Welcome to Rug Hooking Magazine

June/July/August 2013

Welcome Summer!  On the cover: Little Fishermen  designed and hooked by Sylvia Bowersox. To see this  beautiful rug and many more rugs and read about Sylvia’s story, please see the article in this issue. 

With this issue, Rug Hooking begins its 25th Anniversary. We continue to endeavor to give our readers all of the best in the world of rug hooking. I’ve been around for four of those 25 years, and from where I sit, I know that there is still a lot ahead for rug hooking and Rug Hooking magazine. In this issue we have lots of great stories, a wonderful summer pattern from Susan Feller, and our Celebration XXII Readers’ Choice winners.There is something for everyone.  

Don’t forget, we now offer you an opportunity to go back in time to the days before Rug Hooking magazine. We have digitized the first year of Joan Moshimer’s The Rug Hooker: News & Views and we are offering the issues for sale as PDF downloads. They’re chock-full of Joan’s wonderful rug hooking patterns, hooking instructions, dye recipes, stories, old advertisements, and even a recipe or two for your dinner table. Joan’s charming black and white illustrations and thoughtful editorials are appealing and nostalgic. Join us in a trip down memory lane, a trip to our roots. To order an issue from the first year, click here. 

Rug Beat, our online magazine, also has lots of fun and intriguing stories ahead for the new year. So, just in case you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, we hope you’ll give it a try. The very first issue is now available as a sample issue. Click here to see the sample issue! It’s filled with even more rug hooking how-to and fascinating tidbits. Rug Beat is published four times a year and you can subscribe now! The first six issues will be available to you right away. The next new issue will be published in July.

You can now subscribe to Rug Hooking magazine’s digital edition!  That’s right, the magazine you love is now available on your PC, iPad, Android, or iPhone. Just click here to subscribe to our new digital edition.

Prepared to Dye is a comprehensive guide to dyeing that will walk you through the basics of setting up your dye kitchen, prepping your fiber before you dye, dyeing with commercial acid dyes, dyeing without dyes, and so much more. This book is an indispensable dyeing resource!  So don’t miss this opportunity to add it to your rug hooking library! To order it today,  just click order now.  

You can also order ONLINE ANYTIME: Using the online catalog, you can order Rug Hooking magazine subscriptions and gift subscriptions, back issues, books  or, patterns and kits, or renew your subscription securely on this site. Purchase items for yourself, or as gifts for your friends!

We hope you stick around for the next 25 years -- there are lots more surprises to come!

All the best,

        —Debra Smith

P.S.  We also have 2 videos from Wanda this issue.  You can click here to see them! 

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