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".   

In November, 2011 we relocated to sunny California where I will continue to offer my patterns, wool and supplies on line through my two websites which includes this site:  www.designsinwool.com  and www.etsy.com/shop/DesignsInWool.  Check it out...  Etsy is a wonderful shopping experience for handmade and vintage.

My rug patterns are influenced by my love for folk art and the whimsical designs of early rug hookers.   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.  I love to dye wool as much as I love to hook.  Please visit my Etsy shop where I sell hand dyed wool and felted wool ready for hooking and appliqué; flower pins; ornaments patterns and wool packs for hooking my patterns.

Thanks for visiting! Please email if you have any questions or comments!