{"id":4976,"date":"2015-05-21T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2015-05-21T14:02:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T19:02:48","slug":"cranberry-rug-hookers-guild-coming-to-lowell-folk-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/cranberry-rug-hookers-guild-coming-to-lowell-folk-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Rug Hookers&#8217; Guild coming to Lowell Folk Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4981\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-crow-susan-sharpe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-crow-susan-sharpe.jpg\" alt=\"Hooked rug by Susan Sharpe\" width=\"450\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-crow-susan-sharpe.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-crow-susan-sharpe-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hooked rug in the primitive style by Susan Sharpe of Mashpee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rug hooking fits into the \u201cwaste not, want not\u201d mentality. Using recycled wool from clothing and remnants from textile mills, rug hooking was once common in households along the eastern seaboard in New England and Atlantic Canada. The technique is still used to create colorful floor rugs, table mats, pillows, and wall hangings.<\/p>\n<p>In late March, Millie Rahn and I drove out to S. Dennis to attend a meeting of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cranberryrughookers.org\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> Cranberry Rug Hookers&#8217; Guild<\/a>.\u00a0The guild, which is a chapter of the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists ( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atharugs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ATHA<\/a>), meets at bi-monthly \u201chook-ins\u201d to work on individual rugs, learn from each other, and socialize.<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived, guild president Kathy Blake-Parker welcomed us and invited to partake of the snacks in the kitchen \u2013 fresh fruit and vegetables, dip, baked goods, coffee and tea.\u00a0 A group of about 25 women were busy working on their individual rugs or mats.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4988\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-women-hooking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4988\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-women-hooking.jpg\" alt=\"Cranberry Rug Hookers hooking\" width=\"322\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-women-hooking.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-women-hooking-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 85vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cranberry Rug Hookers hooking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some members were working on projects other than rug hooking, including knitting, felt applique, and punch cut embroidery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5006\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-felting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5006 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-felting.jpg\" alt=\"Example of felting\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-felting.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-felting-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Penny rug made for mat swap by Lucy Labor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rug hookers work on a small frame, using a hook to pull strips of cut wool or other fiber through a loose weave, such as burlap.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rug-hooking-frame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4983\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rug-hooking-frame.jpg\" alt=\"rug hooking frame\" width=\"200\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4984\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-detail.jpg\" alt=\"Rug hooking detail\" width=\"215\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-Jackie-with-hook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5001\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-Jackie-with-hook.jpg\" alt=\"Jacquelin Lee using hook\" width=\"424\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-Jackie-with-hook.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-Jackie-with-hook-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 85vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s like coloring with wool,\u201d says Kathy Blake Parker.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4977\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cranberry-rug-hookers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cranberry-rug-hookers.jpg\" alt=\"Unfinished hooked rug by Kathy Blake-Parker\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cranberry-rug-hookers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cranberry-rug-hookers-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Moby&#8221; an unfinished hooked rug by Kathy Blake-Parker of West Harwich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About mid-way through the afternoon, the group did a show and tell. Each guild member held up what she was working on while one of their members took photos. Once this was done, they did what they called a \u201cmat swap\u201d &#8211; a version of the White Elephant game people play during Christmas time. Five women sat in a circle holding the mat (approximately 8 x 8 inches square) she had made specifically for the swap. Reading the text of  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goodnight_Moon\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Goodnight Moon<\/em><\/a>, each would pass on the mat upon hearing a previously selected word. When the poem ended, each woman took home the mat she was holding.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4987\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-swap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-swap.jpg\" alt=\"After the rug hooking swap\" width=\"450\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-swap.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-swap-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members holding up their rug swap results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We went around looking at each woman\u2019s work, engaging some in conversation. Throughout the afternoon, members socialized, worked on their rugs, ate snacks, exchanged advice, and seemed to enjoy themselves. The variety of work was impressive. Some women use commercially produced patterns while others create patterns of their own design. Most everyone re-dyes their wool.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4990\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Sylvia-Doiron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4990 size-full\" title=\"&quot;Schoolhouses&quot; rug hooking by Sylvia Doiron of Barnstable.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Sylvia-Doiron.jpg\" alt=\"Rug hooking by Sylvia Doiron\" width=\"444\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Sylvia-Doiron.jpg 444w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Sylvia-Doiron-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 85vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;School Houses&#8221; a hooked rug by Sylvia Doiron of Barnstable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the pleasure had in creating something of beauty, guild members commented on how comforting rug hooking can be during life\u2019s changes, like a daughter going off to college. Guild member Mary Rita Labor, who has been hooking rugs for 15 years, shared this with us, &#8221; I became a rug hooker after my three children, the last child went off to college. I was a little lonely, a little lost. I did have that emptiness syndrome, no question about it. And I took an adult education class and really fell in love with rug hooking. It&#8217;s been very relaxing, it&#8217;s been a good friend to me. Brought a lot of good people to my life. And was very comforting when I lost my mother. It comes in handy in more ways than one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The guild displays their work at the  <a href=\"http:\/\/capecodfairgrounds.com\/events\/barnstable-county-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barnstable County Fair <\/a>every summer and also produces the Biennial Cranberry Rug Hookers Guild show in mid-May. Two members of the guild will be demonstrating in the F <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellfolkfestival.org\/crafts.html\" target=\"_blank\">olk Craft area<\/a> of this summer&#8217;s  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellfolkfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folk Festival<\/a>.\u00a0 Come meet them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4989\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Jackie-Lee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4989 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Jackie-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"Rug hooking by Jackie Lee\" width=\"450\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Jackie-Lee.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rug-hooking-by-Jackie-Lee-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Plaid Nation&#8221; rug hooked by Jacqueline Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rug hooking fits into the \u201cwaste not, want not\u201d mentality. Using recycled wool from clothing and remnants from textile mills, rug hooking was once common in households along the eastern seaboard in New England and Atlantic Canada. The technique is still used to create colorful floor rugs, table mats, pillows, and wall hangings. 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