This is a lot of talk right now about zero waste production. Hooking is very good at using up all parts of the material we buy for it. I al...

Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee For a good time. You might need one and this delivers.

Beatrice Wood, artist. Her most productive years were from age 80 to 105. "I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men....

When you are getting dressed there is always a little something you do to finish off or polish your look. I like scarves and fairly strange ...

Right this minute my favourite rug store is having a sale. 60% off.  Here is the one I picked out. Gorgeous. I love it!  Divi...

Yes Scarlett your little make do dress made of curtains has been bested! By candy wrappers, which make a great and inventive hooking mat...

Looking today at Robert Swain. Here is one of his paintings. Untitled. Apparently he did these gradation paintings purely by instin...

                                   From hooking class this week, a sampling of the works from: Pam J Shirley     Jane ...

I'm busy preparing a wonderful Easter Surprise for The Welcome Mat, and I thought I share with a little with you too. Here is a video...

Go ahead, it doesn't matter where you land, it is the way there that exhilarates.

  I have many delightful ladies come to hooking, today I'm going to introduce you to Sandy, this week she had a couple of treasures to ...

Want to learn a new hooking trick? On The Welcome Mat , my online studio for artistic growth in rug hooking, we have about 50 instruction...

I just got my copy of Rug Hooking magazine yesterday and was a little worried about my article. The colours are quite off as pictured. These...

I'm really listening to the words hookers use when they describe colour. It really makes a big difference, like a police sketch arti...

Get ready for this, it might take concentration to follow along. If I sit down I cannot get up. If I stand up I cannot sit down because I ...

Phi is the mathematical symbol for The Golden Section. Looking to make a pleasing rug? Use this calculator to find out a perfect propor...

Terrific Skiing in Wiarton- wish you were here. We got game!

Finally after many weeks of being quite distracted by duties I've been able to get down to and into my Circle of Life rug. Only 20 da...

Have you always wanted to be a better dyer? Have more control of your outcome or even just make corrections with ease? Do you find you ...