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Martintown Wild and Woolly Rug Hookers Hook-In Martintown Wild and Woolly Rug Hookers Hook-In On December 4th we will be celebrating International Rug Hooking Day with the Martintown Wild & Woolly.  A Hook-In will be held at Martintown Community Center.   A big Thank You to the Martintown group for hosting this event. Martintown Community Center, 4850 County Road 20,  Martintown, ON Glengarry County, K0C 1S0

Xmas Intro Workshop LCA, November 5th & 19th, 2016 We had several people try their hand at rug hooking at our Christmas Intro Workshop held on two Saturdays at Le Coin Artisanal. Some Christmas Trees were started and two young ladies made gifts, one a lovely mug rug for her dad and the other a sunflower for her friend. Illustration by Maria Romero

Featured Member: Dawna Matthew Celebrating the Monarch butterflies annual migrations across North America Prairie Remnant - Hooked by Dawna Matthew Prairie Remnant Designed by: GoingGray Hooked by: Dawna Matthew Size: 40” x 28” Cuts: #6 & some #4, wool Teacher: Started with Iris Simpson at Green Mountain Rug School, June 2013 I consider this to be my first “real” rug. Previously I had only made two small pillows. The pattern is Prairie Remnant and is from Going Gray. I was attracted to the pattern because of the various flowers and the possibility for using bright, cheerful colours. I dyed most of the wool myself except for the background which is Dorr Oatmeal. The dip dye for the Blazing Stars was especially fun! I started the rug in a workshop at Green Mountain Rug School in an open class with Iris Simpson. Iris’s guidance, instruction and support were instrumental in giving Prairie Remnant a solid beginning. This rug hangs in my house and brings suns

November 11th Oriental Poppy, Hooked by Jeanne Osler In Flanders Fields by Lt Col John McCrae (Composed at the Battlefront  on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium) In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved: and now we lie In Flanders fields! Take up our quarrel with the foe To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch: be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.         2016 is the 100th Anniversary of th e : Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel in the North of France And the 75th Anniversary of the Canadians in Hong Kong Please visit online: Veterans Affairs Canada  Website: http://www.vetera