The Wool Palette: REVISED EDITION with STARTER PALETTE RECIPES, 115 pages, step-by-step instructrions for creating 67 kinship colors from three primary dyes, over 60 full color photos and illustrations
St. Nicholas Value by Value, ATHA Newsletter 186: 12-13, December 2010/January 2011
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 11:10PM 
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.
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 09:12AM Last night I finished hooking "Meet me in Paris" but I can't post a picture of it until my sister is on the plane Tuesday. I want her to be surprised. So check back then for a picture.
I have to bind off all three pocket packs and sew the packs today. So I have a lot to do.
After finishing "Meet me in Paris," I went back and studied the frog's eyes on Madison's mat. I haven't been satisfied with them. Even though the photo's of frog's eyes have a tiny white line around the black center, I felt that this line was closing off the hooked eye. So I pulled it out and adjusted the eye, including a bigger white reflection dot.
I was careful to keep the eye from bulging by keeping the top lid line so that it cuts across the top of the black part of the eye (so that you don't have a round black circle, but a circle with the top cut off). If you hook a black round circle that the top lid line goes around, you end up with an eye that pops out and looks unnatural. I also expanded the jaw line to give a more rounded feel to the mouth.
Alexander says that it looks like a baby frog now - so the bigger black area has made enough of a difference that a 5-year old recognizes it as a "baby" now!
This is the result:
BEFORE
AFTER
Monday, July 6, 2009 at 08:41AM 
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?
Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 06:07PM I have been spending the last three days painting, cleaning out the garage, organizing, and being exhausted in 100 degree heat. But still making some progress in the evenings hooking on Madison's pocket pack, a frog on a lily pad. I am going to try to finish it tonight with a gold sky behind the moth and the dragon fly. Will post a picture when done.
