About Us
Bonnie
& Dwight Smith, publishers
Hello
... from Wool Street, fellow rug hookers!
We
have something in common! Friendships are often formed that
otherwise might never have been simply because we like the same
things. I knew you were out there ... everywhere I go I see
good-goods!
The
Wool Street Journal is full of such good things ... things made with
peoples hearts and hands working together to lift our spirits,
gladden our hearts and brighten our hearth and home.
The
first issue of The Wool Street Journal was published in
April 2002.
My high school sweetheart, husband of 51 years and lifelong friend,
Dwight, is my partner. We like to refer to The Wool Street Journal
as "an extraordinary magazine for rug hookers with heart."
Hand-hooked wool rugs capture and warm my heart! Putting a hook in
the hand of a stranger or friend fills my heart to the brim and
subsequently, fills a rug-hooking book! That is why I am here and
that is why The Wool Street Journal is here.
Let’s
meet together here on Wool Street and talk about what we love -
primitive rug hooking and all things wool!
You
have a hooking pal in Colorado,
Bonnie
Tina
Ackermann - g.woolikers
I am one
of those rug hookers who is best described as passionate about rug
hooking. My mom taught me to hook in the winter of 2000. She hooks
primitive designs with a wide cut and I have not strayed from that
simple approach. My reasons for hooking rugs are many and counting!
I adore everything about primitive hand-hooked wool rugs. On a usual
day, I wear many hats. You’ll find me to be the quintessential fiber
artist – hooking or designing a rug, home schooling,
blogging and
being the best I can be as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt
and friend. I live in Woodstock, Georgia with my wonderful husband
and am blessed with a houseful of amazing boys.
Before
moving to Woodstock, I lived in St. Louis, Missouri where I owned
and operated g.woolikers rug hooking shop and where I introduced
many others to hooking rugs. I adore color planning and teaching
primitive-style rug hooking. I also love dyeing and overdyeing new
and recycled wool.
I travel on
the rug hooking circuit with my mom, Bonnie Smith, the editor of The
Wool Street Journal. Together we promote the magazine and WSJ
Designs - patterns that are adaptations of mom’s original art taken
from the pages of The Wool Street Journal. The patterns are sold
under the name
g.woolikers. We also teach together in rug hooking shops and
studios around the country. We have a treasure of good memories and
have formed lasting friendships with rug hooking folks just like us
– always coming away inspired and with a renewed desire to put a rug
hook in someone’s hand.
My goal is
to develop an ever-expanding vision of the gentle art of primitive
rug hooking and press forward with contagious energy!
For the love
of rug hooking,
Tina
Ackermann
g.woolikers &
gwoolikers.blogspot.com
