Rug Hooking Magazine June/July/August 2022

On the Cover: Cherry Blossoms, designed and hooked by Susan Grant. For more about this rug, see page 6

Summertime flowers, summertime energy. This summer issue brings you a whole passel of intriguing articles. Have you ever hooked your pet cat? Check out Susan Cunningham’s gallery of cat portraits. Perhaps you will be inspired to render your feline in wool.  If you are like all the rug hookers I know, you have an overload of leftover noodles and wool strips. You will appreciate how one of us tames those bits and bobs—I might just follow her lead with my leftover worms. Lucy Welsh and friends visited their local fair and were inspired to hook rugs—what a great source of inspiration! If you are looking for a primitive rug to hook during these summer months, take a look at the antique flower basket pattern we have for you. A basket of flowers in the summertime? Perfect!

Features:

• Beautiful Backgrounds, Part Three of a Series, by Susan Grant
• Noodle Control: How One Clever Rug Hooker Keeps Those Pesky Leftovers Under Control, by Kathleen Eckhaus
• Cats, Cats, and More Cats: Abstract, Realistic, or Cartoonish, by Susan M. Cunningham
• Stories in Wool: Sisters Practicing their Crafts, by Katherine Hitchcock
• I Saw it at the Fair: A Rug Hooking Challenge, by Lucy Walsh
• The Value of a Pencil Crayon Drawing: Color Planning a Lily, by Debbie Ballard
• Meandering into the Abstract: Take a Break from Realism, by Sharon H. Oppegard
• Designers Showcase: The Butlers: A Rug Hooking Fairy Tale, by Deana David/Ribbon Candy Rug Hooking
• Dear Beginning Rug Hooker, Colorful Leaves: From Summer to Autumn to Whimsical, by Gwen Dixon
• Beyond Our Borders: Stitching Stories of Love in Fabric and Thread, by Kathy J. Gaul/Meetinghouse Hill Designs
• Canadian Connection: A Rug Hooking Challenge, by Robin Whitford
• Ask the Experts: A Good Finish: Part Four of a Series on Finishing Techniques
  by Carol Shewan
• Artful Color: Tools for Transformation, by Wanda Kerr 
• Blast from the Past: Appliqué Flower Basket, by Cherylyn Brubaker/Hooked Treasures
• First Rug on the (Almost) Last Page: Floralia, by Stephanie Rose Bird