Rughooking

I’ve been hooking rugs for about about two years now. It was a hobby that I’ve been interested in for quite some time, but it took a chance meeting with a hooked purse in the supermarket to help me find the right people!

The Ten-Minute Rug Hooking Challenge has been extremely helpful in getting me to take the time each day to focus on something I love. Want more information, or to join the challenge? Just click the image to the left and you’ll be in the right place to sign up!

People often ask me where I get my “rughooking stuff”. Well, I buy my supplies from River Gallery, here in southern New Brunswick. Sande Gunning, the owner, took the time to show me how to hook a year ago, and we’ve been friends ever since. Her shop has everything a hooker needs, from patterns to wool to tools, and she always has time for questions. I highly recommend her shop!

Here are some other rughooking links I’ve discovered in my journeys on the net.

Hookers’ Blogs

• A Day in the Life
• Anne’s Original Hooked Rugs
• Art Spirit
• Cabin Creek
• Cats in My Wool
• Cindi Gay Rug Hooking
• Deanne Fitzpatrick
• dulcy’s doorstep
• Fish Eye Rugs
• For the Love of Fiber
• Gene Shepherd
• Hook, Hand and Heart
• hOOkwOrM
• Island Sweet
• Kinship in Color and Wool
• London-Wul
• Millie’s Mats
• Molly Made Fibre Art Studio
• Momz Wool
• Old Crow Farm
• Olde Crow Primitives
• Orange Sink
• Plum Run Creek
• Postcard from Waterloo
• Prairie’s Edge Primitives
• Primitive Woolens
• Red Jack Rugs
• Rughooker
• Rugs and Pugs
• Rugs of Mine … in Time
• Shabby Sheep
• Skip to My Ewe
• Snippets and Scraps of My Mind
• Spruce Ridge Studios
• Star Rug Company
• The Merry Hooker
• The Middle Sister
• The Quoddy Loopers
• The Rugged Moose
• The Wool Cupboard
• WandaWorks
• With Hook & Needle
• Woolen Sails
• Woolly Mammoth Woolens
• Wooly Bear Woolens
• Wooly Red Rug / Prairie’s Edge Primitives

How-Tos

• A Basic Tutorial
• Rug Hooking Made Simple
• Wendy’s Rug Binding Technique

Communities/Guilds/Heritage

• ATHA (Association of Traditional Hooking Artists)
• Rug Hooking Daily
• Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia
• The Hooked Rug Museum
• The Primitive Rug Hooking Guild
• The Welcome Mat
• Wool Snippets

Programs

• The Rug Hooker’s Merit Program

Publications

• Rug Hooking Magazine
• Wool Street Journal

Shops/Supplies/Etc. in My General Area

• Deanne Fitzpatrick
• London-Wul
• River Gallery
• Searsport Rug Hooking