unknown Hook rug

My, I've been quite slack in the creating and reporting department. For good reason. Spring cleaning, clearing, gutting, decluttering has swept over my house. Slowly, oh so slowly, am I doing it. But it does feel good to have it done.
Wanna see my sweater collection?

The 4 bags to the left, the large bag on the right are all sweaters. The large on e in the middle is large fabric pieces, like sheet size or a bit smaller. These vacuum bags are awesome. They really do take up less space, but the bags are HEAVY.
So for a little show and tell, I present a horse and barn hook rug.

It was my uncles. I think he said he got it at pottery Barn or Anthropologie? I don't know if that's correct. If you do, please advise.

Whomever hooked it was a good hooker. This is the front.

And this is the back. Yes, really. Isn't it lovely and consistent? I aim to hook like that one day. Then I will be a good hooker too!


Off to clean some more...
Cheers,
Amanda

Rug hooking

And now, for something completely different....

I bought this kit in Nova scotia this summer, as I was smitten with all the little works I saw in the various tourist shops. I just had to try it. The kit came with 2 pictures to make, the wool yarn and the hook. The hook, OH MY the hook. it hardly had a hook on it. I tried for a few days to make a go of it and couldn't believe that I was having trouble making a go at this crafty endeavour. I mean, I only try to do things if I think I will be successful or have a short learning curve. Why couldn't I do this?


I lugged this kit everywhere with me and was obsessed to make it work. I couldn't figure out how they could sell a completed one in the stores for only 10 bucks and it was taking me forever to do a short row. In the playground one day, one of the dads came to pick up the wee one. He said his mother was a hooker. (in the nicest way possible). I expressed my frustration and determination. He looked at my hook and declared it to "not have a hook" AMEN! So I went home and got my trusty crochet hook. Success!!!

So now, I have a more completed patch. No, I don't know what I'll do with it. Maybe I'll give it to my mother, so she can figure out what to do with it. :} It's not consistent, and oh boy, don't dare look at the back. But I'm learning and I have another one to make better.

Here is a star ornament I also bought in NS. This one is already completed.


Darling isn't it?

thanks for looking,
Amanda

down in the valley

Many years ago, I did my undergrad at Acadia University
I spent 5 years in the lovely Annapolis Valley and have longed to live there since. Whenever I visit my parents in Halifax, I take a day to visit the valley. Yesterday I went with my family, nephew and parents. We went to Grand Pre National Park, the site where the Acadiens were deported from Canada. If you've heard of Cajun music and food, it comes from the Acadiens from Nova Scotia.

Here is a picture of the church with a statue of Evangeline. Longfellow wrote a poem of her.

There was a very good movie with the small cinema built to look like the hold of a ship. Here is a display in the church.


After the park, it was up to the Blomidon Look off. Scroll down a bit
Beautiful, just beautiful. The tide was going out. They have the highest tides in the world up to 35 feet in some areas. The bottom of the Bay of Fundy is a red muddy clay that squelches and oozes when you step in it. ugh. shiver.
Anyhow, all that adventure to say, I bought a new craft kit. Yes, I need a new hobby to try. (NOT)
Rug hooking. I bought the hooked Santa ornament at the Rossignol Cultural Centre in Liverpool, NS

It's done with some kind of strips of cloth.
The kit below has wool yarn. I need to google how to do it properly. There's no way it should go so slowly. And what direction do you do it in? I did well with the 1st row, but then I turned back for the 2nd. yeah, even slower.
Anyone do this kind of hooking? Tips would be appreciated.


Thanks for looking and reading the drudgery of my vacation. :}
Amanda