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The Story
Behind Green
Mountain Hooked Rugs
Owned and operated by a
fourth-generation rug maker, Green Mountain Hooked Rugs in Montpelier, Vermont,
has been offering supplies and classes for the beginning
rug hooker to the experienced textile artist for more
than twenty-five years.
A Family Tradition
Owner and custom-dyeing specialist Stephanie Ashworth-Krauss quips that she “was raised on dye spoons, wool
dust, and fabric scraps,” having hooked her first rug at
age five. This family tradition began with Stephanie’s
great–grandmother, Philena Moxley, who created and
stamped embroidery and rug patterns from 1865 to1882 at
her shop, the PC Moxley Dry Goods Store, in Lowell,
Massachusetts. Stephanie’s mother, Anne Ashworth, a
nationally recognized rug hooker, worked as a freelance
custom dyer, and in 1981 co-founded the acclaimed Green
Mountain Rug School, which Stephanie and her family
continue to operate today. |
Stephanie
Ashworth-Krauss Awarded 2010 Governor's Heritage Award
for Outstanding Traditional Artist
 At
a public ceremony, held on May 13, 2010 at the Vermont
Statehouse, Governor Jim Douglas awarded the Governor’s
Heritage Awards sponsored by the
Vermont Folklife Center and
Vermont
Life magazine. Stephanie Ashworth-Krauss was awarded
Outstanding Traditional Artist and Alice Leeds of
Bristol received Outstanding Educator.
The Governor’s Heritage
Award Program was established in 1999 to recognize
exemplary Vermonters whose work as artists or educators
perpetuates the mix of cultural traditions that make up
Vermont’s distinctive cultural heritage.
At the time of the award,
Stephanie was at her daughter Mariah’s graduation at the
University of Montana. In her absence her sister
Elizabeth received the award, a lovely engraved
Danforth Pewter plate, and read her
acceptance letter which we are happy to share with
you. See photos accompanying
Stephanie's acceptance letter speech
here.
See the May 13, 2010
newspaper article,
Area Woman Honored for Rug Hooking that appeared
in the Times Argus.
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