SATURDAY Hook-in with Cindi Gay @ 4pm edt
Come sit and hook with us! Members of The Rug Hooking Journey enter a Zoom call by clicking on a link in the Member Dashboard. Non-members can click here.
Just click the icon above ↑ at 4pm eastern on the right day and the link will take you to the right place. You must be logged in for member only events.

Free stuff, available and open to everyone
All lessons happen at 4pm eastern
Simply click on the icon at the right time to join in.
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I keep sharing your helpful hints and instructional videos on all the Maritime rug Hooking sites I have access to. Every week there is someone asking how to hook animal fur, or how to square-off a pattern, etc. When responding on Deanne Fitzpatrick’s site, I always say she fosters my creativity for textures, while you, YOU, give me the skills to be a better rug hooker. ♥️
Thanks for your brilliant tip to cut out some background on my project for ‘rug ‘school.
Thank-you.
Cindi’s gal, Rennie Roop
Learn the technique of rug hooking
You can learn the technique of rug hooking in just a few minutes but rug hooking is more than just pulling loops.
- Where do you put the colors?
- Which direction do you hook?
- What supplies do I need for rug hooking?
- The questions can be endless.
- This is your one-stop place for rug hooking information.
Stop collecting information and pulling out your hair. Start pulling loops instead! Learn as you go.

Cindi Gay
Rug Hooking Artist and TeacherHow to Join the Live! Events
Step 1:
Register above for my Live! Weekly Rug Hooking Lesson. It’s free. 6pm eastern every week. Watch for great rug hooking tips, tutorials and lessons. You can even submit an idea for a weekly lesson. What do you want to learn about rug hooking?
Step 2:
If you liked the Live! Lesson, you will LOVE The Rug Hooking Journey. This on-going training has hours and hours of lessons, tips, tutorials, and Q&A’s that you can watch at your own pace as well as a beginner course* that will get you started. I’ve been broadcasting these lessons since 2016.
*This beginner course is still being developed and is available ONLY inside The Rug Hooking Journey.
Step 3:
After exploring The Rug Hooking Journey, you are ready for more in-depth courses such as the Practical Color Planning for Rug Hookers (what colors go where?) or the Virtual Dye Class. Curious about footstools? I’ll show you the secrets in the IKEA Stool Cover Instructions and Downloadable Patterns Course.

I can’t help but gush about Cindi Gay’s Rug Hooking Journey! I am pretty new to rug hooking and I have found it so enjoyable that I have been searching for information everywhere to learn more about this art form. I have bought books, been to wool shops, and, of course, been all over the internet. I watched some of the free videos on Cindi’s website and decided to join The Rug Hooking Journey. It is a bonanza of information! Cindi is incredibly generous with her extensive knowledge and explains things thoroughly and clearly. And it is fantastic to be able to go back and look at each session whenever I want. I liked the Journey so much I signed up for the Color Planning course, as well. Cindi herself is such a joy and I appreciate her delightful personality and sense of humor. Her courses are an incredible value for the scope and quantity of information they offer.
Dara Gall
Member of The Rug Hooking Journey and the Practical Color Planning CourseClick here to learn more about live events.
Thank you Cindi! You are a visionary ….I don’t now why I can’t see beyond ……I truly appreciate your Live! hooking classes, even though I have been hooking for 7 years, I still learn something. Hope to someday meet you in person!!
Lynn C.
Member of IKEA Stool Course and Live! Weekly Lesson ViewerAnonymous Comments from a Camp Survey
- Cindi gave great tips to simplify what has mystified me. I love her method of teaching.
- Lots of great information & useful tips! Enjoyed her style of communication
- 5th time with Cindi & always learn something new.
- Her knowledge is non-stop. I will take her again & again
- Cindi is very knowledgeable & I have learned something new every day.

Learning how to rug hook is
…more than just pulling loops