Exhibit of Traditional Rug Hooking, by Jeanne Benjamin and students. . . will be April 22, 2012. The exhibit will be open to the public at 11 am to 4pm, at Salem Cross Inn, Rte 9, West Brookfield, Ma 01585. Patterns, hand dyed wools, and other rug hooking equipment will be available for purchase. This is our 15th exhibit since 1979, and we are excited about showing you our most recent works of hooking art! If you need more information, email Jeanne.
To make reservations for a delicious lunch during the rug show, call the Inn at 508-867-2345.
I’m nearly done making this super fun baby rug for my grandson; I will post the photo when completely finished! It’s my design 27 x 39 $81.00 on linen.
Although the record hot weather really prohibited me from dyeing for nearly a week, I soon was back at it for as long as I could tolerate the heat. Generally, if I am home, I dye about 50 yards a week of whatever is needed for orders, colour plans, and just to keep ahead on stock. Last week, I got some textures overdyed, using my formulas. Here are a few of them. These are, from top to bottom, bosc pear, army blanket, primitive sky, red onion, coffee bean, tree lichen, and oriental red. The right side is burnt red, army blanket, jack o lantern, jessie’s antique, indian red, and pasture. Although I’ve dyed for 40 years now, I never get tired of seeing what results I get from the different textures. Such fun!