Bluenose Patterns

Bluenose pattern #7207

Hooked by: Joyce Lynch, Pictou, NS (2002)

In 1998, Linda MacDonald, owner of Rags to Rugs, acquired the Bluenose Rug Hooking Patterns.  This  collection of designs was  created by the Garretts of New Glasgow throughout the 1900s for distribution across North America and Britain.  At the time they were acquired by Linda, these patterns had been sitting in the basement of Garrett's by the Bridge in New Glasgow for quite some time.  They were in the form of perforated paper stencils stained with black ink.  As you can imagine, the task of cleaning the stencils of dirt and dust, then transferring them to a usable form is very time consuming. More on the process of cleaning the stencils and burlap matbacks.

To date, we have prepared over 100 patterns for distribution.  To view our Catalogue of Designs online, please click here. (Note: Adobe Acrobat is required to view this document.  This program can be downloaded for free from the Adobe web site).  If you are unable to view the document, please contact us by one of the methods outlined on our Contact Page.

To view samples of Bluenose patterns, please visit our  Gallery of completed Bluenose hooked rugs.