The Ontario Hooking Craft Guild will be holding its 46th Annual Conference this year at Nipissing University.  It will be hosted by the Northern Ontario Rug Hooking Groups and the theme this year is “All abuzz about bugs”.   As always it is an event-filled weekend of classes and workshops, speakers and of course a fabulous [...]

Beginning in September 2011, the studio hours will be changing.  We will be open Wednesdays to Saturdays 10:00-3:00.  I will no longer be open on Sundays but will be available by appointment for any day for those who cannot make it in on regular studio hours.  Just give us a call (905)838-3022

  Registration is now open for the  Saturday, February 25th  2012 class.  Call or email to reserve your seat. This is a one day introductory rug hooking class  where you will learn the necessary techniques to create your own hooked rug.  The classes run for one day  from 10:00am to 3:00pm.   Studio hooks and hoops will [...]

I am pleased to announce that the studio is once again carrying Beeline Townsend Cutters and cartridges.  Production has begun and shipments have arrived.  The Beeline Townsend products are, without a doubt the finest cutters on the market.   In addition to superior cutting action, the ease of changing blades makes the Townsend uncomparable to anything [...]

This summer, I had the opportunity to visit Canada’s east coast.  Since we drove from Ontario, there were many sites to inspire new designs.  I have just posted a few new patterns with a coastal flavour.  Lighthouses from Nova Scotia and PEI,  dories, picturesque painted houses and of course the awesome rugged coast line.  The [...]

Canadian Artisan Martina Lesar Kumer Creates Vintage-Inspired, Hand-Hooked Rugs Drawing on a longtime love of textiles, Canadian artisan Martina Lesar-Kumer creates unique, vintage-inspired, hand-hooked rugs. by: Leah Kerkman | Timber Home Living | View this article as a .pdf  Hooked on Rugs: Working with textiles is more than just a job for Canadian rugmaker Martina Lesar-Kumer; it’s [...]

This article appeared in the Orangeville Banner – Friday, September 30th, 2005   Martina Lesar-Kumer’s interest in rug hooking began with a course — and is now a pursuit which includes commissions. A passion for rug hooking CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY, Special to The Banner After a successful career as an interior designer, which she gave up [...]