From Barb

And finally she is writing again!!!!!!!!!  I am so excited about this rug pattern that I wanted to share it with everyone.  Definitely is an unusual pattern – with a wonderful feeling of goodness and peace.  My inspiration was from an early tapestry done in silks –

Starting the Sauder week – in March!!! Sort of “played” with the Clucks – love the Barrd Rock chicken peaking out. Follow again and I’ll play with yarns in here too. Haven’t really done that yet so will be fun to see how I do it.

In May, 2011, right before rug camp, we had a wonderful opportunity to meet an extraordinary group of French quilters.  Martine Bronca was one such quilter who so graciously provided the photos from the visit. In an email, Martine wrote: My friends and I are now back

31 x 50, an antique design hooked by Barb Carroll. I honestly have been thinking I should put this on sooner, like a month ago at least!!!!! However – the best laid plans – so here it is now. I have had such a good time with

Finally started hooking again. Been a very busy Fall. I absolutely LOVE “hit n miss”. So I decided to hook the fox from my “wiggle wools.” I honestly am just reaching my hand down in the bag and pulling.   Think that must be how lots of the old

  A new Woolley Fox pattern 50 x 77 If you have any questions about any of this – let me know and I will be glad to try to answer you. I went from lots of fun to lots of thinking. Neat experience. Santa Fe Crossing, 50

October 2010   I really love to hook “nonsense” and this rug is perfect for that. Absolutely whimsy at its best!!!!!!! The dog is hooked using at least 12 different darks. Muddling had become one of my favorite things to do in rug hooking and the body of this