Rug Hooker: Helen Mountain
Who designed the rug: Garrett Bluenose Pattern #874 (Sugaring Off)
Who photographed the rug: T. MacDonald
Rug Number: 2025-74
Year Made: 1958
Rug Dimensions: 24 inches x 40 inches

Story about the rug

This is one of the many rugs my mother hooked using strips cut from old wool coats and other clothing collected from friends and neighbours. I remember her hooking the rug, often in the evenings, on a wooden frame made by my father.

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