Kathleen Herbert has been hooking for almost 30 years and collecting and studying antique rugs for 25 of those years. She is a certified McGown teacher, and a member of TIGHR and ATHA. Kathleen is best known for her presentation of the History of Rug Hooking in America. She has studied under leading instructors in both the US and Canada and has taught rug hooking at various workshops throughout the Northeast. She is well-versed in all styles of rug hooking from wide-cut to fine shading, dyeing, and color planning. She employs many different techniques in her rugs along with different materials to capture the essence of the piece. While her recent focus is on primitive wide-cut rugs, she continues to produce fine shaded pieces annually to maintain her expertise. She will teach an open class with a short morning lesson on different techniques in rug hooking and color planning along with some historical background of rug hooking.

Jayne Nevins is a fibre artist who became certified as an Ontario Hooking Craft Guild (OHCG) rug hooking teacher in 1999 and a McGown teacher in 2007. She is also a certified Amy Oxford punch needle teacher. Jayne loves to attend and teach at workshops throughout Canada and the United States. She loves to teach fine cut and wide cut rugs, such as landscapes, orientals, crewel pieces, and fun designs and hooks with yarn and wool. In addition, she finds incorporating creative stitches into her pieces, punching on the pattern and adding embellishments provides a different look. Spending time in the dye pots and creating colourful wools and yarn provides wonderful colour choices for her students. She loves to share tips and provide information on other techniques that may not be covered in patterns brought to class. She has adjudicated at many rug hooking shows, been commissioned to do rugs for museums and in 2021, received an award in appreciation for her contribution to crafts in Ontario. Jayne looks forward to helping you work up your piece in class.

Nancy Zeppelin Parcels began her rug hooking journey in 1999 and received her McGown Certification in 2006. Several of her rugs have been chosen for Celebrations of Hand Hooked Rugs, as well as many ribbons from local fairs. She was voted ‘People’s Choice’ twice at Sauder Village Rug Week. Nancy truly enjoys teaching all styles of hooking and is the proud designer of Rick-Rack which she has taught to 100 -plus rug hookers. A good sense for color planning will help those who struggle with this. We also work together as a class learning lots of tips and tricks that you can apply to your hooked rugs.

Capri Boyle Jones: Navarre, Florida – Capri has been developing her art in fiber professionally thru hooking, design, dying, and restoring rugs for 25 years. Owner of Capri Boyle Rug Studio Incorporated, she is a McGown certified teacher, member of ATHA. She is experienced in a wide variety of styles while her personal style is Impressionism, focusing on the use of light and color. Her work has been in Celebrations, and in Quayside Gallery in Pensacola, Fla. And various exhibits throughout the country and private collections. Visit Capri Boyle Jones’s website.