It is Valentine's Day and instead of sharing hearts I am sharing my stars. I started rug hooking early this summer while travelling around Nova Scotia. While touring shops on a rainy day in Pictou I found a rug hooking kit by Deanne Fitzpatrick and subsequently became hooked on rug hooking. On our way home while passing through Amherst, Nova Scotia we stopped at Deanne's downtown studio on Electric Street. It is an inspiring place and so is Deanne.
At Christmas time I began making stars as gifts. Choosing colour is about intuitively responding from one section to the next. Most of my wool has come from Deanne's shop where you can order online as well as from The Rug Line in Hensall, Ontario. Recently, my mom has become enthused about rug hooking and has been spending time in second hand stores looking for wool clothing to recycle into rugs. She has had great success. We have also discovered there is a herstory of rug hookers on my mom's side of the family. My grandmother was a rug hooker and so was my great grandmother. There exists in the family a rug hook that my great grandmother used. It made by my great grandfather from the bone handle of a fork.
