Tuesday, January 10, 2012

No More Hooking

Remember how I wrote the other day that my hands have been bothering me and I haven't been able to knit?  I've come to another realization.  I'm going to have to give up rug hooking.  I've enjoyed making primitive rugs but because of the way I pull the wool strips up from underneath the rug pattern, I just don't see that being easy for me to do, ever again.

I have a lot of rug hooking supplies to part with:  Puritan Frame & hand-crafted stand, a Buttler frame, Townsend wool cutter with several blades/carrying case/custom designed box for cutting, several patterns, and several patterns with the hand-dyed wool already picked out.  I don't know how to sell all of this.  If you can think of a way, preferably not Ebay, I would appreciate hearing from you.  I'd rather not ship due to the size and weight of most everything.

I started primitive rug hooking over 12 years ago.  I loved picking out a pattern, mostly Kris Miller's Spruce Ridge Studios adaptations, and just the right hand-dyed wool.  Cutting the wool into lovely piles of 8-cut strips and smelling the wool fumes!  I enjoyed the hook-ins and workshops and learning from others when I organized a small group that met for a while at the coffee shop.

But I have to let go of that hobby.  My thumbs ache just thinking about hooking........

4 comments:

  1. I don't think anyone would mind if you set up a table at the guild meeting. I would love to see it all! I have been intriuged since castle farms this past summer!-KimT

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  2. this all very sad. hope this resolves itself soom so you can at least knit. does quilting work???

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  3. Before you give up on things. . .have you seen a doctor yet? We can be quick to diagnose ourselves, and forget that there may be a way to cure our ails.

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  4. I agree with Tanya. Go see a physician specializing in hands. I have the name of someone if you want. He is excellent!
    ~Joyce in MI

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