Hooking-related links
MEMBERS’ WEBSITES AND BLOGS
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Elliott, Norma:
Hooked Codfish Originals
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Fletcher, Marla:
OHCG 2018 Annual Blog
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Langdon, Pam:
Pam Langdon Design
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Lukas, Barbara:
Barbara Lukas
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McNevin, Shawn:
Studio167
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Miller, Karen:
Karen Miller Studio
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van Essen, Wendo:
Fine Art by Wendo
- Whitford, Robin: Hooking Outside the Lines , and Hooking Ouside the Lines Facebook group
RUG HOOKING GROUPS & GUILDS
Ontario – Ontario Hooking Craft Guild (OHCG) Area 1
- Guilde de tapisserie au crochet de Beaconsfield, Beaconsville, QC
- Brockville Thousand Islanders, Mallorytown ON
- Deep River Hookers, Deep River, ON
- Martintown Wild and Wooly Rug Hookers, Martintown, ON
- On Track II, Pointe Claire, QC
- Prescott Hoops and Hooks, Prescott, ON
- Rideau Valley Boots & Baskets, Burritts Rapids, ON
Eastern Canada
- NL: Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland
- NS: Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia
- NB: Heritage Rug Hooking Guild of New Brunswick
- PE: Island Matters Rug Hooking Group
Central Canada
- QC: Les Tapissiers de St-Henri / Saint-Henri Rug Hookers
- ON: Burlington Rug Hooking Guild
- ON: Etobicoke Rugcrafters
- ON: Kitchener Waterloo Rug Hooking Group
- ON: Northumberland Rug Hookers
Western Canada
International
SUPPLIERS & VENDORS
- For a list of suppliers and hooking equipment vendors, visit our Suppliers page.
INSTRUCTORS
- Tina Cole — Consecon/Picton, ON
- Ingrid Hieronimus — Kitchener/Waterloo, ON
- Cathy Ivory — Merrickville, ON
- Karen Kaiser— Belleville, ON
- Wanda Kerr — Wiarton, ON
- Martina Lesar — Caledon, ON
- Karen D. Miller — Orleans, ON
- Loretta Moore — Godfrey, ON
- Carol Shewan — Westport, ON
- Simone Vojvodin — Grand Bend, ON
- Robin Whitford — Ottawa, ON
SCHOOLS
- OHCG Fall School
OHCG’s rug hooking school held annually in the fall. - St Lawrence College, Fibre Arts Program in Traditional Rug
Hooking
Instructor and program coordinator: Laura Boszormeny - Trent School of Rug Hooking
Mission is to provide an independent school, promoting traditional rug hooking in Canada in an environment that encourages learning and friendship. The contact is Cindy Fridenberg. See their Facebook page or write to them at info@schoolofrughooking.ca - The Prairie Harvest Rug School
RUG HOOKING BLOGS AND NEWSLETTERS
Eastern Canada
- Deanne Fitzpatrick Studio blog (Deanne Fitzpatrick, Nova Scotia)
- Encompassing Designs (Christine Little, Nova Scotia)
- Laura Kenney Rugs (Laura Kenney, Nova Scotia)
- Patricia Winans Designs blog (Patricia Winans, New Brunswick)(inactive since 2014)
Central Canada
- Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild blog (Quebec)
- Blogue de la Guilde de tapisserie au crochet de Beaconsfield (Quebec)
- Les Tapissiers de Saint-Henri / Saint-Henri Rug Hookers (Quebec)
- Artworks (Karen Kaiser, Ontario)
- Fish Eye Rugs (Jen Manuell, Ontario)(last entry was 2014)
- Hooked on the Lake (Loretta Moore, Ontario)
- Martina Lesar Hooked Rug Studio blog (Martina Lesar, Ontario)
- Northumberland Rug Hookers (Ontario)
- Sunshine Rughooking (Elizabeth Martel, Ontario)
- WandaWorks (Wanda Kerr)
- Willow Creek Rug Hooking blog (Carol Shewan, Ontario)
Western Canada
- JLT Studios blog (Jean Ottosen, Saskatchewan)
- Michelle Sirois Silver blog (Michelle Sirois Silver, British Columbia)
Australia
Rughooking Australia (Australian Rugmakers Guild)- Blog
- Guild Newletters (2008-2013)
- Connecting Us – by Miriam Miller (The unofficial newsletter of the Australian Guild of Rugmakers)
Guatemala
- Multicolores, An inspiring website from a women’s rug hooking cooperative in Guratemala
United States
- Ali Strebel Designs blog (Ali Strebel, Ohio)
- Anita Hooks Rugs (Anita White, Kansas)
- Art Rugs and Designs (April DeConick, Texas)
- ArtWools Studio blog (Susan Feller, West Virginia)
- Cindi Gay Rug Hooking (Cindi Gay, Ohio)
- Excessive Compulsive Sewing and Rug Hooking (Sylvia Gauthier, Wyoming)
- Green Mountain Hooked Rugs (various contributors, Vermont)
- Hooking with Yarn (Judy Taylor, Washington state)
- Laura’s Loop (Laura Pierce, California)
- In the Studio and Elsewhere (Lori Laberge, North Carolina) (ceased November 2018)
- Mary Jane’s Rugs (Mary Jane Peabody, New Hampshire)
- Merry Hooker Woolens (Marita Friedman, California) (blog inactive since 2014)
- The Middle Sister (Gayle Burton, Utah)
- Northwest Folk Design (Marijo Taylor, Oregon) (blog inactive since 2017)
- The Old Tattered Flag (Julie Thomas, New York state)
- The Paisley Studio (Sarah McNamara, New York state)
- Primitive Spirit (Karen Kahle, Oregon)
- Rug Hooking with Janice Lee (Janice Lee, Nebraska) (blog inactive since 2017
- Seaside Rug Hooking (Laura Kenyon & Debra Walland, Rhode Island)
- Spruce Ridge Studios (Kris Miller, Michigan)
- Woodland Junction (Saundra Porter, Delaware)
- Woolly Mammoth Woolens (Michele Phillips, New York state)