ST Name/Company Address Phone/FAX Email/Specialties
NJ

Becker, Trish

The Woolery, Inc.

51 Creek RD
Phillipsburg 08865

908.268.3949

thewoolery@earthlink.net
Specialties:  Artist/master wool dyer/teacher speaker/writer.  Custom rug designs/animals a specialty.  Wide-cut folk art/primitive styles.  Travel to guilds/groups for creative, inspiring workshops and talks.  Studio in an historic stone barn, open by appointment, please.  Workshops at The Woolery, Inc. with hundreds of bolts of fabulous wool and more colors of overdyed wool than you can imagine.  Textures galore!
NJ Casebolt, Claudia
P.O. Box 6795
Lawrenceville 08648

609.844.0638

ccasebo@lawrenceville.org
Teacher – Beginner Teacher. Class location – Lawrenceville, NJ on Tuesdays at 7:30 - $150 per year. Pattern maker.

NJ Coughlin, Linda Rae
Art Rugs
P.O. Box 4616
Warren 07059
908.647.8100 playingcardrugs@cs.com
www.theartrugs.com
Teacher-creativity in rughooking, lectures, workshops. Supplier - rug restoration, books on rughooking, curator of Art Exhibits.
NJ Dufresne, Gail
Goat Hill Designs
247 Goat Hill RD
Lambertville 08530
609.397.4885
www.goathilldesigns.com
gailduf@aol.com
Geometrics, proddy, mixed media, color, McGown certified. Pattern maker & Supplier. Mentor.
NJ Lutz, Margaret
Hook Nook

49 Samson DR
Flemington 08822

908.806.8063 (H)
908.782.8389 (B)

mmlutz@pptd.net
Teacher – primitive hooking. Class location: private lessons by appointment. Pattern maker – catalog available, cost $12.00. I advertise on line at www.hook-nook.com. Supplier – supplier of Libcallaway patterns.

NJ Worthington, Karen
The Blue Tulip
656 Harmony Brass Castle RD
Harmony 08865
908.859.6350 908.859.1618 (F) karen@thebluetulipwoolery.com
Teacher-self taught-9 years - mostly primitive. Classes-in my home on a regular basis. Dyed wool as well as off-the-bolt wool. Pattern maker. Supplier
NY Blood, Seth
Nanset Rugs
60 McMaster ST
Owego 13827
607.687.0142

sblood@stny.rr.com
nanset@stny.rr.com
Pattern maker – catalog available. Supplier – catalog available. Patterns featuring Rebecca Andrews & Salma Dhanzi.  Print on Monks cloth, warp & linen.

NY Blood, Nancy Claflin
Nancy’s Color Beauties
60 McMaster ST
Owego 13827
607.687.0142

nanset@stny.rr.com
Teacher – Twice accredited McGown teacher.  Teaching fine shading/tapestry, orientals, fruit, flowers, scrolls, animals, pictorials, etc. Class location – at my home – Monday 10 am to 2 pm - $9 per day. Pattern maker – catalog available for $12. Supplier – dyebooks available for $15

NY Bottjer, Marilyn 7 Brassie RD
Eastchester 10709
914.779.6490 HooknReal@verizon.net
Teacher-Wide strip hooking, Mentor, Supplier. Owego will be the site of the next (2008) McGown National Exhibit.
NY McNamara, Sarah
The Paisley Studio

221 5th ST
Greenport 11944

631.477.9723
631.477.8492 (F)

sarah@thepaisleystudio.com
Pattern designer – rugs and needle punch. Pattern maker.

NY

Peterson, Barbara

Barbara's Backroom

281 Wemple RD
Stephentown 12168
518.733.5233 Teacher-26 years, McGown Workshop Assistant/Director for 14 years.  Attended rug schools and taught at Delmar, NY, Troy, NY and Williamstown, MA Supplier.
NY Rutty, Marian 200 Miller ST Ext. Apt6
Horseheads
14845
607.734.0074 mrutty1@stny.rr.com
Teacher- certified McGown teacher - fine and wide hooking, dyeing lessons. Classes are small to allow more personal attention.  I try to cover all areas of interest. Classes – in my home, call for details. Pattern maker. Supplier

.
NY

Schwen, Arlene

9 Marion PL
Huntington Station 11746

631.549.7158

rughooking1@verizon.net
Teacher – I teach fine cut, proddy, wide cut, dyeing , pattern making and color planning.  Retired art teacher & chairman of art department.  I have attended several camps & have been show coordinator of LIGRA’s rug exhibits for the past 3 shows. Pattern maker. Supplier. I have recently created patterns from pastel paintings I’ve done.

NY Stoep, Paige 173 Layton ST
Lyons
14489

315.879.1158

h2ostoep@yahoo.com
Teacher – McGown certified (Southern Workshop). Class location – my home studio. Pattern – yes. Advertise on line at www.paigestoepdesigns.com. Mentor

.
PA Carroll, Barb

Woolley Fox LLC

132 Woolley Fox LN
Ligonier 15658

 

724.238.3004
724.238.3600 (Fax)

woolleyfox@verizon.net
Teacher – primitive rug hooking. Class location – inquire or see our website under “schedule”.
Pattern maker – catalog available - $20 – includes shipping. Supplier of books, hooks, patterns, monk’s cloth and linen backing, punch needle patterns, binding tape and Paternayan yarn.
 

PA Clarkson, Betty

Little Pine Traditional Crafts

62 Linda AV Lancaster 17602

701 Penn Grant RD
Lancaster 17602

717.392.3007

 

717.735.0826

littlepine@dejazzed.com
Scheduled classes by various teachers: rug hooking, punch needle embroidery and rug punch, penny rug. Supplier-various classes; group and private; spinning, weaving, rug hooking,  etc.  Hand dyed wools and yarns.  We offer support to all fiber artists – beginners welcome.
 

PA

Engel, Shirley M.


Good Tidings

222 Northfield Rd.
Cranberry Twp. 16066
724.776.5791
shirlet@zoominternet.net

Teacher – McGown certified – I teach tapestry rug hooking and can start a primitive hooker. Class location – private by appointment only. Custom pattern maker. Supplier

PA Gott, Barbara
Gott Wool
RR 2, Box 83-A
Mehoopany 18629
570.833.4472
www.gottwool.com
Teacher – McGown certified. Class location - Stevensville Community Center, Stevensville, PA - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. 1-4 pm at $10 per class. Classes held at business address by appointment only.  Evening available. Pattern maker - yes; view online only
PA Hannum, Margaret 664 Oakwood LN
Lancaster 17603
  Teacher, Classes in home 2nd Sat. & 3rd Wed.
PA Mitnick, Fritz

101 Rawlins Run RD
Pittsburgh 15238-1230

412.767.5698

fritzmitnick@comcast.net
Teacher – McGown accreditation. Class location – home & community centers. Pattern maker – catalog available. Supplier.

PA Naples, Mary Lynne
121 Nectar TERR
Lancaster 17602
717.464.5364 marylynnelan@aol.com
Teacher-Beginning primitive rug hooking & dyeing. Retired FCS teacher - 30+ years. Class-I teach at local community college; a retirement community & at a painting & craft store & the community rec program.
PA Price, Charlotte
The House of Price, Inc.
181 Brickyard RD
Mars 16046
724.625.3415 H 877.784.4665 B
724.625.0178 FX
rughook@earthlink.net
www.rughook.com
Teacher- McGown certified 1984-Pictorials, textures, shading, geometrics. Pattern maker-catalog available cost $20. Mentor.
PA Rickenbach, Joyce
Hooked Together
390 Myer TERR
Leola 17540
717.656.7834 jmrickenbach2@comcast.net
Teacher- occasionally. I bind & finish rugs.

Webpage last updated August 1 , 2010