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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’ ...

For Nancy Greene, it’s almost a form of therapy. For Leanne Sitler, it’s an art form, but so much more. Both women are hookers. OK, get your mind out of the gutter. They’re rug hookers, and they’ve ...

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,” ...

Amy Oxford holds one of the foreign-language rug-hooking books that feature the Oxford Punch Needle. Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger CORNWALL – It was a Friday in 2017 when Amy Oxford, a fiber ...

From a tiny studio beside her 1880s Graton farmhouse Brigitta Phy paints pictures with fabric, hook by hook by hook, painstakingly keeping alive a fading art that dates back at least to Colonial times ...

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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 ...

Love and laughter are key to any beautifully handmade rug. With every thread of yarn or wool pulled through a stiff woven backing, creative-type women chat about their families and current events over ...

Funny animal patterns such as panda, soccer, dinosaur, sunflower, owl, smiling face, and star etc. We will continue to design new patterns. Latch Hook Rug Canvas: This rug making kit has a colorful ...