Margaret Harrison wants to revive the popularity of the traditional craft of rug hooking. She remembers a time when people would make them at home to sell for extra cash.

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’ ...

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 ...

KITCHENER — Kate Seely has a lapel pin she loves to wear. It reads: “proud to be a hooker.” This fibre artist has heard all the jokes about one of her favourite crafty pastimes, rug hooking.

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 ...

Margaret Harrison is teaching other women how to do the traditional fibre art of rug hooking. She says the craft has been passed down through generations of her Métis family in Saskatchewan's ...

When I think of rug hooking, I think of things found in my grandmother’s living room or attic. But in recent years, thanks to a handful of retailers, designers and enthusiasts, the craft has become ...

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 ...

STANFORDVILLE – "A Collection of Hooked Rugs," presented by the arts nonprofit Creative Crossroads, opened this weekend at the Stanford Grange in Stanfordville. The free exhibition features dozens of ...

Winne Glavine, publicity and social media co-ordinator for the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador, displays some of the work that the guild hopes to preserve through its registry. (Heather ...

Before I met Sally Charnley, I had no idea Rockford was a hotbed for legalized hooking. A whole new world opened to me when Charnley introduced me to a group of highly organized hookers who call ...

Rugs are the perfect epitome of functional art -- they transform spaces, bring warmth, and act as tangible meeting grounds for utility and beauty. The practice of making rugs by hand is methodic and ...