The 56-year-old Westville resident makes a living off of traditional rug hooking. Rug hooking is a craft where rugs are made by pulling wool through a fabric backing. It requires a frame and a crochet ...

Traditional rug hooking uses a finer linen backing and fabrics that allow for greater detail and artistry. Phy buys white wool fabric, dyes it and cuts it into strips. She also works to a lesser ...

Traditional rug hooking will be displayed and demonstrated this weekend at the Luckenbach Mill, ... “You can’t go to a craft store and buy kits” to do a hooked rug, said Koehler.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Family • Husband Paul, married 28 years, and son Benjamin of Cape Girardeau, Mo. What she makes • Traditional hooked art ...

The ballroom at the Holiday Inn on Rockside Road in Independence was filled with creations made by members of the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists during their biennial fiber art exhibit ...

Traditional rug hooking is a true North American art form with its origins in the mid-1800s ... those coming to the festival will be able to purchase the latest rug hooking books, patterns, kits, ...

More than 150 years later, some people are still doing the same thing. “It’s a very popular thing today. There’s a great resurgence of rug hooking,” said Karl, who, with Mary Jo, led an ...

A workshop for those interested in learning the fundamentals of traditional rug hooking is being conducted by the Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild on Sunday, March 26. The workshop will run ...

The time honored art and craft of traditional rug hooking leads off the schedule of Thompson-Ames Historical Society's calendar of events for 2006. Carol Dale of Gilford will be the teacher and sup… ...

Great Lakes Rug Hooking Guild invites you to join their group. ... Yearly membership dues are $20, and the group is part of the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA).