Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador

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To all our rug hookers living on the Burin Peninsula. RHGNL invites you to a 'Hook In' on November 15, from 9:30 - 4:00 pm at the Marystown Hotel and Convention Center. Bring your latest project to work on. Guild Members will be on hand to give guideance if necessary. Bring a mat for display, we love to see your work! Door prizes are up for grabs. All COVID 19 regulations will be in place so Masks are required, as is pre-registration Fee to attend is $5.00 which can be paid at the door. To register and for more information, please call Nina Bannister at 427-2514

I’m happy to announce the award for the Covid-19 Speech Bubble Challenge. The winner is...(imagine a drum roll in your head)... Carmel St John Dyer!!!!! Congratulations to you! Carmel's son Danny will get to choose the recipient of his charitable donation, and Carmel will get a canvas print of her mat, a momento of her participation in this challenge. On behalf of the RHGNL, thank you to all who participated. A very BIG thank you goes to Winnie Glavine, who conceived and executed this challenge. It was a great way to pay tribute to the important people in our communities.

COVID 19 Speech Bubble Challenge In July we launched a Covid Speech Bubble Challenge. While quite a few RHGNL Members had hoped to participate, like all other events, life sometimes gets in the way. Life got in the way of us posting these pictures for you to vote on as well. We were supposed to do this in September. Well we are doing it now! We are asking that you vote a for your favourite speech bubble. The entry receiving the most 's will win. Their prize will... be a $100 donation to the charity of the choice of the recipient. As well, the rug hooker will receive a canvas print of their piece as a keepsake of this challenge. So, please vote for your favourite with a . Voting ends at midnight October 6, 2020 See more

Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild 45th Anniversary Virtual Celebration This year we are unable to hold an Exhibition in these troubled times. You're invited to visit our Virtual Celebration on BHCG's Website We hope you enjoy seeing how the Guild has grown and flourished over the years http://beaconsfieldrughooking.com/45-years/ Please, don't forget to sign our Guestbook! http://beaconsfieldrughooking.com/guestbook/ The BHCG Executive

This year RHGNL celebrates 25 years as a Guild. Our Guild was formed in 1995 during a meeting, on Change Islands, of like minded women who wanted to keep the history of rug hooking alive in this province. This meeting, led by Linda Peckford, resulted in the growth of the craft of rug hooking here in this province. Every year since our Guild has held its annual Rug School where participants gather to learn, encourage and socialize with old friends as they make new life long... companions. Even COVID 19 cannot keep this Guild from holding its annual Rug School, though it will certainly be in a different format this year. Three classes will be held this week. August 14/15 in Torbay, Winnie Glavine will teach using Alumimum Window Mesh to make a bowl; August 15/16 Joan Foster will teach Traditional Geometric Mats in Springdale, and August 17/18 Anne Inder will teach Punch Hooking in Grand Falls-Windsor. (a seat or two available still) Next year we hope to gather again in Lewisporte but in the meantime, have a look at what we did last year at our Rug School. Perhaps you'd like to join our Guild. The fee is only $30 per year and we offer wonderful learning opportunities and great experiences for fun. While the mats were hooked by many RHGNL members, the photos are compliments of our own Jackie Alcock, a very talented artist living and working in Corner Brook.