Deana David

Can you picture ribbon candy? It's all curly and colorful and each loop stands against the one before it like dominoes. The striping and festive feel it gives me to look at it reminds me of a giant box on a 1950s hat box in an old movie. When a person rug hooks, they are pulling fabric loops up through a woven backing and, as the loops accrue, you get something colorful and delicious that is akin to ribbon candy. I started the Ribbon Candy Hooking on January 1 of 2020. It was a New Year's resolution to try to start a business doing what I loved best after having given up my career a few years back when I had kids. I was working as a tour guide then, living out of a suitcase, and traveling constantly. I brought people from all over the world through all over the U.S and Canada, through the National Parks, and most often through my favorite, New England. I ended up marrying a Dutchman and having my two kids, Teddy and Jocelyn, in Amsterdam where we lived for years. I love Europe, and I lived in London for years the decade earlier when I worked in the theater. But somehow, after you have kids, you long to give them the same thing you had yourself. I had a happy childhood, and I loved the places we vacationed, the holidays, and the traditions that were rooted in New England. Sometimes in life you have to hammer a square peg into a circle hole, and that's what had to occur for the family to come to the U.S. On January 1, 2020, I started a Facebook page (Rug Hooking & Punch Needle Club by Ribbon Candy Hooking), started putting out patterns, kits, wools, yarns....and I started a daily live show called 'Coffee Time' on YouTube (RibbonCandyHooking). I don't believe you can give your work 100% technical thought and 100% creative thought at the same time; thus I am VERY creative heavy. I can tell you already - the height of your loops is great, you're doing great - keep going!