Tiffany will meet me in Paris

Don't I wish! I love Paris, and so does she. We need to take a trip there together someday. In the meantime, here is her pack: Meet Me in Paris.

Hooked July 2009, in 4 and 6 cut wools and yarns. Original design.

Madison's Mr. Frog's Pad finished

Here is the photo of Madison's pocket pack. She especially loved the flower. She looked very pretty carrying her pack tonight in the Village.

Hooked July 2009. 4 and 6 cut wools with yarn. Original design.

Abigail's Chocolate Kisses Finished

Here is the photo I promised of Abigail's "Chocolate Kisses" pocket pack. She loved it, carrying across the street to The Chocolate Bar tonight, where she ate Oreo Cookie ice cream!

July 2009. 4 and 6 cut wool and yarn. Original design inspired by a chocolate love stamp.

Madison's pocket pack hooked

Here is the picture of Mr. Frog's Pad that I promised to post. The hooking is done, but I need to bind and complete the back pack yet. But on to Paris - my sister's request for her pocket pack. They arrive in eight days. Can I do it?

Chocolate kisses hooked

I just finished the fringe on my nieces pocket pack, Chocolate Kisses. I have to bind yet and make the 10 by 10 pack. But I'm done for now because my sister and her family will be here in two weeks for a visit. So I need to move on to hooking Madison's frog tonight.

Alexander's Back pack is finished

I sewed the back pack and attached Woof for Alexander to it on Friday. I don't like sewing my hand hooked rugs directly into the seams of bags or pillows because if the item is damaged or needs laundering it is a mess to try to unmake the item and preserve the rug intact. So I bind off the rug as if it were its own piece and then attach by hand whipping the rug to the face of the item as pictured.

Here is my son Alexander happy to be carrying a bunch of "sleep buddies" (=stuffed animals) in his pack on Saturday as we walked over to the french bakery for breakfast.

Woof is done

I finished Alexander's rug last night. In a week's time! This is the quickest piece that has ever come together for me.

It is a small-10x14" and I will make a small back pack for him tomorrow and attach it by hand on the pack.

Alexander picked out the dog that he wanted via a number of pictures on the internet of chihauhaus which I used as a guide to draw my pattern. He picked out the colors from my wool closet, including the background. He wanted his name on the pack and also the name he gave this dog "Woof." We added a gecko because our dog Maggie loves to chase the geckos on our porch and we thought it would be fun to have Woof following the scent.

The piece is hooked in 4-cut, mostly recycled wool and textured plaids. I used some new wool dyed for other projects. The background piece I purchased about five years ago for another project (an Azeri rug) which is no longer in the works. I threw away the Azeri rug after so much frustration with executing the pattern in terms of color that I couldn't complete the rug. So I am happy that this blue wool finally found the rug it was meant for.

I hooked this piece for Alexander to mark and celebrate his "graduation" from pre-school and entrance into kindergarten in August.