Designer Fitzpatrick (Meditations for Makers) offers a charming guide to creating landscape-inspired hooked rugs. Rug hooking, in which strips of yarn or fabric are pulled through a base material like ...

Everything’s old fashioned in the Log Cabin Museum at the annual Tunbridge World’s Fair. Atop Antique Hill, with Civil War reenactors camped outside, the exhibition hall features weavers, printers and ...

The Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild’s September meeting will include a presentation by Ann Willey on “Rug Hooking: Tradition Gets Personal.” The meeting will take place begin with a 6:30 p.m. social time ...

TROY, Vt. (AP) - Carolyn Buttolph likes to like to makes things people can use. She hooks rugs, everything from pot holders to large rugs, and leads a class on rug hooking at the Vermont Quilters’ ...

The centuries-old art of hand-crafted rug hooking is making a comeback, thanks to the hardworking members of the Pearl McGown Hookcrafters, Ocala Chapter 120. “Hooking came from Europe in the form of ...

When I think of rug hooking, I think of things found in my grandmother’s living room or attic. But in recent years, thanks to a handful of retailers, designers and enthusiasts, the craft has become ...

For Nancy Greene, it’s almost a form of therapy. For Leanne Sitler, it’s an art form, but so much more. Both women are hookers. OK, get your mind out of the gutter. They’re rug hookers, and they’ve ...

They can be fine art or as practical as a potholder. While the origins of hooked rugs date to the Vikings, modern rug hooking really was born here in New England. With Hook in Hand, which opened in ...

Rugs are the perfect epitome of functional art -- they transform spaces, bring warmth, and act as tangible meeting grounds for utility and beauty. The practice of making rugs by hand is methodic and ...