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 ...

Last fall, in a church hall in Victoria, 20 women ranging in age from 30 to 60 gathered for a workshop in rug hooking. Midway through the class, organizer Sheila Stewart, owner of the Blue Heron Rug ...

Rug hooking is a traditional textile practice, and of late — thanks in part to many people being home because of the COVID-19 pandemic — it's been enjoying a renaissance in the Newfoundland and ...

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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.