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Rug Hooking Demonstration
Artists in New England have fashioned hooked rugs since the early nineteenth century in a tradition that continues to thrive and develop. Drop in and visit with Michele Micarelli, an internationally recognized rug-hooking artist based in New Haven, Conn., as she demonstrates the process of transforming hand-dyed wool and fabric scraps into elaborate hooked rugs.