Dear Helaine and Joe: This hooked rug measures 30 by 38 inches. A label on its back reads “Mountaineer’s Cabin,” with an address of Heritage Rugs, 54 Irving Ave., Providence, R.I. The fabric is in ...

Kramer said intricate designs can be very time consuming, but hookers develop a rhythm to their craft. When setting a price for a hooked rug, she said things like the complexity of the design, the ...

On Sunday, May 1 from 1 to 4 p.m., fiber artists Lucy Walsh and Sharon Ballard will display their handcrafted hooked rugs at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead. Walsh and Ballard will be on-hand to share ...

GRAND HAVEN - More than 200 years ago, rug hooking was was considered a craft of the poor. The process involves pulling strips of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven material using a crochet-type ...

Click to open image viewer. Design for hooked rug with geometric pattern. Overall rectangular format with areas of orange, green, and white arranged in asymmetrical composition. At three points, ...

No one is sure who made the first hooked rugs, but most historians think it was the Vikings. We do know that in the early 19th century, floormats were made in the United States from 9-inch-long pieces ...

They can be fine art or as practical as a potholder. While the origins of hooked rugs date to the Vikings, modern rug hooking really was born here in New England. With Hook in Hand, which opened in ...

Everything’s old fashioned in the Log Cabin Museum at the annual Tunbridge World’s Fair. Atop Antique Hill, with Civil War reenactors camped outside, the exhibition hall features weavers, printers and ...

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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. WARDSBORO — A “Falling Stars” hooked rug handmade by Linda Gifkins, a fiber artist in town, is the prize in the Wardsboro Public Library’s 4th of July ...