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’ ...

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.

The centuries-old art of hand-crafted rug hooking is making a comeback, thanks to the hardworking members of the Pearl McGown Hookcrafters, Ocala Chapter 120. “Hooking came from Europe in the form of ...

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 remembers her mom being the first person to introduce her to rug hooking. She was a kid at the time, and she didn't try it herself. "But she kept on rug hooking and I watched her a ...

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 ...

Rugs will adorn the walls at the West Nebraska Arts Center in March with an exhibit by the Hole in the Wall Traditional Rug ...

Jean Ketch registered her 1988 heraldic rug with the N.B. Mat Registry, ensuring her family’s story in wool is preserved for ...

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 ...