I woke up at 3:15am and had to use the restroom.  Usually, if I have to get up at that time of the morning, I can go right back to sleep.  But not today.  I gave up trying at 3:45am and got up.  My kitty Goldie was more than happy to get an early breakfast.  *haha*

A few of you commented (thank you for that! xoxo) on my previous post about rug hooking, saying you either did it as a youth or currently have a kit or two waiting in your stash, for you to try.  I'm guessing (but I may be wrong) that the type of rug hooking you're talking about is "latch hooking".  Here are a couple pictures I snagged from the internet of latch hooking:

Here is a YouTube short of Deanne Fitzpatrick doing the type of rug hooking I'm talking about and what I'm doing.

I think it's a lot easier than the latch hooking, to be honest.  No individual strands...rather it's done using longer pieces.  Latch hooking is most commonly done with little pieces of yarn, individually hooked one piece at a time.  The rug hooking I'm doing can be done with yarn (usually wool) but it can also be done with other fibers such as old wool clothes cut into strips or silk cut into strips, etc.  You can weave any sort of fiber into a hooked rug, even something that has sentimental value to you that you wish to keep, such as hair.  You hold the fiber underneath your project & grab it from the top, with your hook.  The cloth you hook your project on is either burlap or linen.

I've never seen this type of rug hooking kit sold in a store around where I live...it's always the latch hook kits.  But there's plenty to buy online.  My favorite is Deanne Fitzpatrick's store up in Canada.

It's 69*F as I type this, at 4:56am, and that's the highest it's supposed to be all day.  Can you believe it?  Finally, windows open today...even if it's very short-lived.

Have a good day, one & all.

Much love, Andrea xoxo