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 ...

These are not your granny’s hooked rugs! Opening on Thursday, March 19, and running through Oct. 3 at the Wilton Historical Society, the exhibition One Loop at a Time: June Myles’ Hooked Rugs displays ...

A group of volunteers is hoping to save an art form unique to the region by establishing a New Brunswick mat registry to catalogue all the old hooked rugs that were made in the province. As the ...

They can be fine art or as practical as a potholder. While the origins of hooked rugs date to the Vikings, modern rug hooking really was born here in New England. With Hook in Hand, which opened in ...

If it wasn't for Twitter, nobody but a lucky clutch of close family and friends would ever know about Alan Kwan's astonishingly intricate hooked-rug renderings of classic French paintings and ...

Hooked rugs like this one crafted by Melissa Elliott are making a comeback. mct photo Hooked rugs evoke a feeling of yesteryear, of Grandma’s house and simpler times. No wonder that in this period of ...

CLINTON — The first exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the historic Red Mill is in keeping with the Red Mill Museum Village’s themes of history and natural sustainability. “At the Sign of the ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: This hooked rug measures 30 by 38 inches. A label on its back reads “Mountaineer’s Cabin,” with an address of Heritage Rugs, 54 Irving Ave., Providence, R.I. The fabric is in ...

Reba C. Miller doesn't throw away old wool coats or skirts. Instead, she turns them into beautifully designed hooked rugs. "When I was a teenager, my grandmother (Amanda Witmer) did it, so I did, too, ...

Everything’s old fashioned in the Log Cabin Museum at the annual Tunbridge World’s Fair. Atop Antique Hill, with Civil War reenactors camped outside, the exhibition hall features weavers, printers and ...

Annie Harlin says she’s retiring “professionally,” but she showed no signs of slowing down during a recent chat in her Bern Township home. After doing craft shows for some 40 years, Harlin confides ...