To Hook or to Punch? Rugs, that is.
For me it has become a pretty simple question to answer. While I like the look of traditional hooked rugs, I am smitten with the newer style of punch hooking. Rug hooking is a big part of East Coast Canadian Culture. I wrote a piece about it as a guest blogger for the Second Annual Digby Multicultural Festival. You can read the post here. I had never made a hooked rug before moving to Nova Scotia. My only experience with rug making was the 'shudder' acrylic latch hooking kits of the 70's ish era. Couldn't bring myself to make one of those even then. Yes, the yarn snobbery is strong with this one. When my sister-in-law heard I was taking up rug hooking to get to know the neighbours, she…