Article: HOOKED ON RUGS

Article: Columbus woman is hooked on rug crafts.
Columbus Telegram (Columbus, NE);  June 9, 2007 ;     594 words ......handful of instructors in the state who teach rug hooking to beginners. Rug hooking is a very old craft, said Nyffeler, owner of...colonial America. She said the primitive style of rug hooking became an important way for our ancestors to...

Article: Back to basics. (Rug Hooking) (Brief Article)
Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management;  March 1, 1994 ;     311 words ...Rug Hooking started out as a newsletter with a how-...richness of the craft. So, five years ago, Rug Hooking, published by Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-bas...the magazine, and as a result, restored Rug Hooking to its original focus, making it once...

Article: Arts Notes
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  January 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Family Rug," which is one piece in the rug hooking exhibit she's spotlighted in with Suzanne...Parlor Art Gallery exhibit Works of rug hooking artists Suzanne Sears Hamer and Sandra...numerous rugs featured in the publication Rug Hooking, and have had their artistic works judged...

Article: Hooked on Rugs
Today's Woman;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......When I told her how I had always loved rug hooking and wanted to learn the craft, she said...returned home to schedule her first rug hooking lesson. Soon after Mary and Jyl met...with the group. After three years of rug hooking together, Jyl and Mary decided to take...

Article: Readers respond to rug-hooking query
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  March 9, 2009 ;     345 words ......answer to the query about primitive rug hooking, readers should be made aware of the...response to the inquiry for primitive rug hooking, Tina Payton of Payton Primitives is...Rumford area. She has extensive primitive rug hooking kits, patterns, wool and rug hooking...

Article: Expert on rug hooking to be at Bangor library
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  May 14, 2009 ;     48 words ...BANGOR - Mildred Cole Peladeau of Readfield, rug hooking expert, will be at the Bangor Public Library at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, to talk about her book "Rug Hooking in Maine: 1838-1940." Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing...

Article: Folk art underfoot: remember the old saying, "use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without?" Well, it's particularly appropriate for the time-honored craft of rug-hooking.(TEXTILES)
Antiques Roadshow Insider;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......and not the colonial era. Traditional rug hooking--pulling long narrow strips of fabric...in the 1850s. The huge popularity in rug hooking began then because burlap, a handy backing...back, and most likely made from a kit). Rug hooking became a craze when pre-printed designs...

Article: Orrington woman makes rug based on Wyeth painting
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  February 8, 2005 ;     700 words ......The daughter of a friend who is in my rug hooking group works for him. When he said he...April 2004. Van Dyne's romance with rug hooking began when she was 16 and a student...Massachusetts woman, helped revive the art of rug hooking in the 1920s and '30s. Later, she and...

Article: Hooked on rugs: the man with a plan
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  May 15, 2005 ;     271 words ......became interested in the process of rug hooking and tried it himself. Like many people in New England who practiced rug hooking, Frost drew his rug pattern on...museum on Saturday. There'll be rug hooking demonstrations, people working...

Article: She's hooked
Capital (Annapolis);  February 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Green. The 56- year-old also teaches rug hooking, with a class scheduled for next month...fanatic Mrs. Green got her start in rug hooking from her grandmother, a Bostonian who...But she didn't become serious about rug hooking until she was 34 and had raised a family...

Article: FROM RAGS TO RUGS
Today's Woman;  October 1, 2005 ;     419 words ...Rug hooking is as popular as quilting in New England...the Midwest some may not even know what rug hooking is. That is about to change - at least...Rhapsody in Rugs, the first-ever juried rug-hooking show with cash prizes is at the Carnegie...

Article: RUG HOOKING EXHIBIT APRIL 4-OCT. 5
The Boston Globe;  March 30, 2003 ;     122 words ...RUG HOOKING DID NOT CROSS THE ATLANTIC FROM EUROPE...EXHIBIT ON WALLACE NUTTING, WHO POPULARIZED RUG HOOKING THROUGH THE "COLONIAL" ROOM SETTINGS...FIBER ART." RECOGNIZING THAT CONTEMPORARY RUG HOOKING CAN BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN ART AND CRAFT...

Article: Arts center adds rug hooking to list
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  January 15, 2009 ;     324 words ......in the traditional heritage craft of rug hooking and multimedia arts will start off the...Arts Center, 480 Main St. Seven Gables Rug Hooking will hold the first set of classes, called "Rug Hooking for a Wintry Day," from 1 to 3 p.m...

Article: A hook in time: a Connecticut artisan updates a time-honored craft with her decidedly personal vision. (The Country Living Guild).
Country Living;  October 1, 2002 ;     564 words ......rugs. About seven years ago I watched a rug-hooking demonstration at a local historical...the pun, but I was hooked, she says. Rug hooking combines all the qualities I love--color...craftspeople who propelled the art of rug hooking to its pinnacle of popularity late in...