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Posted On: 03/21/2015
One of the trends in New Hampshire when the weather is bad and we're stuck inside watching Netflix, is to take up a crafty hobby. That stays true for the Lakes Region Drivers who work part time for our company and then have time to spare for their own leisure. A particularly crafty driver of ours is Theresa Horman whose work was just put on display at the Hall Memorial Library in Northfield. She makes rugs, full length wool coats, wall hangings, and scarves. The LRLately blog is featuring our interview with her this week:
"I have been driving for Lake Region Student transportation for about 3 1/2years. I am self taught as far as all my fiber arts are concerned. I have always wanted to learn how to hook rug after seeing hooked rugs at the round barn at the Shelburn museum in Vermont back in 1984.My Father gave me some backing and wool yarn that year with no instruction on how to do this, so it went into to storage for a very long time. When he passed away in 2007 I took it out of storage and decided it was time to learn. I read a lot of books and used the Internet to make that possible and started rug hooking in 2010."
"My mother was a very talented lady with seven children. She used to sew all our clothes & do all types of crafts. She would always get me some type of craft kit for birthdays and Christmas. She also taught me how to sew. My Father-in-law Jim Horman Sr. was a weaver and the superintendent of J.P Stevens Woolen Mill here in Franklin, NH and Lowell, MA. My Husband Jim is also a weaver who worked in the woolen mills. So when he passed, we inherited his floor loom and all the supplies that go with weaving. This peaked my creativity It just called to me again. I read books that he had and I found that I loved both rug hooking and weaving spinning."
Part of the love of crafts in Theresa's life is the legacy of textiles from her family as well as the textile mills that made New Hampshire jobs starting during the industrial revolution. Besides the fact that Theresa makes gorgeous creations out of wool, she is connected to the history around her and it is people like Theresa who continue that legacy. We were interested in the way that Theresa was recruited by the Hall Memorial Library to be chosen as their artist: "My name was submitted several years ago by the former Librarian Mary Algren. I enjoy talking to people about this lost art of rug hooking and weaving. I enjoy teaching other how to rug hook and weave."
If you are interested in learning how to weave, where to find the materials Theresa uses, or how you can purchase one of Theresa's pieces, follow her on Facebook! She has a wide selection of pieces that have won prizes in the Deerfield Fair! Theresa is a great resource and an awesome Lakes Region Airport Driver!
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