About Canadian Rug Hooking
This section contains information related to Canadian Rug Hooking and a Glossary of Terms.
On-line Exhibitions and Collections
Livyer's Lot Museum
Discover Hooked, an on-line exhibition about the Placentia West Matmakers of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Canadian Museum of History
To see the Canadian Museum of History rugs' collection, follow the link and type "hooked rug" in the "Search the Collections" tool.
Textile Museum of Canada
Use the search tool to look through the collection of rugs at the Textile Museum of Canada.
The Royal Ontyario Museum
Explore The Royal Ontario Museum Online Collection, with the Collections & Research Page's search tool.
Mississipi Valley textile Museum
Visit the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (Almonte, Ontario) website and its online collections.
McCord Museum
Look into McCord Museum Collections, visiting the Online Collections website section. You can use the keywords "rug, carpet, mat or hooked rug" in the quick search tool.
Websites, Books & Others
Chéticamp
Nova-Scotia
To discover Chéticamp Hooked Rugs in Nova-Scotia, visit Les Trois Pignons featuring the Elizabeth LeFort Gallery.
Read Martine Jacquot's article: "Elizabeth LeFort, de Chéticamp au Vatican" (pdf document, in French).
Read Edward Langille's article "M. Lillian Burke (1879-1952): Three Lost Chéticamp Carpets".
Grenfell Mission
Newfoundland and Labrador
Don't miss Paula Laverty’s Website and book and her article "Silk-Stocking Mats" on the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Visit The Canadian Encyclopedia Website to read Max Allen's article "Rugs and Rug Making".
PEI
Prince Edward Island
To discover Prince-Edward Island hooked rugs, we invite you to read Anne Nicholson’s article "Rags and Bags: Functional Art from Sacks and Worn Clothing, Hooked Mats of Prince Edward Island" (A pdf document, pages 55 to 72).
Glossary Of Terms
Rug Hooking Vocabulary
Cutter: a special cutting machine that allows to cut several strands in one operation.
Dye Bath: A pot of hot water (simmering water) sufficient to hold your fabric and to which an amount of dye or a measured amount of dye formula has been added.
Dye Formula: is an amount of 1 dye or a mixture of 2,3,or more dyes in a specific amount of water.
Dye Pot: A utensil of glass or enamel used exclusively for dyeing.
Dye Solution: An specific amount of dye (1 or more colours) in a specific amount of water (1/2 cup - 1 cup etc.)
Florals: Rugs with flowery patterns.
Geometrics: Patterns representing, geometric figures such as squares, rectangles or circles that are hooked in a certain way to create a special visual effect like a weave, tumbling blocs, etc.
Orientals: Rugs with an oriental pattern, hooked in rows, as if woven.
Pictorial: landscapes, portraits, still lives, etc.
Primitives: The style of rugs as they were made centuries ago.
Swatch: a number of pieces of fabric usually 6 or 8 dyed in different values ex. from pink to dark red, used for the shading and highlighting of flowers.
Value: the hue of a color.
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