With exactly 24 hours left in the month of November, armed with a nice selection of wool strips, and fueled by a ginormous piece of pumpkin bread, I set about to finish hooking this little pumpkin.
Once I got going, it was done in no time at all. This morning I stuffed and stitched and found a place for him to live.
Despite (or maybe because of) the square-ish shape, the snaggle-tooth smile, and the gnarly uneven loops and lines, I am quite fond of this new addition to the mantlepiece.
Thanks to Mary and Pam for the tutoring and inspiration. If you ever get a chance to take one of Mary's classes you MUST do it. I got supplies on line from Deanne Fitzpatrick and Karen Kahle. I cut my strips from wool I purchased. Pam tells me you can also get them already cut. Leave it to me to do things the hard way.
He looks quite nice next to your bounty pilgrim who is also quite wonderful.
Posted by: Janet Ghio | 12/01/2014 at 07:29 AM
The new pumpkin looks perfectly perfect! I love the little vignette you made with it too!
Posted by: Debbie J | 12/01/2014 at 09:56 AM
Fantastic Carol! xx
Posted by: Amy at love made my home | 12/01/2014 at 11:00 AM
Love it. And it will never go gooey and squishy and clog up your fountain.
Excellent work.
Posted by: Vicki in Michigan | 12/01/2014 at 01:24 PM
He is just wonderful!
Now make a Santa!!
Posted by: Loretta | 12/01/2014 at 09:16 PM
I love this pumpkin person. He is full of personality you can almost hear him say,
"How happy and thankful I am to be here in Chris and Carol's house".
The colors and funk are just perfect. Working with wool is calming and harkens back
to even ancient times. It has covered and comforted many. it is a real delight to see
A renaissance in all the many crafts with wool as the main ingredient. Knitting, hooking,
crocheting, sewing, felting, I love it all.
Posted by: Barbara Tarbox | 12/01/2014 at 09:45 PM
Love!!! Xo
Posted by: Pam | 12/02/2014 at 10:29 AM