Jo Goodwin will demonstrate the art of hooked rugs.

Rug hooking was traditionally a way to warm floors using worn out clothing and blankets cut into strips and looped through burlap sacking to create floor matts. We now have cutters and use stronger backing materials to extend the life of each piece, though the process has not changed in hundreds of years.

She has been hooking and designing unique and traditional rugs for 20 years. She belongs to the "Mainely Woods"  hooking group. She prefers to use hand spot dyed wools by Linda Spear, which give a very rich look to finished pieces. She will bring wool, a cutter, backing, hooks, frames and let others have a try at this technique.