Sugar Fenton has recreated her family’s camp on Molasses Pond — a charming childlike depiction of a lakeside cottage framed ...

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 ...

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’ ...

A corner of Pam Bartlett's rug hooking studio in Loudon. When you walk into Pam Bartlett’s studio in Loudon, you’re greeted by an explosion of color. The shelves of her basement-turned-workshop are ...

The obsession of three self-described "hookers" is understandable in view of the stunning rugs they produce. Strands of multi-colored textiles are arranged, pulled and blended to form peacocks, people ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Elizabeth Miller of Paris works on a portrait of her younger self. The ...

WEST AMWELL TWP. -- When the Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild held its 12th annual five-day rug-hooking camp recently, more than 40 rug hookers gathered at the Educational Services Commission ...

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 ...

The artists behind a rug art exhibit in Halifax hope the designs hook the public's interest into talking about the lingering effects of residential schools. "People lose interest. So I believe as long ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Originally a pastime for sailors on long-distance voyages in the 1800s, rug hooking was brought into popular culture around the 1940s by Pearl McGown in Massachusetts. Her ...