Newcomers to the Fold

I started my little elementary school rug hooking program today.  It was great.  First I showed them a couple of my rugs, then gave them a very brief history of the craft, and walked them through a couple of fun books showing what kinds of designs are out there.  I had some patterns from DiFranza Designs and half the group liked those, but the rest were excited to design their own.  Here are some of their patterns:

I brought in all my loose worms and they went to town!

One thing I noticed, they had no trouble catching onto the idea of breaking the rules.  You can see that the idea of making turquoise hearts seemed to be the right choice.  Of course, I'm thinking that I need more pink wool! ;-)  They were so happy.  In the end, they grabbed a handful of worms and wanted to take the kit home with them until we meet again!  Keep that in mind all you folk who are selling wool, patterns, and kits!  I'm building your next generation customers!  LOL
I'm always so pleased when kids want to know more about the past generation crafts.  It's wonderful!  It was a great way to end the day!
Cheers!
Courtney