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 Garrett Bluenose Patterns" We chat with the author behind a new book that celebrates Nova Scotia's rich rug hooking heritage.

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 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 ...

At Legacy of the Plains Museum, a group of fiber artists is weaving friendship, creativity and tradition into every project.

Rug hooking is a traditional textile practice, and of late — thanks in part to many people being home because of the COVID-19 pandemic — it's been enjoying a renaissance in the Newfoundland and ...

It's hasn't quite reached lost-art status yet, but the craft of hand-hooking rugs definitely is a hobby and passion that should be embraced by more people. That opinion comes from Wilma Hill, the ...

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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 ...

ARCHBOLD — Sauder Village will host its 30th annual Rug Hooking Week Aug. 12-15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is expected to fill Founder’s Hall with more than 400 handmade rugs. Recognized as ...