Rainy Long Weekend

Greetings on this rainy long weekend.  Here's some reading & watching to tide you over (in between feasting on easter bunny treats and other goodies.

Have you got your tickets to hear Paula Laverty speak on April 28?  It's coming up soon, and is going to be a wonderful event.  From the NLC description:

When Wilfred Grenfell set up his medical mission on the coast of Labrador, he included “industries” for fishermen’s wives. The best known is the now much sought after silk stocking hooked mats. Paula Laverty, leading world authority on the Grenfell Mission mats, talks about them, their makers and old Labrador. Bring your Grenfell mats for Paula Laverty’s opinion.  Sponsored by: Williams Academy 

 Click here to purchase tickets.

The mats above are from someone who can't attend on the 28th, and have asked Dianne to bring them in.

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This is Lynda's lovely Pileated Woodpecker, almost finished.

Speaking of coming soon.....have you signed up yet for one of the workshops being held here on September 30?  It's called The Heat Is ON and is a combined hook-in & regional east workshop event.  Space is still available, and there are some great classes to choose from:

- Rookie Hooking with Tina Cole, sponsored by the OHCG, ideal for brand new hookers, as well as those wanting to refresh/consolidate existing skills.

- A Journey into the World of Primitive/Wide Cut with Loretta Moore

- Tangle Art with Janice Daniels

- The Heat is On with Susan Clarke.

Click here to see the full details.  Registration closes June 28.  If you don't want to do a class, consider joining us for the hook-in portion of the event.  There will be a display of rugs, vendors and 2 guest speakers!

Now we get to see Christine's tulips in person!

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If you've been following along with us, you'll see that we are now on:

- twitter!
- Facebook!
- instagram!

Even if you don't have an account with these social media sites , you can follow along with us by clicking on the links above.

....and if you do have an account, and have clicked on a "like" button, thank you very much.  Those likes are really important to ensure we get lots of eyeballs on our site, and more importantly, our Sept 30 event.

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...and finally, here is some more fibre-y miscellany from around the globe:


- Did you see this article on rug hooking in the Toronto Star?  I only just recently came across it.


- This is a very long, but worthwhile article on a Norwegian "sweater detective".   A very interesting read for anyone interested in recycled textiles.  



- I know we all do rug hooking, but deep down some of us are also knitters.  Check out this video of some teensy knitting.





- Here's a great video about environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck.   She talks about folks who throw things "away" - where exactly is "away"?





- This is a wonderful tutorial from the Victoria & Albert Museum:  Try your hand at crafting your own Japanese style 'boro' bag, inspired by the tradition of recycling and reworking pre-existing textiles.

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