Another crafty hobby? Why not! The more the merrier, I say.
I've been thinking about rug hooking for a while now, partly inspired by the beautiful rugs Megan has been making these past few years, as well as the North Woods Rug that Charlotte created for the pages of Taproot (in Issue 8::RECLAIM). I had thought "that's something I want to do....someday." But maybe not just right now. But you know that once you say something like that, you're gauranteed to be confronted with it at every turn. Somehow, someway, hooked rugs kept appearing in front of me this year, reminding me. I think I picked up and admired every hooked rug I saw at Brimfield this year and at ever antique market since.
Ah...well, leave it to a place like the Common Ground Country Fair to inspire a lady to take the plunge, to dive on into a new craft, and to arrive home with everything she needs to get started. The lovely folks at Searsport Rug Hooking, in their booth at the fair, pushed me over the edge with the piles of wooly goodness. I bought a kit and some extras, got a quick lesson to get me started, and went on my merry way, new hobby in hand. I'm excited to begin. And looking forward to a winter ahead full of spinning, knitting and now...hooking too. (And now I've promised myself to wait until at least next winter before bringing a loom home.) There's always room for a little more crafty goodness.
