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Beatrice Harnish (Mason)

Medium(s) used: I recycle old jersey clothing.

I was born in East River Point, NS in 1944. I was taught at a very early age how to Hook rugs, Quilt, Sew,Knit, Etc. Thanks belongs to my Mother,Eileen Harnish(Jollimore), ...

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Beatrice Harnish (Mason)

Hilda Cleveland

Medium(s) used:

material and burlap

Hilda started rug hooking at age eleven (1944) and was taught by her mother. Back then rug hooking was bartered for household goods. Later Hilda hooked ...

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Hilda Cleveland

Myrna Reeves

Medium(s) used: Cotton print, velvet, woven wool

What I do now started at my great Aunt Aliza's Knee. She taught me traditional crafts such as; quilting, hooking, braiding, cross stitching, knitting, ...

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Myrna Reeves

Paul C, Hogue

Medium(s) used:

wool or burlap

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Paul C, Hogue

Paulette Barkhouse

Medium(s) used:

Burlap and used acrylics and sometimes a little wool

I took up hooking about ten years ago. I taight myself, but my mother hooked rugs when I was a little girl. I never dreamed I would hook rugs one day, but ...

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Paulette Barkhouse

Susan Bezanson

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Susan Bezanson

Susan Lord

Medium(s) used:

wool, wool fibre

Susan lives in Blandford and started hooking after she retired in 2003.

When she was a child, many homes had a large hooked mat by the front ...

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Susan Lord

Yvonne M. Hennigar

Medium(s) used: Wool, Burlap

Yvonne Mason- Hennigar was exposed to rug hooking at her faternal grandmothers home on Big Tancook Island. Functional floor coverings were created ...

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Yvonne M. Hennigar

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