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Celebrating Fall

These pumpkins are adaptations of the Primitive Homespuns Wool & Needleworks pattern. The pumpkins on the Primitive Homespuns website are adorable, but I wanted something larger and hooked on both sides so from the picture online, I drew the pumpkin so that I could fold it up and join it on the sides. I also


Antique Posies

This is another rug color planned at Barb Carroll's and completed in October of 2017. I used all new wool on this rug.


Chick Pulling Wagon

I was attending a golf tournament close to Indianapolis, Indiana, in which my son was one of the coaches. I always look when I am traveling to see if there are any rug hooking stores or teachers in the area and I found Lori's name. During the very long day of watching golf, I called


Carrot Cake

Sharon came to The Woolwrights in April of 2016 to have a workshop with the group. I had ordered the pattern before she came and when I sat down with her the first time to color plan the rug, she said to me "Who the hell drew out this pattern?" and I just laughed as


Rabbits & Lillies

I was asked by Pat Levin to be her student for the Northern McGown Teacher's Workshop and was told I could pick the pattern. I prefer hooking larger patterns and this is the one I chose from Honey Bee Hive. This rug hangs at the bottom of the stairs in our family room. It has


Not Sure of The Name

I began hooking this rug in 2011 at the ATHA Biennial in Lancaster, PA. Jule Marie Smith was the teacher and I love this very simple design. I was fairly new to hooking at the time, but I worked on the biennial committee and was in charge of the auction. Lisanne Miller and her husband


Pisces

Very fun project! I added the lilly pad border to create a little more interest.


Clinton Courthouse

In 2013, the National Museum of the American Coverlet in Bedford, PA, held The Exhibition of Antique Coverlets & Traditional Hooked Rugs under the guidance of Laszlo & Melinda Zongor and Barb Carroll along with several other people helping along the way with the planning and set up for a small hook-in along with exhibition.