Maritime Rug Hooking Groups
NOVA SCOTIA
Annapolis Valley
Apple Blossom Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. to May, Wed. 9:30 am – 12 pm at individual homes from Windsor to Berwick Contact Donna Bentley 902-542-7516
Loft Rug Hookers
Meet year-round on Wed. 10 am – 2 pm at the Lloyd Memorial Centre in Kingsport
Contact Golda Kelly 902-582-3079
Rags to Riches
Meet year-round on Wed. 9 am – 12 pm at Windermere Hall, Windermere
Contact Sybil Redden 902-538-7947 sybilredden@gmail.com
River Street Hookers
Meet year-round on Friday, 10 am – 2 pm at Lynn Denney’s Studio, 35 Waldo St., Kentville Contact Lynn Denney 902-692-8118
Spinners
Meet from Sept. to May, on Tues., 10 am – 2 pm at Sobey’s Community Room, New Minas Contact Irene Moore 902-538-0212 imoorenovascotia@gmail.com
Wooly Wanderers
Meet year round on Thurs., 9:30 am – 1’ish at Atlantic Superstore Community Room, New Minas. Contact Cathy Oomen 902-542-0224
The Valley Girls
Meet year round on Tuesday afternoons at various members’ homes.
Contact Cathy Michael, 902-681-0188 camichael262@gmail.com
Downtown Hookers
Drop in Tuesdays 1 – 3 pm at Town of Kentville Recreation Centre, Kentville.
Contact Lynn Denney 902-692-8118 lynndenney@eastlink.ca
Cape Breton Groups
Spanish Bay Friendship Matters
Meet year round on Tues., 10am – 4 pm at Dobson Yacht Club, Westmount Rd., Sydney Contact Mora Ballantyne 902-270-5931
Down East Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. to May, Wed. 10 am – 3 pm at CB Centre for Craft & Design (downstairs) 322 Charlotte St., Sydney Contact Mary Munson 902-567-5122 mmunson@ns.sympatico.ca
Boularderie
Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 1 – 4 pm at Boularderie East, phone for directions Contact Marilyn Gillan 902-674-2119
Old Schoolhouse Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. – June, Wed. 10:30 am – 4 pm at Big Bras d’Or Hall, 1390 Old Rte. 5 Contact Marilyn Gillan 902-674-2119
Wild Wooly Women
Meet Sept. – Apr., Tues., 10 am – 3 pm at Mira & Seniors Pensoners Club, Marion Bridge Contact Diane Harris 902-562-5780
Women’s Winter Workshop
Meet Sept. – May, Tues. 10 am – 2:30 pm at Gabarus Fire Hall. Contact Marie Jaarsma 902-884-2544
Colchester
Colchester Heritage Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. – June, Wed. 9:30 am – 2 pm at Douglas Street School, Truro
Contact Ursula Ryle-Gulliver 902-843-6857 wayne.urs@eastlink.ca
Friday Friends
Meet Sept. to June, Fri. 12:30 – 3:30 pm at Douglas St. School, Truro
Contact Beverly Levine 902-893-2640
Economy Rug Hookers
Meet year round, Tues. 10 am – 2 pm at Economy Recreation Centre, 3315 Hwy. 2. For up-to-date info and summer location, Contact Micheline Beaton 902-647-2985
Cumberland
Remsheg Rug Hookers
Meet year round, Thurs., 10 am – 2 pm at Wallace & Area Museum, Wallace
Contact Sarah Ladd 902-257-3435
Beach-Side Hookers
Meet July & August, Wed., 10 am – 2 pm at Ottawa House, Parrsboro
Contact Dwight Gallagher 902-597-8715
Friends Hook Nook
Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 10 am – 2 pm at All Saints Parish Hall, Main St., Springhill Contact Don Tabor 902-694-0168 don.tabor@eastlink.ca
Northport Loopers
Meet year-round, Monday 10 am – 2 pm at Northport Community Ctr., Northport Contact Polly Verstraten 902-661-9534
Town and Country Thrummers
Meet year-round on Tuesdays from 10 am -2 pm at Della’s Rug Hooking Studio, 639 Willow St. Amherst NS Contact Lynne O’Brien Lines 902-676-2233 lwlines@eastlink.ca
Fundy
Kingston Crafters
Meet Oct. to April, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursdays of the month, 1 – 4 pm at Sobeys, Greenwood
Contact Cindy Noble 902-825-6314 cindynoble150@msn.com
Rustic Crafters
Meet mid-Sept to late June, Fridays from 1-4 pm in the Community Room, Weymouth Waterfront Library. Contact: Lorraine Lovett 902-837-7626 lovettgrandparents@gmail.com Gatherings are temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Nicholsville Rugrats
Meet Sept. to June, Tues. 10 am – 12 pm at Nicholsville Community Hall
Contact Valerie Despres 902-847-1001, vdespres@eastlink.ca
Bridgetown & Area
Gatherings are temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Sea Gull Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 9 am – 1 pm at Superstore Community Room, Digby
Contact Joan Donnelly 902-245-2491 Gatherings are temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Fundy Group
Meet 1st Wed. of every month, 10 am – 2 pm at Kingston Legion. Contact Joan Macfarlane 902-765-2373, joanmacfar@gmail.com
Habitation Hookers
Meet year round, Thurs., 1 – 4 pm
1st Thurs. of every month at Moose River Studio in Clementsport; 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thurs. of each month at Lower Granville Hall, Port Royal for the summer and at members’ houses during the winter. Contact nancy@ecosmiths.ca
Clementsport Hookers & Friends
Meet year round, Mon. 1 – 4 pm at Moose River Hooking Studio, Clementsport
Contact Krystyna King 902-638-8433. Gatherings are temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Tuesday’s Hooking Group
Meet year round, Tues. 10 am – 2 pm at Moose River Hooking Studio, Clementsport
Contact Nadine Wright 902-638-8813. Gatherings are temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Halifax
The Kingfisher Group
Meet year round, Mon. 9 am – 1 pm at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 3311 Ashburn Ave., Halifax. Contact Susan Tirone (902) 406-6590 or email tirone.susan@gmail.com.
Hooked Rug Museum of North America
Meet June to Sept., Thurs. 10:30 am – 3 pm at 9489 St. Margaret’s Bay Rd. Hwy 3, Queensland/Hubbards, $3.00 drop-in fee. Contact Suzanne Conrod 902-275-5222, www.hookedrugmuseumnovascotia.org
The Wooligans
Meet year round, Wed. 9 am – 2 pm at 955 Bedford Hwy. Contact Marilyn Gazeley 902-835-9471, migaze@ns.sympatico.ca
St. Margaret’s Bay Schoolhouse Rug Hookers
Meet 2nd & 4th Sun., 10-3 at The Bay Community Ctr., 11 Station Rd., Head of St. Margaret’s Bay. Contact Patsy Gorveatte 902-476-4946 pgorveatte@eastlink.ca
The Woolabees
Meet Tues-Fri, every second week from Sept. to the end of June. 10:30-12:30 at Sobey’s Larry Uteck Community Room, Halifax. Contact Ellen Tancock 902-222-9133
Lots of Loops
Meets Jan. to June and Sept. to Nov., every other Thurs. 7 – 9:30 pm at Sobey’s North & Windsor Sts. Halifax. Contact Kathy Burton – email 9022331801@txt.bell.ca
The Library Loopers
Meet Friday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Keshen Goodman, Lacewood Drive in Halifax. Contact Cathy Bamwoya: 902-405-6304 bamwoyac@gmail.com
Bonnie Hookers
Meet Friday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Sobeys Community room at 752 Sackville Drive in Lower Sackville. Contact Barb Chartrand
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Heritage Matters
Meet Sept. to June, Thurs. 9 am – 1 pm at South End Baptist Church, 60 Hastings Dr. Debra Parsons 902-499-2299 debmacparsons@gmail.com or Shirley Neville 902-266-3409 sjnski@eastlink.ca
Eastern Shore Matters
Meet. Sept. to June, Tues., 12:30 – 4 pm at Musquodoboit Library, 7900 Hwy. 7
Contact Sheila Livingston 902-845-2407
Fibre Friends
Meet Tuesdays 1 – 3:30 pm at The Old School, Musquodoboit Harbour,7962 Hwy #7 Contact Leslie Savoy 902-889-2735 or Gail Lambert 902-845-2820
The Beachside Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, Mondays, 10 am – 2 pm Geological Museum, 162 Two Islands Road, Parrsboro, NS Contact Barbara Himelman 902-297-6670 or bhimelman@gmail.com
Pictou/Antigonish/Guysborough
The Hector Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 9:30 am – 1 pm at New Horizons Seniors Club, 14 Kempt St., Pictou. Contact Ruby MacKenzie 902-351-2411 (h) 902-485-1266 (c) marreemac@ns.sympatico.ca
Bluenose Rug Hooking Group
Meet Thurs., 10 am – 1 pm at Superstore Westville Rd. Stellarton. Meeting cancelled if NO school. Contact Carol MacDonald 902-752-1974 carol.m@ns.sympatico.ca or contact Ann Shirley Boutilier 902-752-0308 annsboutilier@yahoo.ca
Bluenose Descendents Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 7 – 9 pm at Sobey’s West Side, New Glasgow.
Contact Debbie Russell 902-752-6039, macair@eastlink.ca
Little Harbour Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, at each other’s homes Mon. mornings.
Contact Carol Cochrane 902-755-5376 email carolcochrane001@gmail.com
Melrose Loopy Ladies
Meet Mondays 1 – 4 pm at Greenfield Oldsters Club, Hwys. 7 & 348
Contact Dianne Richard 902-867-1579 dianne.richard@outlook.com
Arisaig Shoreline Friends
Meet Sept. to June, Tues. 1-3 pm at each other’s homes. Contact Christine Vickers 902-863-5528 chrisvickers@ns.sympatico.ca
Antigonish Highland Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 6:30 – 9 pm at Sylvan Valley Seniors Pl., 12 Sylvan Valley, Antigonish. Contact Diane Penney 902-863-3133 email dianepenny15@gmail.com
No Trump Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, Thurs. 1:30 – 4:30 pm, from house to house.
Contact Andrea MacKenzie 902-485-8303, andreammackenzie@hotmail.com
Woolly Friends
Meet Sundays 6-9 p.m. September to June at 1822 Main Street Westville, NS. Contact: Jane Wile (902) 752-1216, aae.woolshop@gmail.com
South Shore
Main Street Hookers
Meet 1st & 3rd Wed., 7 – 9 pm at Encompassing Designs, Mahone Bay.
Contact 902-624-0370 or www.encompassingdesigns.com
Liverpool
Meet Sept. to mid-June, Tues. 10 am – 1:30 pm at Superstore Meeting Room, Liverpool.
Contact Audrey Fralic 902-683-2711, alfralic2@yahoo.ca
Trinity, Rose Bay/Riverport Group
Meet Sept. to April, Tues. 1 – 4 pm at Trinity United Church, Rose Bay.
Contact Debbie Smith 902-766-4494 or 2smiths1983@gmail.com
Hebbville
Meet Thurs., 10 am – 2 pm at Hebbville Fire Hall (Bring your lunch.)
Contact Jean Wentzell 902-354-3550
Lighthouse Rug Hookers Monthly Hook-in
Meet last Thurs. of each month 10 am – 2 pm, except July, Aug. & Dec. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Phoenix St., Bridgewater.
Contact Joan Young 902-644-2765, jmyoung1942@gmail.com or Judy Nelson j.annnelson22@gmail.com
Shelburne
Meet Tuesday 10 am – 2 pm, (bring your lunch) at McKay Memorial Library. Room for visitors, everyone welcome! Contact Pat Nickerson 902-575-2021, clydenickerson@eastlink.ca
River House Rug Hooking
Meet year round Sun., 2 – 5 pm at 36 Petite Riviere Rd., Petite Riviere. July & Aug., Mon. 7 – 9 pm on the deck. Various groups meet also. Contact Jane Steele 902-693-3111
Yarmouth
Carpetbaggers
Meet year round Thurs. 10 am – 1 pm at Beacon Church Parlor.
Contact Shirley Bradshaw 902-742-2468
Rugg Bees
Meet year round Wed. 11:30 am – 3:30 pm at Yarmouth County Museum, Collins St.
Contact Elaine Howatt 902-742-7017
NEW BRUNSWICK EAST
Hookeuses de Grande-Digue Hookers
Meet Sept. to May, Tues. 9 – 11 am at Notre Centre.
Contact Marielle Poirier 506-533-9578, marielle.poirier.mp@gmail.com
Past Time Matters
Meet Wed. 10 am – 2 pm at Resurgo Place, 20 Mountain Rd., Moncton.
Contact Marylou Bath bathml@nbnet.nb.ca
Past Time Matters Eve. Rug Hooking Group
Meet 1st & 3rd Mon. 7 – 9 pm at Community College, Rm. 117, 505 College St., Dieppe. Contact Margie Whyte 506-855-9041, or email margie.whyte@gmail.com NOT MEETING AT THIS TIME>
Kent Hookers/Hookeuses de Kent
Meet Thurs. 1 – 3 pm bi-weekly at Club d’Age d’Or, Main St., Richibucto.
Contact Marsha 506- 523-0896, clearmac@xplornet.ca
Miramichi Crafters
Meet Thurs., 10 am – 3 pm Seniors Rm. in Lions Bldg., 234 Morrison Lane, Miramichi. Contact Katie Vienneau, kgvien@gmail.com
Riverview Rug Hookers
Meet Wed., 10 am – 2 pm and Tues. 6:30- 8:30 p.m. at SouthEastern Mutual Ins. Co., Head Office, Riverview.
Contact Marie Trueman, lilymariemac@gmail.com
NEWFOUNDLAND
The Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland & Labrador (RHGNL) hosts various hook-ins throughout the province during the year. We welcome you to come and join us. For more information visit www.rhgnl.ca
NEW BRUNSWICK WEST
Quoddy Loopers
Meet year round, Wed. 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Catholic Church of St. Andrews Parish Ctr. (basement) corner King & Parr Sts., St. Andrews.
Contact Mary Jones 506-529-3790 (h)
Carnegie Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. to mid-June, Fri. 9:30 am – 12 pm at Saint John Arts Centre.
Contact Lynn Kinsella peterkin@nb.sympatico.ca
Sussex Tea Room Rug Hookers
Meet year-round Mon. 4 – 6 pm and Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm at Sussex Seniors Ctr., Jubilee Hall, 50 Perry St., Sussex.
Contact Jennifer Fleming jefmallard@gmail.com or Erin McKenna mcrugs@hotmail.com
Heritage Rug Hooking Guild
Meet May to Oct., every 2nd Thurs. 9 am – 2 pm at St. James Presbyterian Church, 1991 Hanwell Rd., Hanwell. Contact Sheila Black, s.jonesblack@gmail.com
The Cathedral Matters Guild
Meet every other Tues. afternoon at Christ Church Cathedral Memorial Hall, 168 Church St. Contact Doris Norman 506-454-3855, danorman@nbnet.nb.ca. We hook as volunteers to provide funds for the restoration of the Cathedral since 1992.
Evening Matters
Meet Sept. to May, Tues. 7 – 9 pm at Cathedral Hall, Church St at Brunswick, Fredericton. Contact Kimm Moore 506-474-2710 kcmrugs@gmail.com
Plaster Rock Legacy Loopers
Meet every 2nd Tues. 1:30 – 4pm at Plaster Rock Public School Library, Plaster Rock. Contact Connie Haddad, 506-356-8607 chaddad51@icloud.com
PEI
Island Matters
Meet Sept. to June, 2nd Sat. 10 am at Farm Ctr., 420 University Ave., Charlottetown. Contact Paula Kenny 902-629-0340
Shady Ladies
Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 10 am – 2 pm at West Royalty Community Ctr., Charlottetown. Contact Anne Lockhart 902-629-0249 annelockhart49@gmail.com
Lady Slipper Rug Hookers
Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 9:30 am at Lefurgey Cultural Centre, Prince St., Summerside. Contact Carolyn MacKean 902-836-4238