This is a primitive scene with a lighthouse and several sailboats out on the water. It is hooked with acrylic yarn on burlap backing. Ormand or “Ormie” as he was called, hooked starting at one end of a blank piece of burlap and created the design as he hooked along until he reached the other end of the burlap. This is referred to as “hook and roll”. The edges are folded over to the back.

Ormand discovered rug hooking after his retirement. He bought knit sweaters from local second hand stores then washed them and unraveled them to create one of a kind hooked rugs. (Interesting to note that Joan Moshimer had visited him and introduced him to the adventures of dyeing his yarn.)

He served in WWII, 52nd Battery (gunner: 3rd anti-tank regiment, RCA). He drove Charlie’s Taxi in Middleton for a few years as well as other types of work.

He sold his rugs at Rags to Rugs in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia to the many tourists that would visit the shop every year. The owner of this wall hanging has several purchased from Rags to Rugs and created by Ormie. ( Ormand Kaulback: 1910: 2007)