The Carnegie Rughookers: For the Shear Delight

I actually made it to my rughooking guild today.  I think it was the first regular Friday gathering I'd made it to all year!  But I picked a good time to show up, as it was the last day before the summer break.  It was also the last day of our guild's rug show at the Saint John Arts Centre.

The ladies never cease to amaze me with what they can do with a hook and some strips of wool.  So much colour and expression and individuality.  I took pictures of each piece so that my eyes could savour them long after the show had concluded.

I didn't have anything in the rug show because I am (only just now, more than two years later!) finishing the edges on my first piece.  I have three hooked projects that need the edges finished (the covered bridge was framed, so it's all done), so I made myself swear that I wouldn't hook anything else until my UFOs (unfinished objects) were taken care of.  This naturally meant that I stopped hooking for months, but I finally bit the bullet and, with my pal Rosa practically holding my hand, began finishing my first project.

I'll post pictures when I have my three UFOs finished, but for now, enjoy the "shear" wonderfulness of the rug show: The Carnegie Rughookers -- For the Shear Delight.