It's hasn't quite reached lost-art status yet, but the craft of hand-hooking rugs definitely is a hobby and passion that should be embraced by more people. That opinion comes from Wilma Hill, the ...

SOUTH BERWICK -- Experience quintessential New England craft at "Hand-Hooked Rugs: New Works by Members of Seacoast Ruggers," currently on view through Saturday, January 5, 2019, at Sarah Orne Jewett ...

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HAND-HOOKED rugs, a staple of the folk art tradition, are going mainstream, thanks in part to inexpensive imported reproductions of favorite old patterns. Antiques, while available, tend to be small ...

Once a month, a group of “hookers” meet at the historical McFadden-Ross House (915 Brady in Dearborn), and they don’t mind the name – in fact, some have the word emblazoned on their license plate, in ...

When I think of rug hooking, I think of things found in my grandmother’s living room or attic. But in recent years, thanks to a handful of retailers, designers and enthusiasts, the craft has become ...

DAVENPORT -- In 1959, when Beth Anne Smiley was a child, a runner on the stairwell in the home of a family friend caught her eye. It was made of vintage wool -- the friend had cut all of the wool by ...