Madcap adventures, mishaps, all the big things in life and leisurely days frittered away wove four women’s lives together in friendship. With a gleam in their eyes, they’ll say they met while hooking. They are mischievous—the lot of them—down to the linen canvas of...
Rug hooking, as its known today, is thought to have been first developed in the early Colonies and Canadian Maritime Provinces. History has many examples of woven floor mats across cultures from the Vikings to the Egyptians. The North American rug hooking style has...
A long way from her Southern roots now, Kim Kaelin first learned about rug hooking from a DIY cable television show in 1993. Commenting about that era being pre-Google, she combed the Louisville phone book in search of rug hooking information, classes or a shop. Not...
‘Tis the season for bunnies. Paulette Wentzlaff, wool dyer and rug hooker, found this Beatrix Potter style pattern in an old magazine. She used the hand torn technique to make the wool strips for hooking. They are a little wider and the edges are not scissor sharp....