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Presented below are some of the rug hooking events that are available for interested people. We have divided the events into three categories:
Schools and Workshops
Trent School of Rughooking
Dates: Sunday, June 13 to Saturday, June 19, 2010
Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Seven courses offerred:
- Hooking with Alternative Fibres
- "Creativity" from A - Z
- Dabbling and Dipping in the Dye Pot
- Pictorials
- Geometrics (and Optical Illusions)
- Purely Primitive
- Orientals
- The Hooking Room
More information and the registration package is available on the Trent School of Rug Hooking web site.
Prairie Harvest Rug Hooking School
September 18-23, 2010
Saskatoon, SK
Classes: Garden Impressions, Exploring Wide Cut, Animals, Folk Art, Effective Teaching and Learning.
Contact: Rita Smith at r.m.smith@sasktel.net or 306-997-2121
Hook-Ins and Gatherings
Circle of Friends
Date: Saturday July 10, 2010
Come enjoy a day of hooking at the Aurora Senior Centre from 10am - 2pm. Show and Tell,Vendors, Program -Christmas in July, Refreshments and Silent Auction.
Contact Rhea Morris at 905-727-3460 or Fran Sadowski at 905-773-9873
Aurora Senior Centre is located just off John West Way in Aurora (beside town hall)
Gone Hooking
A Traditional Rug Hooking Group in Maple Risge B.C. meets each Thursday (10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) at the Lions Den in Pitt Meadows B.C.
Contact: Freda Jackson at freda33@telus.net
Visitors welcome, Beginners Classes available
Heritage Rug Hookers
Meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 7:00-9:30 p.m. at the Sherbrook Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and get together one Saturday per month in a member's home for a hook-in.
Contact: Rita Smith at r.m.smith@sasktel.net or (306) 997-2121
Monday Hook-Ups
Monday Hook-Ups meets at Oaklands Community Centre, 1-2827 Belmont Avenue, Victoria, BC
4th Monday of the month (usually), September through April excluding December, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Contact: Michaele Freeman at mbfreeman@telus.net or (250) 595-6302
Beginners welcome!
Wild & Woolly Hookers
Date: First Saturday of the month
Hooking, dyeing, and fun!
Wildwood Park Community Centre, 271 North Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Contact: Letty Last at lettylast @ hotmail.com
Heritage Hookers
Heritage Hookers (Lakewood, Colorado) meets the 3rd Saturday of each month at Lakewood Heritage Museum in the museum office conference room from 12 until 3:30
Address: 801 S. Yarrow Street, Lakewood, CO
Contact: Cheri Talbot beezer6636@comcast.net or (303) 986-9360
Loose Ends
Sidney, British Columbia
Meets the third Tuesday afternoon each month.
Locations vary. Call 250-656-4201 for more information.
Fibre Friendship Day
Bruce County Museum, Southampton, Ontario
June 2, 2010
Lunch, Speakers, Prizes Advance Tickets Only--$20.00
Phone: 519-797-2080 or 1-866-318-8889
Shows, Conferences and Trips
CreativFestival
Dates: April 23 to 25, 2010
Web Site: http://www.csnf.com/
Georgetown Rug Hooking 2010 Rug Hooking Show
"Georgetown Rug Hooking Guild 2010 Show" of wonderful rugs, wall hangings and pillows hooked by its Guild members. We will be presenting for display Mary Sheppard Burton and Leonard Feenan's "Noah's Ark" at the Gallery of the Halton Hills Cultural Center, 9 Church St, Georgetown, Ontario. Our Show runs from Tues. September 14th until Sat. September 25th.
The Ark will be on display the first week of the show. Leonard Feenan will be our guest speaker on our opening night, Tues. September 14th in the John Elliot Theatre, 9 Church Street, Georgetown, Ontario. Leonard will tell us all about this special project of Mary Sheppard Burton and Leonard Feenan. Tickets will be on sale for the opening night. Noah's Ark will be on display during the regular Library hours in the Gallery from the Tues. September 14th to Sat.September 18th.
For more information on how you can purchase tickets for the opening night please contact Jan Lord-Giraldi at jan_janett@yahoo.ca
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