Noodlings, my new blog, is as much for me as it is for you. I’m the kind of person who learns by scribbling, who sometimes doesn’t even understand what’s in front of her unless she has pencil in hand and can try to work it out on a page. I hope that each post finds a different way to intrigue and shake up our imaginations, yours and mine. I have all kinds of posts in mind. With Noodlings, I hope to share those things that I’m pondering, learning, and experiencing with my own

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Friends!  Welcome to Noodlings!  This edition is all about a rug called “Pierre the Canadian Bear” and the dilemmas involved in hooking it.  Dilemmas, it turns out, are little gifts that help us grow in our art.With the friendly hookers at Central Iowa Rug Artists (CIRA), I had a once-in-a-long-time opportunity to take a workshop with… drum roll, please… Gail DuFresne!  As you may know, Gail wrote a book on Geometric Rugs, and she has hooked her share of realistic creatures o