Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Lookin' for a reader....
So I am catching on that Google Reader will be kaput on July 1st of this year. Heavens to mercatroid! As techno-challenged as I am I have impressed myself with the things I've done to build this blog and really settled into it's look after a few tries in templates and backgrounds. I have seen the beginnings of the end with several bloggers bouncing over to bloglovin...but I have to be honest I am not digging the starkness of the pages. I like the cozy personalities we have all invested into the way our blogs look, very inviting and friendly.
I have started researching the various other readers out there and I am still clueless. I am hoping that we can all make the easy transition and keep on blogging without getting lost in TRON-land. Hahaha. I Chiuahua! I can't be in denial and want to be prepared for the inevitable.
Please share your thoughts, recommendations and if you have any plans in place to make the move.
Keep on keepin'
P.J.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Snowman and count down
I was thrilled to finish the Snowman's body this weekend and started on the background.
I have read through the magazines and books Kathleen had borrowed to me. So I am going to try a couple of techniques and see what I like. Still getting a feel for the different styles.
Sky and Ground
Under 50 days before my second Blogoversary!! I had better get to gettin' on my give-away. I have several ideas; two I am very excited about.
Just a peek at something in the works.
I have been gathering littles over the months so it should be a fun care package when it is all said and done. I am going to keep this limited to my followers as I have really enjoyed getting to know quite a few of you through our comments and emails back and forth. I also appreciate the encouragement and tips shared by you as well. Besides a blogoversay is really about thanking you, my followers, RIGHT?
Stay tuned.
Keep on stitching and hooking.
P.J.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
More Hookers
Yesterday I spent the day with more hookers. Kathleen had invited me to sit with the hooking group that meets once a month in Winterport. What a delightful group of ladies! They were so welcoming and encouraging. This being only my second piece I was excited to see what the others were working on and get some good tips.
There is sooooo much talent in this group.
Two of the ladies were working on beading. The intricate work they had completed on the necklaces they brought was amazing. A few of the ladies I remember talking to at the Hook-In. One of them was adding the finish binding to her gorgeous autumn colored rug. I was goo-goo over it at the Hook-In and I was just as enamored by it seeing it yesterday. The colors were so rich. I saw some background techniques that I liked and was impressed by how NEAT everyone's hooking was. I need to work on that. Another lady's hooking was so neat and tight that the bird house, done with a plaid wool, looked like an appliqué of plaid. You could see the plaid pattern across the surface. Very cool!
I did not take any pictures as this was my first visit and wanted to get to know the ladies and vice versa; I was a guest.
There was one other new lady there who sat across from me. She recently moved from Pennsylvania to Maine. She is having to down size her wool collection and brought some pieces to buy and some giveaways. I picked up a couple of each.
It looks like Kathleen has taken me under her wing... She gave me a little starter package with cording, a binding needle and red dot paper with a sharpie pen to help get me started with the supplies to finish and design, So thoughtful.
Here is my progress on my snowman. I was hoping to have his body done yesterday, but it won't take me long now. I am looking forwad to working the ground with a hit or miss look.
Enjoy your Sunday...Keep on stitching and hooking. P.J.
Two of the ladies were working on beading. The intricate work they had completed on the necklaces they brought was amazing. A few of the ladies I remember talking to at the Hook-In. One of them was adding the finish binding to her gorgeous autumn colored rug. I was goo-goo over it at the Hook-In and I was just as enamored by it seeing it yesterday. The colors were so rich. I saw some background techniques that I liked and was impressed by how NEAT everyone's hooking was. I need to work on that. Another lady's hooking was so neat and tight that the bird house, done with a plaid wool, looked like an appliqué of plaid. You could see the plaid pattern across the surface. Very cool!
I did not take any pictures as this was my first visit and wanted to get to know the ladies and vice versa; I was a guest.
There was one other new lady there who sat across from me. She recently moved from Pennsylvania to Maine. She is having to down size her wool collection and brought some pieces to buy and some giveaways. I picked up a couple of each.
Browns and oranges for the BIG MOOSE project...still putting colors together. I would like to get a few odd colors too; not sure I want to go all life like, need some funky in there. We will see.
It looks like Kathleen has taken me under her wing... She gave me a little starter package with cording, a binding needle and red dot paper with a sharpie pen to help get me started with the supplies to finish and design, So thoughtful.
She also bought several magazines and books for me to read. I am thrilled with the bounty of information to browse through.
Here is my progress on my snowman. I was hoping to have his body done yesterday, but it won't take me long now. I am looking forwad to working the ground with a hit or miss look.
Enjoy your Sunday...Keep on stitching and hooking. P.J.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Erin Go Bragh! **edit**
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Working with green today. :)
And Navy Girl running in green!
She ran in the Yuengling Shamrock - Anthem Half Marathon today in VA Beach
2:06:05
Woo Hoo
She finished 153rd of 419 Females in her age group and 3,191st of 8,424 overall.
We are so proud.
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