Silk stocking mats : hooked mats of the Grenfell Mission
Entry/Object ID
NK2813.N47
Description
Beginning in 1928, the Grenfell Mission sent out a call to socialites: "When your stockings run, let them run to Labrador!" The creative recycling of tattered stockings, dyed in soft hues, is just one of many innovations that made Grenfell hooked mats highly collectible folk art. This book chronicles the development of a local craft into an art form. It draws on interviews with women who recall their hooking days, the study of hundreds of documents, and examination of Grenfell hooked mats.
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folk art--canada, rugs--canada, rugs--hooked, silk
