Katie Hartner has added making rug hooking patterns to her Tyler quilting business. She bought A Nimble Thimble here about 13 years ago and recently acquired Woolley Fox from Barbara Carroll, who ...

STANFORDVILLE – "A Collection of Hooked Rugs," presented by the arts nonprofit Creative Crossroads, opened this weekend at the Stanford Grange in Stanfordville. The free exhibition features dozens of ...

WAUTOMA – The Heart of Wisconsin Rug Hooking Guild will sponsor its 25th annual Fall Hook-In from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 25 at Mount Morris Camp and Conference Center, W6016 Blackhawk Road, Wautoma.

Rug hooking fits into the “waste not, want not” mentality. Using recycled wool from clothing and remnants from textile mills, rug hooking was once common in households along the eastern seaboard in ...

The long, cold days of a Minnesota winter can be the perfect time to learn a new hobby. The Rochester Area Rug Hookers would like to introduce you to the craft of rug hooking. Kathy Morton, right, and ...

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 ...

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. Her ...

WAUPACA – The Heart of Wisconsin Rug Hooking Guild will hold its 27th annual Hook-In from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Spencer Lake Christian Center in Waupaca. This is a day rug hookers from all ...

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