Features authentic floral, animal and geometric designs by early American craftspeople.

A guide to the art and technique of making hooked rugs provides over 150 examples, scale patterns, easy-to-follow directions, and advice on rug care

Finally--a book on how to use up odds and ends, those pieces of wool leftover from other projects. Colorful and contemporary, Scrappy Hooked Rugs guides rug hookers toward color planning and beautiful projects. • Stash-busting ideas for hooked rugs • Stash-happy color planning made easy • Contemporary scrappy rugs from

Through a close look at the history of the modernist hooked rug, this book raises important questions about the broader history of American modernism in the first half of the twentieth century. Although hooked rugs are not generally associated with the avant-garde, this study demonstrates that they were a significant

Deanne Fiztpatrick works full time as a rug-hooking artist. Her work is exhibited at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and has been featured on CBC's Land and Sea.