I started rug hooking in 1998.  At the time I was an avid quilter and hesitated to start another craft.  But my sister, Carol, who had been rug hooking since 1989 kept asking me to give it a try and I finally gave in...and guess what... I was hooked! 

I started dyeing my own wool and drawing designs.  In 2001, while living in Oswego, Illinois, I started "Crestview Cottage" and began selling my hand dyed wool and teaching rug hooking.  In 2005, my husband and I moved back home to Minnesota and I renamed my business "Designs in Wool".    I have a studio in my home, filled with wool and patterns.  I'd love to have you come and visit. 

My rug patterns are influenced by my love for folk art and the whimsical designs of early rug hookers.  Although I haven't had any formal art training, it seems I have been drawing and doodling flowers, houses and trees and geometric designs in my notebooks and journals since I was a small girl.  I'm always filling up notebooks and will keep sharing patterns as I finish them. 

My Catalog of Primitive Designs was updated in 2006, the 2nd Edition.  If you would like to see all my designs in print form, please order my Catalog of Primitive Rug Hooking Designs for $5.00PP. 

I love to dye wool as much as I love to hook and hope you will visit my studio sometime soon so you can see all the wonderful wool I have in stock.  Call to set up a time...bring your projects, stay awhile and hook...bring your friends!  Check out other places you will be able to see my designs and wool on the Events page. 

Thanks for visiting!