DAVENPORT, Ia. – A length of burlap-colored linen is stretched taut across a square wooden frame on a pedestal. In one hand, Beth Anne Smiley holds a thin strip of colorful wool under the linen, and ...

At first, primitive rug hooking was practiced mainly by the poorer classes, but it grew into an art form prized by all, Smiley explains. People used established patterns as well as those of their own ...

Editor's note: This is the fifth story in an ongoing series about interesting hobbies in and around the Norwalk area. If you have an interesting hobby you would like profiled, contact Staff Writer ...

YORK — Join primitive rug hooker Lisanne Miller on Saturday, May 21, at York Art Association for an entire day of "Purely Primitive" rug hooking and learn how to hook a rug made of recycled woolens ...

In 1959, when Beth Anne Smiley was a child, a runner on the stairwell of a family friend made of vintage wool caught her eye. The friend had cut all of the wool by hand out of her husband's good wool ...

For Nancy Greene, it’s almost a form of therapy. For Leanne Sitler, it’s an art form, but so much more. Both women are hookers. OK, get your mind out of the gutter. They’re rug hookers, and they’ve ...

A P.E.I. group wants to get more Islanders hooked on rug hooking and, at the same time, they're hoping to capture the history of their craft through the years. "Rug hooking has had a rejuvenation ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A length of burlap-colored linen is stretched taut across a square wooden frame on a pedestal. In one hand, Beth Anne Smiley holds a thin strip of colorful wool under the linen, ...