Kathy Yoder Hooked Rugs

Best known for her beguiling alphabet of sheep 2003 yoder conceived of her designs as paintings with wool to be hung and enjoyed as art.

Kathy yoder hooked rugs.

She hand draws the designs onto a backing of scottish linen. Pioneer women celebrated their families friends and experiences through their needlework in rug hooking embroidery and quilting. The rugs are made of 100 percent wool which is hand colored using both commercial and natural dyes. These rugs were made and sold from the mid 1920 s to mid 1950 s.

The design is drawn on a backing mat and then painted using 100 wool that is hand dyed for each rug. Bringing together the artist s first and last works alongside preparatory sketches and other ephemera hooked on patty yoder surveys the 13 year career of american rug hooker patty yoder 1943 2005. Yoder has been hooking rugs for the past 34 years. Maine hooked rugs of brooklin offers a collection of one of a kind rugs table mats runners and other hooked items created in the traditional manner.

Patty yoder brings the tradition to an even higher level through her sheep rugs each representing a different letter of the alphabet and each inspired by the events that comprise ms. Kathy s rugs are her own designs. The story of patty and esther s life and hooked rugs accompanied the exclusive exhibits of esther knipe and her daughter judy knipe s extensive collection of work. Best known for her beguiling alphabet of sheep 2003 yoder conceived of her designs as paintings with wool to be hung and enjoyed as art.

Patty ann barrett yoder 1943 2005 was well known for her outstanding collection of the alphabet of sheep hooked rugs part of the shelburne museumcollection vermont patty is an. A staggering number over 2 190 hooked rugs are documented in this book about 1 320 collected rugs and 870 commissioned rugs. She hooks in the traditional style using strips of wool that she cuts by hand with scissors. Rug hooking traditions with patty yoder and esther knipe by kathy wright and judy knipe the book debuted at rug hooking week at sauder village in archbold ohio in 2014.

Yoder who died in 2005 was a leader in working to reinvigorate the discipline and her contributions are currently on view at the shelburne museum in the retrospective survey hooked on patty. Featuring the story the photos and the rugs this book brings us these textile artists their talent creativity and a tribute to their life and work. Bringing together the artist s first and last works alongside preparatory sketches and other ephemera hooked on patty yoder surveys the 13 year career of american rug hooker patty yoder 1943 2005.