Have you admired handmade hooked rugs at craft shows? Do you appreciate the old hooked rugs sold by antique dealers? Do you relate to magazine articles showing homes decorated with hooked rugs? If the ...

The Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild is partnering with the Mennonite Heritage Center (MHEP) in Harleysville, Pa. to conduct a hook-in and workshop for beginners on Saturday, April 20, from 9 ...

Call them happy hookers — it comes with the territory and they take it in good-natured stride — but the members of the Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild are not only happy, they are proud. The guild ...

In the back of the Woolen Pear and Red Horse Rugs shop in Loudon on Thursday, a group of women sat down for their first rug-hooking class. The class, run by hooking artist and owner Pam Bartlett, was ...

For Karl and Mary Jo Gimber, it started when they bought a hooked mat at a Bucks County estate auction. “It turns out that the woman who hooked it was there and she came over and introduced herself,” ...

Some people retire to play golf or travel. Fritz Mitnick left her job because she was hooked on another pastime — literally. Mitnick does rug hooking, a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rug-making is one of those ancient crafts, like weaving and ...