Loop by Loop

Taryn Sehnert Author

01/16/2020 Added

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AESC Student, Taryn interviews Judy Roth about her post retirement hobby that turned into a new life path.

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[00:00:12.100]After retiring from teaching started a
[00:00:18.042]business in the hay market called
[00:00:20.650]Gatherings. Basically sold antiques,
[00:00:23.222]new primitive gifts, jewelry. She moved
[00:00:28.950]locations in the hay market and began
[00:00:31.260]selling wool for a friend's company in
[00:00:33.380]her storefront almost 20 years ago.
[00:00:36.950]Cindy became my first instructor. I'll
[00:00:42.350]show you my first project at some point.
[00:00:44.630]It's sitting right over there.
[00:00:44.072]I broke about 14 embroidery hoops
[00:00:50.480]because I have a real heavy,
[00:00:52.290]I guess, punch and those were cheap and I
[00:00:56.279]was so frustrated. But she said if you
[00:00:55.423]can just get through your first project
[00:01:01.248]you will continue to improve. And she was
[00:01:06.140]right. Judy fell in love with rug hooking
[00:01:08.359]after completing that first project and
[00:01:10.900]since starting has completed 30 to 40
[00:01:13.010]more rugs.
[00:01:20.439]Loop by loop by loop.
[00:01:29.040]If people say how long is that going to
[00:01:31.560]take you? I don't ever keep track of time.
[00:01:34.380]But see, it's just a good therapeutic, you
[00:01:37.250]know, a lot of people love knitting,
[00:01:39.820]crocheting. It's not an inexpensive hobby
[00:01:44.912]unless you're kind of a scrounger.
[00:01:47.890]Hitting Goodwill's and things. Looking
[00:01:50.380]for used clothing. And then you have to
[00:01:53.480]take them all apart you have to wash
[00:01:55.330]them. You have to over die. The art of rug
[00:01:59.050]hooking has come a long way in the last
[00:02:00.910]20 years. Before if the artist wanted old
[00:02:04.000]antique primitive colors they had to dye
[00:02:06.460]the wool. Now, there are multiple
[00:02:08.140]resources to order wool or fabric by the
[00:02:10.390]yard. I still like to scrounge around
[00:02:12.340]though for scrappy pieces because I
[00:02:14.830]think that just makes your rug look
[00:02:16.720]older. It gives it a very vintage look. In
[00:02:20.580]2008 Judy and her husband purchased a
[00:02:23.440]house property that was surrounded by
[00:02:25.300]their existing farmland in Milford,
[00:02:27.070]Nebraska. Judy fell in love with the
[00:02:29.370]potential the house had for her current
[00:02:31.270]business. I just promised him that if we
[00:02:34.239]could buy this five acres I would cook
[00:02:37.330]him a noon lunch every day for the rest
[00:02:41.709]of my life. And I have stayed pretty true
[00:02:44.860]to that except when I leave or every now
[00:02:47.590]and then when i babysitting commitments
[00:02:49.989]get in the way. But yeah, and you know
[00:02:52.216]what? It's been a gift because he just
[00:02:55.660]told me never to bring any of those
[00:02:57.459]hookers to our house. And I have not.
[00:03:00.390]Since purchasing the house, Judy has
[00:03:03.269]hosted retreats for people to come and
[00:03:05.410]learn the art of rug hooking from
[00:03:07.120]instructors that come from around the
[00:03:08.920]nation. She will continue to do so as
[00:03:11.290]long as she is able.

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