For Benita, being asked to be in the Clock Challenge was at once exciting and daunting! She picked the 'fun clock' category and decided to hook a picture she took of Ingrid Hieronimus portraying the Mad Hatter during a party at Ragg Tyme Rug School in 2018. Deciding to hook Ingrid was the daunting part...especially after being told she better do a good job!! Benita took some close ups of Ingrid's face, borrowed the red wig she wore at the party and got started dyeing the wool she would need. She spent hours of hooking in the "quiet of her home" to get Ingrid's face as she wanted it to be. In the picture the clock was on the side of the top hat and was moved to the center so that it would be more prominent and would display the time of 9:00. Biography Benita Watford Raleigh is a McGown Certified teacher who loves working with all cuts of wool. She evolved from a primitive, wide cut teacher, to working with fine cuts, shading and brighter colors. At her studio, Fancy Work Rug Barn she teaches students on weekly basis and does workshops around the northeast. Special stitches, portraits, landscapes, pictorials, painterly hooking and shading are but some of the types of hooking Benita loves to teach. She is a member of McGown, is president of Goodwives Chapter of ATHA and is Co-Director of Country Inn Rug School in New Hampshire.