June/July/August 2014

Learn more about the rich history of rug hooking in addition to its current trends by picking up this issue of Rug Hooking magazine. If you are looking to read up on rug hooking stories from the past, the articles on fishermen's wives from the 1920s and folklife rugs will fill you in on how people have interacted with this craft for decades. You can also find out more about the ways that people use their art to interact with their communities and families: Weezie Huntington celebrated survival after Hurricane Sandy with her commemorative rug and Norma Press reproduced her grandchildren's drawings in wool form to connect with her loved ones. There is even an exclusive pattern available that will walk you through turning the same charming cottage pattern into a rug, pillow, or needle-punched piece.

Table of Contents

Exclusive Pattern: Penny Garden
by Laurie Lausen/L.J. Fibers

Snapshots in Wool
by April D. DeConick

Finding Beauty Amidst Destruction
by Linda Harbrecht

Folklife Rugs
by Norma Batastini

Celebration XXIII Readers’ Choice Winners

Maine Sea Coast Mission Hooked Rugs
by Judith Burger-Gossart

Cats and Turtles and Coyotes … Oh, My!
by Norma Press

Canadian Connection: Hooked on Swoon
by Tamara Pavich

Ask the Experts: Ten Times the Value
by John L. Leonard

Camps & Workshops: Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village
by Kathy Wright

Reader's Gallery: Exploring Infinite Possibilities: Peg Irish
by Anne-Marie Littenberg

Dear Beginning Rug Hooker: The Cup of Kindness
by Ellen Banker

Colors to Dye For: You Can Resist Wool
by Wanda Kerr

First Rug (Norman Soderberg)
by Melinda Russell