***SAVE THE DATE***
THE WOOLWRIGHTS
ANNUAL SPRING HOOK-IN
2024
*****NEWS ALERT!!!!*****
The Woolwrights Rug Hooking Guild of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is putting out a "community" call. You say, "What is a community call?" Well, a community call is all about connection, it's social. We are inviting you to join us to celebrate one another, share ideas, and to meet friends of the past and new friends for the future.
Come join our community.
Come join our community.
The Woolwrights are in the planning stages at this moment and the hook-in will be on
March 16, 2024, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
at the Farm & Home Center
in Lancaster, PA.
Arrangements are being made with vendors, the caterer, and the facility. We are looking forward to seeing everyone and we know you can hardly wait to see our fabulous vendors, our wonderful rug show, our fantastic raffle event, and the rug challenge!!
Share the information with all your friends.
March 16, 2024, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
at the Farm & Home Center
in Lancaster, PA.
Arrangements are being made with vendors, the caterer, and the facility. We are looking forward to seeing everyone and we know you can hardly wait to see our fabulous vendors, our wonderful rug show, our fantastic raffle event, and the rug challenge!!
Share the information with all your friends.
***SAVE THE DATE***
March 16, 2024!!! 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
March 16, 2024!!! 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Walk-ins will be admitted beginning at 10:30 am at the cost of $15.00 to view the rug show and shop from the vendors.
(Note: There is no seating available for walk-ins.)
(Note: There is no seating available for walk-ins.)
NOTE: If you have trouble printing the registration page, you may handwrite your information on a sheet of paper and mail it in that form to Christine as stated on the next page.
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COMMUNITY.......
I'm looking you right in the eye...... What does community mean to you? How important is community to you? How do you feel when you are with people in your community?
Here are a few thoughts or descriptions of community....
** Community is where you feel united.
** Community give you a sense of belonging.
** Community gives you fun, support, and diversity.
** Community is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
The Woolwrights 2024 Challenge
Use your creativeness and design a "community" mat. The mat may be roughly 12" x 12", 6" x 18", or 12" x 14". You may draw your own design or you can use the designs that will follow.
You may join this challenge when you donate 1/8th yard of wool that will be added to a beautiful basket of wool and given to the winner of the
"Community" design.
If you enter the challenge and donate 1/8th yard of wool, you will also receive $10.00 in Vendor Bucks to use with any of our vendors only on the day of the hook-in.
There will be a "community" vote by each registrant to choose the big winner.
Below are examples of designs that you may use or you may design your own:
Here are a few thoughts or descriptions of community....
** Community is where you feel united.
** Community give you a sense of belonging.
** Community gives you fun, support, and diversity.
** Community is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
The Woolwrights 2024 Challenge
Use your creativeness and design a "community" mat. The mat may be roughly 12" x 12", 6" x 18", or 12" x 14". You may draw your own design or you can use the designs that will follow.
You may join this challenge when you donate 1/8th yard of wool that will be added to a beautiful basket of wool and given to the winner of the
"Community" design.
If you enter the challenge and donate 1/8th yard of wool, you will also receive $10.00 in Vendor Bucks to use with any of our vendors only on the day of the hook-in.
There will be a "community" vote by each registrant to choose the big winner.
Below are examples of designs that you may use or you may design your own:
THE BEST RUG SHOW EAST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER!!!!
The Woolwrights always pride ourselves and you for the fantastic rug show we hold during our hook-ins. Bring the gorgeous rugs to share with everyone.
Rug labels will be available for the rug title, hooker, and the designer at the rug registration table.
The Woolwrights always pride ourselves and you for the fantastic rug show we hold during our hook-ins. Bring the gorgeous rugs to share with everyone.
Rug labels will be available for the rug title, hooker, and the designer at the rug registration table.
VENDORS
NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE - THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING VENDORS AS WE RECEIVE PHOTOS AND INFO FROM THE VENDORS
The Spotted Cur with Suzanne White
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ButtonMoon with Nancy Bossio
Hi, I'm Nancy Bossio, the founder of ButtonMoon. My career in the New York Garment Center schooled in me an appreciation of beautiful fabrics and useful design. As a beginner rug hooker, I could be seen carrying bags of wool, many bags of wool, as well as my cutter into an event. Out of this came the Worm Wrap, a double row of adjustable snap tape system that could hold the work for the day.
Who hasn't rolled up your rug and tucked it under your arm as you struggled to get everything to the car? Hence, the Rug Carrier!
Of course, I make frame covers in everything from wide wale corduroy to recycled denim from size XS to XL and then 1X-3X for floor frames.
Scissors in the garment business are expensive and treated carefully. They are the tools of your trade. In rug hooking, we have specialized scissors. For them, I have developed the Scissor Sak which is made from vintage patterned wool in a patchwork effect that come in 5 sizes, 5" to 12".
Through ButtonMoon, my passion for fabrics and problem-solving has found its niche in the rug hooking community. I'm thrilled to continue creating innovative solutions that merge functionality, style, and sustainability, catering to fellow enthusiasts' needs.
Thank you for joining me on this journey!"
Who hasn't rolled up your rug and tucked it under your arm as you struggled to get everything to the car? Hence, the Rug Carrier!
Of course, I make frame covers in everything from wide wale corduroy to recycled denim from size XS to XL and then 1X-3X for floor frames.
Scissors in the garment business are expensive and treated carefully. They are the tools of your trade. In rug hooking, we have specialized scissors. For them, I have developed the Scissor Sak which is made from vintage patterned wool in a patchwork effect that come in 5 sizes, 5" to 12".
Through ButtonMoon, my passion for fabrics and problem-solving has found its niche in the rug hooking community. I'm thrilled to continue creating innovative solutions that merge functionality, style, and sustainability, catering to fellow enthusiasts' needs.
Thank you for joining me on this journey!"
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The Wool Studio
with Rebecca Erb & Matt & Amy Moore
with Rebecca Erb & Matt & Amy Moore
Founded by Rebecca Erb in 1999, The Wool Studio is based in West Reading, Pennsylvania. The Wool Studio designs, imports and sells mill-dyed 100% wool fabric in a wide variety of colors and textures from natural and lights to a full range of colors and darks. We sell by mail order to both retail and wholesale customers for a wide variety of textile arts including rug hooking, rug braiding, appliqué and quilting. Whether you are a primitive or fine rug hooker, The Wool Studio has the 100% wool fabric you need. The Wool Studio has beautiful plaids, checks, and textures that are mill-dyed to give your rugs that hand-dyed look. If you prefer to dye your own color palette, The Wool Studio is known for its great selection of light textures and
Wool Studio Natural.
New for Woolwrights Hook-in, 2024:
Something new this year at our booth at Woolwrights. All cut yardage will be ‘Pay by the Pound’. No individual priced pieces (think deli counter). Pick your pieces and make a pile,
then put your pile on the scale at checkout. We are moving to the ‘Pay by the Pound’ model to eliminate having to measure and price the many pieces of various sizes of the several hundred items we bring each year to the hook-in. Using weight, our customers will actually have a pricing advantage because most items weigh 14 oz to 16 oz per yard. In addition to all the “By the Pound’ off-the-bolt wool we will continue to have individual priced curated bundles, separately priced Washed and Rolled half yards, and ready to use Treasure Pieces.
https://www.thewoolstudio.com/
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Baskets by Dianne Pearce
with Dianne Pearce
with Dianne Pearce
Dianne has been weaving about 30 years and belong to two basket weaving guilds. She enjoys adding color, design, and techniques in my basket weaving and also to provide useful, functional baskets.
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Wooly Dye Works with Marian Hall
Marian always has 700-800 colors of dyed wool….
Mostly over Dorr natural....Plus Mixed Texture bundles of 4 textured wools overdyed in the same dye bath…1/2 and full yard packs.
Eight shades of Skin Tones available in 5 swatch sets.
Mostly over Dorr natural....Plus Mixed Texture bundles of 4 textured wools overdyed in the same dye bath…1/2 and full yard packs.
Eight shades of Skin Tones available in 5 swatch sets.
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The Wool 'n Gardener with Jan & Fred Cole
Welcome Spring 2024!!! We again will have a large selection of luscious hand-dyed wools (and new colors dyed over new base wools), one-of-a-kind spot, and sparkle dyes as well as other dyeing methods like shibori. We continue to strive to have a full range of colors from the richest and deepest primitive palette to pastels – in between are those marvelous brights – and… our varied palette of color includes wools based upon the subtle colors of Roseville Pottery, fraktur art, and redware pottery. Have fun rummaging through the wool packages (which may include a variety of hand-dyed wools and some mixed packages with hand-dyed and as-is wools)! Full 1 yard and ½ yard pieces of dyed wool (they show the true effect of the mottling) will be available – great for backgrounds or large areas of applique. Don’t forget our pattern selection (some of which are adaptations of antique rugs owned by The Wool’n Gardener). We are also honored to exclusively offer 65+ patterns designed by Therese Shick!!!
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Fluff & Peachy Bean Designs with Nancy Jewett
Goat Hill Designs with Gail Dufresne
Handmaiden Designs with Debra Henkel
The Bee & The Bear with Katie Kriner
Fluff & Peachy Bean Designs with Nancy Jewett
Goat Hill Designs with Gail Dufresne
Handmaiden Designs with Debra Henkel
The Bee & The Bear with Katie Kriner
******FOR SALE*****
Do you have a rug hooking frame, a rug hooking stand, hooks, or cutters that you need to sell? The Woolwrights will have a FOR SALE poster available for you to post a photo of your items that you are willing to part with for your rug hooking friends! Bring your photo with your cell phone number and post the info on the easel inside the door at the Farm & Home Center. Prospective buyers can then call you while you are there that day and make a possible sale!!!
NOTE: Sales must be done from your car!!! Sales are not allowed inside the building or at your table!! Sales of wool will not be allowed out of respect for our vendors!!
NOTE: Sales must be done from your car!!! Sales are not allowed inside the building or at your table!! Sales of wool will not be allowed out of respect for our vendors!!
Spectacular Box Lunches are being catered by Hess' BBQ.
The Lunchbox menu will be available on the registration forms which will be online on January 1, 2024
The Lunchbox menu will be available on the registration forms which will be online on January 1, 2024
Keep watching for updates on Facebook and right here on The Woolwrights website at www.woolwrights.com.
Registration forms will be on our website on
January 1, 2024!!!
Registration forms will be on our website on
January 1, 2024!!!
