Happy hookin'

Well we didn't get the STORM we thought. we did get a LOT of fluffy snow, about two feet of it in my driveway... and it's a mighty long driveway, more of a lane really. Beautiful day today. No wind and the sun is shining, so the hook-in went ahead. I had 2 new hookers and 3 old hookers. Didn't take much in the way of pictures. No progress yet. Will post that next week. Here is a picture of the pattern that I designed for the new hookers to start- On a String! And another picture of some delicious Chewy Brownies that I made. I got the recipe from Craftaholics Anonymous blog. Check her out. Her link is on my sidebar.

Toodles, Melaine

Stormyyyyyyy Weather

The storm has started. Too dark outside to take a picture, but you know what, you all know what a winter storm looks like anyway right. The wind is supposed to pick up considerably. Hope I get a snow day tomorrow, but then I hope it clears up before 7pm. I have a hookin at my house and have 3 new hookers coming, and 4 old hookers, lol. Should be fun. Will post some pics if the weather settles for them all to show up. Wish me luck.

Melaine

Weather, Who Knows?

Well what a wintert we are having here in Newfoundland. This is how it looked outside our cabin on January 23rd.
We figured that getting a ride on the snowmobile was totally out of the question for this winter. But wait, Mother Nature had a change of heart and a week later on January 30th. we were looking at this..

We spent most of the day yesterday on the snowmobile and these are some pictures I took to share with all of you. Enjoy. I know we certainly did.
Melaine

Warm Hands, Warm Feet

I don't know about you but I am one of those people whose hands and feet are always cold. I just knit myself a pair of Newfoundland Thrummed Mittens and they are the toastiest warmest mittens. They have pieces of roving knit into every third stitch in every fourth row (staggered) and that provides extra insulation.


Add to this a pair of Cowhide boots (Made in Canada) rated to -40C that my hubby gave me for Christmas....

And I am ready for THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A better year ahead

Ah.... Christmas, a time to celebrate family and friends. After the scare that we had in August it was a wonderful time with Grant at home with us after his ordeal. He is healing amazingly well. God is good. This was taken at his homecoming parade.

Finally, got to finish the cushion that I was doing for my niece and her husband for their wedding. A little bit late but they loved it. I had it finished for their trip home for Christmas.

All is well and here's hoping that 2011 will bring only good things our way.

Fancy Matchbox Tutorial

Here is the tutorial for a Fancy Matchbox Holder that you can leave out on a table (providing there are no kids around, of course).

Materials needed: 2 corkback coasters
4 boxes of matches
4 wooden beads
and a glue gun.
Glue matchboxes onto back of one coaster in the directions shown.
Glue second coaster picture side up on top of the matchboxes.
Glue a wooden bead on each box end to use as a handle to slide the box open.
Another finished project. Perfect for a last minute gift. Takes about five minutes to complete.
Happy crafting!!!

Upcycled bags

A friend bought a 'Grenfell' coat at a thrift store. These coats were, and probably still are,made in Newfoundland. They are made from blanket weight wool and embroidered with motifs, most commonly, eskimos. She gave me some of the wool when she took apart the coat. I decided that this was too heavy for hooking. After a while of dwelling on the material, I figured a purse would be nice made from it. Keeping the embroidery intact (I don't know the name of the crafter who embroidered it), I cut out the pieces for the purse, lined it with satin lining from a sports jacket that I had taken apart,(complete with a cellphone pocket inside) and added a recycled leather belt for the strap. Here is the result
Seeing I was in a crafting mood, I then took a sweater that I had felted, lined it with a printed cotton fabric, added a pocket outside for a cellphone or keys and added a set of wooden handles (recycled too, of course) and another purse was born. Here is the end result.....
All in all a very productive few days. Now that the Forests Secrets rug challenge is finished, I have started a new rug. This one is a Jane McGown Flynn pattern called 'Crewel Allure' I purchased this pattern that was printed on burlap from a lady that was selling off pieces from an estate sale. Will show some pictures of progress in next post. Happy Hooking .................. and crafting. Melaine