Rug Hooking Week 2026

This is an open class focused on primitive patterns, colors, and utilizing wider cut textured wools to achieve the feel of old rugs. Keep in mind primitive colors do not mean a colorless pallet. If you look at the back of an antique rug, most start life with brighter colors and have worn to the...

This 3-day class will be broken into six sessions allowing each student to hook a 12” square Celtic knot pattern of their choice. Students will choose from one of four basic knots (King Solomon, Foundation, Josephine, or Plaitwork). Charlie will walk each student through the steps to design, draw, transfer, and color plan their project....

Stuck on a project? Not sure what the next step is toward completion? Perhaps you’ve been wanting to try something new and stretch your knowledge base! Do you want to try an oriental or go primitive? Perhaps a geometric or a pictorial? This open style, four-day class may be just right for you! Jeanne is here...

Students will use flexible copper pipe as a frame for their orb then stretch and stitch foundation cloth around the piping. A wide variety of techniques will be taught over the three-day class and students may choose which to incorporate in their piece. Techniques include wet felting, needle felting, quillies, standing wool, embroidery, beading, reverse...

Students will create a sampler using Creative Stitches, which are an adaptation of needlepoint and crewel stitches. In class, students will learn how to hook the creative stitches and discuss how to use them in other rug hooking projects. These stitches add interest to your hooked pieces by using one motif or in the background....

Students will design their very own hooked weekend-sized carpetbag. This workshop will help students design a motif for their bag using Susan’s base pattern, transfer the design to linen, color plan, and hook it. Students will customize their designs by incorporating alternative fibers, lettering, and accessories. The workshop includes bag assembly from lining to putting...

Students will explore 10 different log cabin variations including Courthouse Steps, Barn Raising, Fields and Furrows, Flying Geese, Bow Tie, Pinwheel, Half Log Cabin, Pineapple, and Sunshine and Shadow. Students will choose their favorite four patterns on linen (9” x 9” each with 4” borders) which will be turned into hot pads when all four...

Small things delight people, young and old alike! Come enjoy a relaxing class where we will create a tiny (1:12 doll house scale) wooly world for a darling needle felted sheep. The project comes alive with the use of multiple fine punch needles but can also be fully hooked – the student decides. To round...

Learn how to create dimensional effects hooking with mixed cut sizes, wool types (dyed and plaid) and, when the opportunity presents, the magic of creative hooking techniques and subtle embellishments! In this open class Pamelyn will work with students to explore creative opportunities based on pattern selection. She will demonstrate techniques used in her designs...

Students will choose between two small patterns – a maple leaf or pears with leaves. The pattern may be hooked in students’ choice of colors, using transcolor dyed wool. Students will learn how to use the wool to shade the motif using just one piece of dyed wool. Transcolor wool makes it quick and easy...

William Morris is iconic, refined and wonderful. With the guidance of Lisanne Miller of W. Cushing & Co., students will learn how to hook a William Morris pattern using dyed and textured wools, yarns, and the value of outlining. This class is limited to two patterns – both are from the Brother Rabbit Wallpaper. Students...