Punch needle rug hooking- sometimes described as "painting with wool"- is a versatile craft that began in the 1880s. Fast, easy, and fun, this traditional craft is enjoying new popularity with fiber ...

SEATTLE — Fiber Artist Andie Solar demonstrates the art of punch needle, an embroidery method in which an artist can create rugs, wall hanging, or cushion covers by threading loops of acrylic or wool ...

CORNWALL, Vt. (WCAX) - Amy Oxford is hooked on rug hooking. “We call it instant gratification with wool,” she laughed. She owns The Oxford Company in Cornwall, a one-stop shop for rug hooking. They ...

Amy Oxford holds one of the foreign-language rug-hooking books that feature the Oxford Punch Needle. Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger CORNWALL – It was a Friday in 2017 when Amy Oxford, a fiber ...

Learn this versatile fiber art and by the end of class have the basic skills necessary to make wall hangings, pillows, and rugs. Taught by Certified Oxford Instructor Christie Beniston. To sign up, ...

PLYMOUTH — A group of women have gathered at the Inn at Water's Edge on Echo Lake to refine the art of rug hooking. Under the tutelage of Amy Oxford, the group is creating decorative rugs with thick ...

From doing finishing work as a carpenter to a macramé phase to her current passion of rug hooking, Susan Buswell has always been drawn to crafts. Her craft has translated to the business of Barefoot ...