Sara

Sara - owner of Violet Jane. I learned to hook when I was very young (about 6) from my Grandma Eliza Jane Burghoff.  I didn't hook a rug until I was in my 30's. Boy was that first rug ugly! Soon after moving to Vermont in 1988 I got online and joined a group on AOL. I met Hookit (Barbara Jones) who sent me information about dyeing.  I found out she lived in the same area of Vermont as I did, and she encouraged me to join the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild (it had a different name back then - and less than 100 members, now it's up to 700) and the Richmond rug hooking group. Both groups have changed my life!

Water Lily Design and punch-hooking by Sara Burghoff in August 2006. This was my Oxford certification project.

My latest completed project (above) is a design by Cherylyn Brubaker of Hooked Treasures in Maine. This mat is hooked using the traditional method and strips of wool material in a #6 cut. The light and dark blue backgrounds are tweed fabric - they give the mat a really nice texture.