Teacher will contact students prior to class: Yes
Level: Basic - students must have basic rug hooking knowledge & experience.
Supply fee description: Each kit contains all of the wool needed to make a set of three – including as-is and hand-dyed wool, plus the patterns on linen, thread, needle, stuffing, and written pattern/instructions. Wool will be pre-cut according to student’s cut size preference. Katie will contact students in advance to get your choice of pattern and cut size. The project choices are: Bee Skep Bowl Filler Trio – $55, Candy Corn – $60, Easter Eggs – $55, or Ghosts – $55. Students are welcome to order additional kits, to work on after the workshop.
Students Need to Bring: Basic hooking supplies: a frame, scissors, & hook. (No cutter is needed, as wool is pre-cut.)
Bio:
Katie Kriner started rug hooking ten years ago. She began hooking designs by other artist, but soon developed her own original style. Through various classes and camps, she developed her skills, designed patterns, color planned, and dyed wool for her own rugs. From there she found a niche helping customers and friends do the same for their own rugs. In the Fall of 2017, she opened her own shop called The Bee & The Bear located at 57 Star Rd, Hereford, PA. The 1860s general store is the perfect setting for a wool and thread retail business with classes for punch needle and rug hooking.
Rug Hooking with Wool Strips, published by Schiffer Publishing Co., is her first book on rug hooking. It came out in November 2021 and contains 20 rug hooking projects for the modern rug hooker. The book contains ideas and projects that include floor rugs, a tea cozy, wine tote, pillows, purses and much more. It is a book that introduces one to rug hooking but also gives many projects and ideas for the seasoned rug hooker.
Most of the pieces she designs and makes are either for her home and personal use or for friends and family. She is a lifelong gardener which serves as inspiration for much of her work. Katie lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband and German shepherd.