The ceremony is getting a little long....

I can hardly stay awake....

Is my hat tilted enough? I couldn't get it to stand on end....who designed yours? Mine is vintage.

Royal Wedding Day in Millview

foolish people!!

Is my tie straight?

You may not notice this but Jack has on a silk tie; no skin here...I'm wearing an outfit suitable for the occasion. Now all of you have to meet our standards. Tea and wine comes later...

progress is fleeting

I could lick it....

or I could smell it...whatever...

Today it is cold and windy outside and not a bit like spring - perfect for hooking tho, as you can see. I am making progress but photographing the mat is hard to do when you have a little help from your friends.

My ship is still a work in progress

Jack is bored again

 

It has sails but no hull yet

Can you tell that Jack is bored with me  ...ship...hummm...without a hull ..seems to be sailing tho..

Hooking along on the PEI ship from 1800s

the Peake ship

I have been trying to find time to finish this piece for the first of May. Easter visitors and Jasmines 16th birthday to do in between...so it is beginning to look like it is sailing out of Charlottetown harbor... cheers from Shirlee

New Cavendish mat and progress on ship

All photos are copyright of pastimespei.
This little house was hooked by sister, Bette and is now going to grace a home in USA. The Cavendish is the latest one I've done. And my ship is taking shape. Cheers for now.

The ship may sail yet..as a handhooked rug

I am now making more headway than not on my barque project for my "Peake" granddaughter. I had all sails set and had to return to port, so to speak; dyed a third batch of wool with tea...less tea, drank more. Now I'm happy but may miss the date I am due in port. Jack tells me he's happy with the new and improved version.

First dye job turned too yellow ...

First dye job was so lovely, a hookers dream to look at but too much tea gave a yellow, not an antique look. Dorr natural is too white so another tea job this am; it's in the dryer now. This is how much I have not got done on the ship...and most of it will be replaced with the new 'sail' color. Even Jack wouldn't look...

First Easter Egg in Millview PEI

You probably don't want to hear about my trip to Cuba last week but some day I will post the pics of that wonderful hot place...the beach was a sight to see and was very hot.

Today Jack and I went for walk in the April snow that fell over night on PEI. Just behind our place he found lots to sniff about. And in the chicken hose our new little black hen laid a beautiful egg and was telling the rest about it when we came in. In the pic below  it is still warm even tho it is just at freezing outside and I had my warm gloves on. There she is in the next shot, telling everyone else what she had done. We have been getting lovely Muscovy duck eggs for weeks and the two big hens are laying every day now.

Heather and I created a new mat pattern that has to be hooked pretty soon as I would like to enter it into a show in Summerside. It is my grand daughter's great, great grandfather's ship. It was built in Mt. Stewart PEI in the late 1800s and sailed out of Peake's Wharf, Charlottetown, PEI. I'll be telling you more as I find out more about it and the merchants that sailed her across the seas.