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Rug-hookers gather in Victoria Park, Kincardine By Liz Dadson |
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 Kathy Lumley (L) of Owen Sound, Rachel Miller of Massie and Grace Rock of Tara work on their rug-hooking pieces  Marge Bruin (L), a teacher, supplier and rug-hooker of Wiarton, helps Yvonne Meriam of Markdale hold up her finished piece, "Autumn Leaves" | ||||
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About 50 rug-hookers gathered in Victoria Park, Kincardine, for the 15th annual picnic, hosted by the Saugeen Rug-Hookers Guild. Guild president Joan Rigby said there were ladies from London, St. Thomas, Meaford, Hanover, Wiarton, Owen Sound, Sarnia, Clinton, Port Elgin, Southampton and Kincardine. Besides the rug-hooking aficionados, several vendors from Exeter, Kitchener, Neustadt and Meaford, were on hand, selling supplies. Rigby said it's hard to buy rug-hooking wool and specialty items, so this was a great opportunity for the vendors and the buyers. She added that it can become an expensive hobby, with finished pieces worth about $100 per square foot, especially if a person has to purchase specially-dyed wool for the piece.
Bonnie Cole of Kincardine works on her rug-hooking piece
Carla Larsen of London displays the Patti Armstrong pattern she used for the rug-hooking that decorates her bag. The piece if made from recycled pantyhose which was dyed different colours.
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 Margaret Humphrey of Tiverton Park Manor holds up her rug-hooking called "Canada's Priceless Heritage - Ontario Wetlands," which she is showing at Kincardine's Victoria Park Gallery  Carolyn Clemens of Kitchener, a vendor, shows some of the specially-dyed wool used in rug-hooking
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