The following instructors sometimes offer beginners workshops:
(Listed in order of proximity to Olde Forge.)

• Hooking Outside the Lines (Robin Whitford, near Ottawa)
  https://hookingoutsidethelines.com
  
  
• Willow Creek Rug Hooking (Carol Shewan, in Westport — 115 km from Ottawa)
  https://willowcreekrughooking.com
  
  
• Hooked on the Lake (Loretta Moore, near Westport – 150 km from Ottawa)
  https://hookedonthelake.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/
  
  
• Artworks by Karen Kaiser (in Belleville — 270 km from Ottawa — also offers online classes)
  https://artworksbykarenkaiser.net/services
  
  
• Martina Lesar Hooked Rug Studio (in Caledon, 450 km from Ottawa)
  https://martinalesar.com/category/classes/
  
  
• Deanne Fitzpatrick (Halifax, Nova Scotia — offers online classes)
  https://hookingrugs.com/collections/online-workshops
  
  
• Cindi Gay Rug Hooking (USA — offers online classes)
  https://cindigayrughooking.com/learn-rug-hooking/
  
  

Also check for online classes offered by guilds such as:

• Newfoundland Rug School
  
  
• Nova Scotia Rug Hooking Guild
  
  
• Ontario Hooking Craft Guild
  
  
• Prairie Harvest Rug School

These video tutorials are free, some with advertising. Check out other videos on each channel for lots more on rug hooking techniques.

• Ontario Hooking Craft Guild (OHCG): “Learn how to rug hook”
  https://ohcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/how-to-hook-4.mp4
  
  
• Mountain Wool (Sara-Beth Black): “Rug hooking tutorial”
  https://youtu.be/eJqb6u7yuEEA
  
  
• Ribbon Candy Rug Hooking (Deanna David): “Rug hooking beginner tutorial: how to move your hands”
  https://youtu.be/-qu4Qfn49wY
  
  
• Pat Bonn of Ottawa Olde Forge Rug Hooking: “On Learning to Hook”
  https://youtu.be/Nj68_Gng9L4
  

  Our very own Pat Bonn (an OHCG certified rug hooking teacher) shows all the steps, materials and basic techniques needed to make a hooked rug. With Nora Lee holding the camera, this video was a made for a presentation given by Nora and Pat about the commemorative rug that our group made for the Olde Forge Community Resource Centre’s 40th Anniversary in 2020.

• Cindi Gay Rug Hooking: “Rug hooking, get started quick”
  https://youtu.be/b9E7Vh1OGrA
  
  
• Ribbon Candy Rug Hooking (Deanna David): “Rug hooking beginner intro tutorial”
  https://youtu.be/hZqzRpBPOxU
  
  
• Deanne Fitzpatrick: “How to hook rugs”
  https://youtu.be/dFkqnT8Czng”
  
  
• Fiber Hooking Studio: “Hooking basics”
  https://youtu.be/n2I_bmcdAFQ
  
  
• W. Cushing & Co. (Lisanne Miller): “Back to basics – rug hooking”
  https://youtu.be/MbS0_eP6k84
  
  
• Loopy By Loop Studio: “Introduction to primitive rug hooking”
  https://youtu.be/Z4bSBseGdHg
  
  
• Ribbon Candy Rug Hooking (Deanna David): “Rug hooking with yarn for beginners”
  https://youtu.be/CGPZna0x21k
  
  
• The Oxford Company (Amy Oxford): Punch needle tutorials
  https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOxfordCompany
  
  
• The Woolery (Amy Judd): “How to get started with punch needle embroidery” (mini-punch needle)
  https://youtu.be/dk7Qxe1FV7s