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Emily Urquhart wrote an interesting  article on the 150 years of Canadian Hooked Rugs , in exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada. Enjoy! Textile Museum of Canada Home Economics: 150 years of Canadian Hooked Rugs Date: September 24, 2015 – February 8, 2016  **** Home - Life - Home & Design - Design Handicrafts Modern hookers A show at the Textile Museum of Canada shines the spotlight on rug hooking’s surprising range. Emily Urquhart reports on how the old domestic craft has found its way into many talented new hands. Hannah Epstein’s Animal. EMILY URQUHART Special to The Globe and Mail Last updated: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 3:28PM EST  Last fall, in a church hall in Victoria, 20 women ranging in age from 30 to 60 gathered for a workshop in rug hooking. Midway through the class, organizer Sheila Stewart, owner of the Blue Heron Rug Hooking Studio in Victoria, leaned over and gave me an impromptu demonstration. “You...

A great project_ Work currently underway on the Friendship Rug in Montreal. Looking forward to seeing the completed piece at OHCG's 50th Anniversary Exhibition! Dawna Matthew, Claire Fradette and Isabelle Rollin hooking the Frienship Rug.  Jacques Lepage was supervising. LOL!

2015 The Year of the Craft _ By Ti Seymour Invitation sent out to any rug hookers in Montreal tomorrow. Your chance to hook a hand on this Friendship Rug. A bit of background into …. The idea for the Friendship Rug was initiated by the Marketing Committee to celebrate “2015 The Year of the Craft” as promoted by the Craft Council of Canada. Branches are invited to hook their hands on the rug which is to be circulated throughout the province. When completed, it will be displayed at the 2016 Annual conference in honour of the 50th Anniversary of the OHCG. It became apparent that one rug would not suffice, so a second rug began circulating in Eastern Ontario to give opportunity for as many branches as possible to participate. After the 2016 Annual at Deerhurst, the rugs will become part of the historical artifacts of the OHCG. There are a few items such as a lovely silver punch bowl donated by Mary Sheppard Burton to the OHCG and the large hooked OHCG logo which is displayed ...

Article in ATHA        By Dawna Matthew In October, 2015 our guild president, Ti Seymour, attended the TIGHR triennial in Victoria, B.C. She met Gene Shepherd there and was able to show him the Sherwood Forest Elementary School’s finished project which was inspired by his ATHA article “Teach a Child to Hook”. And that resulted in a new ATHA article, “Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild of Canada Teach a Child to Hook”, in the Feb/Mar issue which you can see below. ATHA, Art of Rug Hooking Issue 217 February-March 2016 Beaconsfierld Hooking Crafters Guild of Canada "Teach a Child to Hook", by Ti Seymour Pages 28 - 31 Website Link: Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA) ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 28 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 29 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 30 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 31 Keywords: Hooking with Children

Snowboard Denise Morissette My rug represents a skier practicing snowboarding. It was made for my grandson who enjoys this sport. For the design I was inspired by a picture seen on the internet. I used both new wool I dyed and some recycled woolens, cut in #6 for most of the hooking, with #3 for the details. Denise Morissette - Snowboard Winter Scene Hooked by Kay Cousineau Adaptation of Winter Landscape, Baie-Saint-Pau l, a painting by Clarence Gagnon This pictorial was inspired by a Christmas Card I had received, which represented an oil painting of a colourful winter scene by Clarence Gagnon. For this project I used new and recycled wool and met the challenge of finding the exact colour I was looking for by dying and overdying until I got it right. Lois Morris helped me to achieve this. Very fine cuts of #2 and #3 were used throughout. Winter Scene Hooked By Kay Cousineau Polar Boys By Lorayne Charenko These two eskimo pieces are not rugs but...

2016 is Here! May each day of the New Year bring you pleasant surprises! Sudoku Rug by Brenda Ticehurst, Illustration by Maria Romero This piece has been featured in our Show & Tell / April 2009! Sudoku Designed and Hooked by Brenda Ticehurst When planning my next rug, I wanted to do something that would be more interactive for viewers. In the summer at the cottage our family does Sudoku contests. It gave me the idea to hook one. I chose a puzzle that was symmetrical. It is a medium difficult one. To make it more colorful I assigned a consistent colour to each number. At the bottom I made a pocket to hold pencils and a paper copy of the puzzle for those who wanted to try it. I also hooked a few individual numbers that could be pinned in place when viewing the work. It is hooked on burlap with #6 Wool strips. Sudoku Rug by Brenda Ticehurst