Mary Bajcz, who came to the Detroit News Stitch-Together in May, has an amazing talent for turning scraps of wool fabric, leftover yarn and discarded wool garments into beautifully handcrafted rag ...

STANFORDVILLE – "A Collection of Hooked Rugs," presented by the arts nonprofit Creative Crossroads, opened this weekend at the Stanford Grange in Stanfordville. The free exhibition features dozens of ...

CORNWALL, Vt. (WCAX) - Amy Oxford is hooked on rug hooking. “We call it instant gratification with wool,” she laughed. She owns The Oxford Company in Cornwall, a one-stop shop for rug hooking. They ...

SEATTLE — Fiber Artist Andie Solar demonstrates the art of punch needle, an embroidery method in which an artist can create rugs, wall hanging, or cushion covers by threading loops of acrylic or wool ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...