Day Three of Hooker Camp

Kathleen was working on a very big rug.It had five sunflowers on if and she was doing each one different.I think this rug is going to look cool.

This is Jody with her turkey rug she worked on.I wish you could see the colors good,because they look great.

I was so flattered when Loralee started working because she is hooking one of my designs.It was fun to watch her interpretation of my rug.Loralee is very new to hooking, but you would never know it by what she did here.Below on the left is Rita and she worked on two pieces in this three day class.Rita and Jo Lynn have been friends for along time and they came from Springfield,Mo.Jo Lynn worked on a few this in her days in class.She is holding a purse in this pic.

The same time hooking camp is happening the Eureka Springs Bluegrass show is going.Every night after the show most of the people come to the Rodeway Inn the jam.This is Adam doing a little jamming.He is getting a little old for this late night stuff, it's hard on a old man.

Eureka Springs Rug Hooking Camp First Day

Today kicked off the firs day of the Eureka Springs Rug Hooking Camp.The first two pics here were taken by Dana from http://calicocatpress.blogspot.com/ and http://cabinchronicles.blogspot.com/ She was in town and stopped by to see what hooker camp looked like.Dana always has great pics on her blogs so when she walked in I just handed her my camera and said "here take my picture."Above is a rug hookers wet dream.Tables full of hand dyed wool and oh yummy it all is.

This is me working on my rug.It is called "I can draw armadillos".I do all the cooking for the camp so I don't get much hooking done,but I listen and learn.

Nola started right in teaching use all kinds of great techniques that we can use to get depth in our rugs.There are 7 ladies in the first class.3 of them are very new hookers and I love to see the delight in their faces as they see all the new things they can do with the wool.

Today was also the kickoff of the Eureka Springs Bluegrass Show.We will have more on that later.
Vicki

Day before camp starts.

This is how the room looks the day before rug hooking camp start.I spend the getting the food bought and put away.It rained almost all day as I wend from store to store getting the things we would need.

Nola arrived about 4:00 and we unloaded her car full of wool.After all the work was done Adam showed up.We went out to eat dinner and Adam and I got to know Nola better.I know we are going to have a great time this week.

The Eureka Springs Bluegrass Show also starts tomorrow so we know where Adam will be all weekend.Hookers and pickers in the same place.Be afraid,be very afraid..

A Weekend of Bluegrass

August 16th 2008: Rocky Branch Baptist Church, Ice Cream Social. Thats right, I am the chrome dome with the Santa style beard playin the banjo, Ken Jones playing guitar(other chrome dome) Dallas Prouty on mandolin (Dallas built this mandolin) and Tim & Karen Hill guitar and bass.

Dale Ann Bradley My Favorite Female Singer, Bluegrass or otherwise, Harrison Arkansas, August 15th, 2008. Dale Ann is the 2007 Female Vocalist of the Year for the IBMA. If you have never heard Dale Ann's singing, you should really search out her music, she is simply the best.

Ken ,Rob and I jamming in the parking lot at the Harrison, Arkansas, Bluegrass Festival August 15th 2008. All guitars pictured in the above photos were built by John E. Martin in Hindsville, Arkansas. Adam

Were is Vicki when all this picking is going on?I find me a place with good light and I hook on a rug.If we are at a festival I get where I can see the show and I may not see Adam for hours.Am I a good wife or what?I am also taking all the pics.