Deutsch Country Days to Celebrate 28 Years Oct 16, 2009
Juried artisans demonstrate a variety of skills, including pewter casting, Windsor chair making, woodworking and rug hooking. Artisans are housed in reconstructed buildings brought to the Marthasville property from Missouri farms. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Lexington Community Education to get hooked on rug hooking Oct 11, 2009
Upcoming LCE classes include a one-evening workshop on the art of Rug Hooking, with a modern twist: Use this timeless craft to create a thoroughly modern cell phone case or handbag. Beginning Oct. 20 is a four-session class on Digital Photography. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Agricultural Night Sep 20, 2009
Laurie Sybertz works on a traditional rug hooking piece using recycled, hand-dyed, wool strips of fabric. Agricultural Night. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Arts available at Lexington Community Education Sep 18, 2009
For inspired fabric artists, LCE is offering several knitting classes, an introductory sewing class and a one-evening workshop on the traditional art of rug hooking. Knitting classes welcome all knitters new or seasoned to learn a new skill or for assistance with a new or ongoing project. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Rug hookers guild creates beauty, heirlooms Sep 6, 2009
Don't confuse what the Black Hills Area Rug Hookers Guild does with that of contemporary rug hooking ... "This is traditional rug hooking using a rug hook, linen jute backing and new or recycled wool strips," Dahlin said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Columbia County Fair Schedule for Saturday, Sept. 5; A.Colarusso & Son Day Sep 5, 2009
Today's Weather Hudson, NY. Today's Front Page Online Poll. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Columbia County Fair schedule for Friday, Sept. 4: Columbia Greene Community College Day Sep 4, 2009
Needle Felting Rug Hooking. Harness & Leather Repair Demonstration. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Learn to belly dance, speak Mandarin, build a Web Site and more at Arlington Community Ed Aug 30, 2009
Join us to learn floor cloth painting or rug hooking with student favorite, decorative artist Christine Jansen. Or hone your digital photography skills with former MIT instructor and photographer Abraham Klein. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
The art of pioneer crafting Aug 6, 2009
Also, Barbara Morgan from Brainerd will demonstrate and display her rose mauling painted bags, boxes and books, Terry Metz from Scandia will demonstrate Chicken Scratch embroidery, Marilyn Trachenko from Plymouth will feature the art of rug braiding, Ali Logeais will demonstrate the art of Scherenschnitte (paper cutting) and Gail Smith and Patty Schroeder will exhibit rug hooking. Also featured will be candle dipping by Bunny Geiger, making of lye soap by Mary Hoag and blacksmith work by James... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Dream weavers Jul 19, 2009
Crafts like knitting, weaving, rug hooking and spinning will never die. Today, those arts are seeing a resurgence, Hostetler says. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Prinster elevates rug making to an art meant to be shared Jul 3, 2009
Edwina Prinster explains the art of rug hooking, which involves hooking strips of wool through tiny holes in a cotton weave traced with a design ... I've been going to Girls Town to help them learn how to do this, starting by teaching them how to make purses that they design and made themselves," she continued. "I fell in love with those girls and now I go back and teach rug hooking, which gives me a sense of giving back to the community ... "... Really the art of rug hooking is an opportunity... (Fulton Sun, MO)
New Farmer's Market to Open in Rollinsford Jun 23, 2009
Those interested in the art of rug hooking will have an opportunity to ask questions about the craft and even try their hand at hooking, as Rae Lamson from Wool and Goods, in the lower Rollinsford Mills, will be on hand demonstrating the art as well as selling her wool supplies, rug patterns, and other materials. Creative animal balloonist Beth Booth of Lee, NH promises to add yet another festive touch to the day, by making and giving away her airy, colorful and spontaneous animal creations to... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Scene & Herd: Discovering the delights of home May 21, 2009
Rug hooking will be demonstrated 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at the National Heritage Museum by Jeanne Fallier. It also is free. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Important Women in Arkansas History May 15, 2009
If you love rug hooking, thank King for making it possible. This artist/business woman created the type of pre-stenciled rug kits you find in craft stores everywhere. (Suite101.com)
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Classes offered in June are Heart Art Therapy, Enhanced Photography, Printmaking, Watercolor Painting and Summer Clay Studio I. Classes offered in July are Traditional Rug Hooking, Basic Drawing, Fused Glass, Fiction Writing - Short Stories, Painting and Summer Clay Studio II.. A gallery show from Sept. 18 to Oct. 11 at the Box will highlight the work done during the workshops. (The Herald-Palladium)
March 19 recreation and adult ed programs Mar 18, 2009
Rug Hooking with a New Twist #105211A. Learn this traditional art form in a new and contemporary medium. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Sugar Ridge Creations offers a bit of Tennessee Americana Mar 16, 2009
We recently had our first knitting and crochet class, and I would like to offer more classes maybe rug hooking and a Bible class, she said. We have a potluck lunch and do a lot of eating. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)