...

No time to blog today, but I wanted to share a cool site I discovered recently. Although it features printed fabric, the colours and colou...