— By H.L. James
H.L. James' classic study of the Navajo rug and the trading posts associated with each unique style. New information and an entirely different design for this updated edition help explain and display the beauty and craft of the Navajo Indians. Illustrated with 106 color images, many black-and-white photographs and drawings,...
— By Patricia T. Herr
Rug hooking has been part of American women's household tasks for a long time. In southeast Pennsylvania, frugal sewers saved and shared their textile scraps to create useful, pretty rugs, especially in the late 19th and 20th centuries. To document the region's hooked rug arts, The Heritage Center of Lancaster...
— By H.L. James
H.L. James' classic study of the Navajo rug and the trading posts associated with each unique style. New information and an entirely different design for this updated edition help explain and display the beauty and craft of the Navajo Indians. Illustrated with 106 color images, many black-and-white photographs and drawings,...
— By Susan Gomersall
For those seeking inspiration from these striking, tribal rug designs and those who want to own them, this is the perfect guide. It's packed with 235 big, striking color photos, and simply presented as a guide for both would-be buyers and for rug owners seeking the story behind their precious...
— By Amy Oxford and Photographs by Cynthia McAdoo
More than 450 designs to inspire you! Taking chances with hooked rugs--those cozy accessories of hearth and home--is just what members of Vermont's Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild do best. They tackle unconventional subjects, delight in using unheard-of fibers, and love the challenge of designing their own contemporary work. At...
— By Amy Oxford and Photographs by Cynthia McAdoo
More than 450 designs to inspire you! Taking chances with hooked rugs--those cozy accessories of hearth and home--is just what members of Vermont's Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild do best. They tackle unconventional subjects, delight in using unheard-of fibers, and love the challenge of designing their own contemporary work. At...
— By Lynda Teller Pete and Photographs by Barbara Teller Ornelas
The only how-to book on Navajo weaving told by Navajo weavers Navajo blankets, rugs, and tapestries are the best-known, most-admired, and most-collected textiles in North America. There are scores of books about Navajo weaving, but no other book like this one. For the first time, master Navajo weavers themselves share...
— By Jessie A. Turbayne
For collectors, crafters, and antiques experts, the colorful history and traditional designs--plus how-to! This fascinating guide preserves, for a new generation of interest in hooked rugs, the historical background of the designs. Plus, enjoy the clear instructions for picking up some burlap, wool rags, and a rug hook, and making a...
— By Amy Oxford and Photographs by Cynthia McAdoo
More than 450 designs to inspire you! Taking chances with hooked rugs--those cozy accessories of hearth and home--is just what members of Vermont's Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild do best. They tackle unconventional subjects, delight in using unheard-of fibers, and love the challenge of designing their own contemporary work. At...
— By Jessie A. Turbayne
Rug hooking is an art form that's a joy to create. Over 570 color photographs chronicle a wide variety of rugs being hooked today, putting to rest any notion that no one hooks rugs anymore. Contemporary hooking artists from all over the U.S., Canada, and beyond present hooked abstract designs,...