Members of the Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild demonstrated traditional rug hooking during Sheep Shearing Day at the Peter Wentz Farmstead in Worcester, Pa. on April 14. It was a beautiful ...

FLEMINGTON — The Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild sponsored its 6th annual rug hooking retreat at the Flemington Hampton Inn from Jan. 13-15. Guild Co-President, Joyce Combs of Lambertville ...

Last fall, in a church hall in Victoria, 20 women ranging in age from 30 to 60 gathered for a workshop in rug hooking. Midway through the class, organizer Sheila Stewart, owner of the Blue Heron ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Originally a pastime for sailors on long-distance voyages in the 1800s, rug hooking was brought into popular culture around the 1940s by Pearl McGown in Massachusetts.

Rug hooking has been around for hundreds of years, but a resurgence of this art form has occurred in the last 40 to 50 years, Lee said. In the 1600 and 1700s, ...

Demonstrators will include Woodstock Weavers, Elmendorph Hand Spinners, Wiltwyck Quilters Group, Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers Association Rug Hooking Group, Ulster Hand Spinners, and ...

Kramer, who has been hooking rugs for 10 years, is president of the Crooked River Rug Hookers, which meets at Westlake Porter Public Library. She said the club is only three months old, ...

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 ...

Today, rug hooking has become more art than craft as fibre artists push the boundaries of traditional designs to experiment with form, textures and even materials. Jan. 21, 2019.