A group of volunteers is hoping to save an art form unique to the region by establishing a New Brunswick mat registry to catalogue all the old hooked rugs that were made in the province. As the ...

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 ...

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 Rug ...

Click to open image viewer. Design for hooked rug with geometric pattern. Overall rectangular format with areas of orange, green, and white arranged in asymmetrical composition. At three points, ...

DAVENPORT, Ia. – A length of burlap-colored linen is stretched taut across a square wooden frame on a pedestal. In one hand, Beth Anne Smiley holds a thin strip of colorful wool under the linen, and ...

Hannah Epstein’s riotous exhibition at Steve Turner may bring back memories of hours spent with latch hook rug kits — those ready-to-assemble crafts that, strand by strand, formed a fuzzy image of a ...

Q: I have enclosed a photo of a handmade rug that my grandmother recently gave to me. It is oval and approximately 9 by 12 feet. There are two labels on the rug - one is still readable, the other is ...