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Presented below are some of the rug hooking events that are available for interested people. We have divided the events into three categories:
Schools and Workshops
Sheep Thrills Rug Hooking at Chautauqua
Dates: June 1-6, 2008
Teachers: Dianne Kelly, Sibyl Osika, Faith Williston, Capri Jones, Iris Simpson, Liz Marino, and Carolyn Clemens
Contact: Suzanne Sandvik at 810-225-6228 or sheep_thrills@comcast.net
27th Annual Green Mountain Rug School
Dates: June 6-15, 2008
Location: Randolph Center, Vermont, USA
Offering 23 traditional and contemporary rug hooking classes during one five-day and two weekend sessions held at the Vermont Technical College campus. For free brochure contact Stephanie Ashworth-Krauss at 802-223-1333, vtpansy@greenmountainhookedrugs.com or visit
http://www.greenmountainhookedrugs.com/school.htm.
Trent School of Rughooking
Dates: Sunday, June 15 to Saturday, June 21, 2008
Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Seven courses offerred:
- Creative Expressive Faces
- Dabbling and Dipping in the Dye Pot
- Picture the Possibilities
- Fantasy Cats, Original Cats
- The Primitive Way
- Mystery on the Orient Express
- The Hooking Room
More information and the registration package is available on the Trent School of Rug Hooking web site.
Rug Hooking Retreat
Dates: August 17-22, 2008
Location: Rug Hooking Retreat, Hillman, Michigan
McGown Teachers, Open classes, Country setting, golf, Exhibits, Lots of Hook-In time & MORE
Contact: Joy Brennen at (416) 247-3024 or quiltjoyb@sympatico.ca
Burlington Hooking Craft Guild September Workshop
Dates: September 8-12, 2008
Location: Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario
Teachers: Linda Sullivan (Stylized foliage), Wanda Kerr (The Magical Dyeing Tour) Germaine James (Borders), Marnie Cormack and Georgia Hall (North American Native Art)
Contact: Ruth Emerson at (905) 309 1047 or remersonrugs@sympatico.ca
Web site: http://www.burlingtonartcentre.on.ca/hookers.html
Prairie Harvest Rug Hooking School
Dates: September 21 - 26th, 2008
Location: Muenster, Saskatchewan
Classes offered: buildings, celtic art, native art, jacobean, open wide cut, find it/finish it, beginners
Contact: Dorothy Oltsher at doltsher@shaw.ca or (306) 373-3040
Nova Scotia Rug Hooking Guild's Fall Rug School
Location: Cormwallis Nova Scotia
Contact: Gail McKay at gail.mckay@ns.sympatico.ca
OHCG Rug Hooking School: 2008
Dates: October 23rd to 26th, 2008
Location: Mount Mary Retreat, Ancaster, Ontario
Details: The beginner class is open to non-OHCG members. OHCG membership is required for all other classes.
More info: http://www.ohcg.org/
Contact: Jennifer Curran (905) 829-4675
Hook-Ins and Gatherings
Sheep Shearing Weekend
Dates: May 30th to June 1st, 2008
Location: Brier Island, Digby Co., Nova Scotia
Details: On Friday evening there will be a meet and greet with wine and cheese from a local winery. On Saturday we will be watching the sheep be sheared and also hands on with washing and learning how to dry the wool and dye it. There will be a needle felting class also and other examples what you can do with this type of wool. You will experience the local history and cuisine and much more.
The cost for this week end is only $375 Double occupancy. Book early as space is limited.
Contact: Vicki Graham at (902) 839-2607 or vfgraham@ns.sympatico.ca
Circle of Friends
Date: Saturday July 5, 2008 – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
An informal Hooking Day at the Vandorf Community Center (east side of Woodbine Avenue, 3 km north of Bloomington Sideroad, 1 km south of Aurora Sideroad)
Refreshments, Show and Tell, Boutiques, "Let's Finish It" by Betty Laine
Bring your mug, lunch, your hooking and a friend
Contact: Rhea Morris 905-727-3460 or Fran Sadowski 905-773-9873
3rd Annual Hook-in - Minden Hills
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Location: Minden Hills Cultural Centre on Bobcaygeon Road, Minden, Ontario
Watch the Haliburton Highlands Group Area Report for more information
Contact: Carole Bullen at (705) 286-4123 or carole.bullen@sympatico.ca
Hook by the Sea Retreat/Workshop
Dates: September 19-21, 2008
Location: Dorchester Hotel 70 Church St, Nanaimo, BC Canada
Teachers: Luchinda Hepting, Sunny Runnells
Contact: Lynne Smith 10860 Olsen Rd Ladysmith, BC, (250) 245-7678 or hookbythesea@yahoo.ca
Free hook-ins at the Rittermere-Hurst-Field Studio. More information
Gone Hooking
A Traditional Rug Hooking Group in Maple Risge B.C. meets each Thursday (10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) at the Lions Den in Pitt Meadows B.C.
Contact: Freda Jackson at freda33@telus.net
Visitors welcome, Beginners Classes available
Heritage Rug Hookers
Meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 7:00-9:30 p.m. at the Sherbrook Centre, Muenster, Saskatchewan and get together one Saturday per month in a member's home for a hook-in.
Contact: Dorothy Oltsher at doltsher@shaw.ca or (306) 373-3040
Monday Hook-Ups
Monday Hook-Ups meets at Oaklands Community Centre, 1-2827 Belmont Avenue, Victoria, BC
4th Monday of the month (usually), September through April excluding December, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Contact: Michaele Freeman at mbfreeman@telus.net or (250) 595-6302
Beginners welcome!
Wild & Woolly Hookers
Date: First Saturday of the month
Hooking, dyeing, and fun!
Wildwood Park Community Centre, 271 North Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Contact: Letty Last at lettylast @ hotmail.com
Heritage Hookers
Heritage Hookers (Lakewood, Colorado) meets the 3rd Saturday of each month at Lakewood Heritage Museum in the museum office conference room from 12 until 3:30
Address: 801 S. Yarrow Street, Lakewood, CO
Contact: Cheri Talbot beezer6636@comcast.net or (303) 986-9360
Shows, Conferences and Trips
Memories of My Mother
Memories Hooked Rugs - A Travelling Exhibit
Fergus, Ontario - January to June 2008
Minden Hills, Ontario - October 7 to November 29, 2008
Orillia, Ontario - April to June 2009
Contact: Vicky Cooper at vcooper @ brucecounty.on.ca
The Art and Craft of Sailoring
Location: The Marine Museum of The Great Lakes, Kingston, Ontario
Dates: May 25-September 30, 2008
Installation of 26 (14 x 14") rug mats with video on Nautical Knots by Alana Kapell
Contact: Alana Kapell at alanakapell@mac.com or (613) 353-6504 or visit
http://www.alanakapell.net/
CreativFestival
Dates: October 17 to 19, 2008
Web Site: http://www.csnf.com/
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