Editor's note: This is the fifth story in an ongoing series about interesting hobbies in and around the Norwalk area. If you have an interesting hobby you would like profiled, contact Staff Writer ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Originally a pastime for sailors on long-distance voyages in the 1800s, rug hooking was brought into popular culture around the 1940s by Pearl McGown in Massachusetts. Her ...

Michele Micarelli loves being a hooker. It’s lucrative, utilizes her imagination and allows her to meet many and varied people. No, it’s not what you may think. The 56-year-old Westville resident ...

For Nancy Greene, it’s almost a form of therapy. For Leanne Sitler, it’s an art form, but so much more. Both women are hookers. OK, get your mind out of the gutter. They’re rug hookers, and they’ve ...

WAUTOMA – The Heart of Wisconsin Rug Hooking Guild will sponsor its 25th annual Fall Hook-In from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 25 at Mount Morris Camp and Conference Center, W6016 Blackhawk Road, Wautoma.

ONANCOCK – A new group is forming in January for people interested in the art of rug hooking. The group will meet at Ker Place, home of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, at 69 Market ...

When I think of rug hooking, I think of things found in my grandmother’s living room or attic. But in recent years, thanks to a handful of retailers, designers and enthusiasts, the craft has become ...

Katie Hartner has added making rug hooking patterns to her Tyler quilting business. She bought A Nimble Thimble here about 13 years ago and recently acquired Woolley Fox from Barbara Carroll, who ...

Before I met Sally Charnley, I had no idea Rockford was a hotbed for legalized hooking. A whole new world opened to me when Charnley introduced me to a group of highly organized hookers who call ...

WAUPACA – The Heart of Wisconsin Rug Hooking Guild will hold its 27th annual Hook-In from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Spencer Lake Christian Center in Waupaca. This is a day rug hookers from all ...

Everything’s old fashioned in the Log Cabin Museum at the annual Tunbridge World’s Fair. Atop Antique Hill, with Civil War reenactors camped outside, the exhibition hall features weavers, printers and ...

From a tiny studio beside her 1880s Graton farmhouse Brigitta Phy paints pictures with fabric, hook by hook by hook, painstakingly keeping alive a fading art that dates back at least to Colonial times ...