Pam first began rug hooking in 1982 with noted instructor Hallie Hall of Contoocook, NH. Pam is a certified rug hooking teacher with the Pearl K. McGown Rug Hooking Guild. Pam has been teaching at rug schools and workshops in the US and Canada since 1994. In 2014 she moved her studio where she taught at her in Loudon, NH and opened The Woolen Pear & Red Horse Rug Designs at the Brookside Mall in Loudon NH. The Woolen Pear, a unique fiber arts studio specializing in hand hooked rugs, supplies, classes and workshops for rug hooking, braiding and fiber arts. With the largest selection of off-the-bolt and hand-dyed wool in the area, here you will find hand-spun alpaca yarns, recycled sari ribbons and silk fibers for adding that creative touch to your fiber craft . The Woolen Pear also carries Pro-Chem and Cushing dyes and are the exclusive representative for The Wooley Mason Dye Jar system in the U.S. and many instructional and reference books for dyeing wool and rug hooking. The Woolen Pear has everything the "happy hooker" needs including many popular designer and custom designed patterns for the creative hooker in you. Red Horse Rugs can design that one of a kind rug pattern for you to create your own future heirloom or they can design and hook a finished hooked piece of art for you
Throughout the years Pam has been awarded the Master Artist/Apprenticeship grant several times from the NH State Council on Arts Traditional Arts Program. Pam’s work has exhibited at Sheri Ensign Gallery, League of NH Craftsmen in Concord, NH, Green Mt. Rug Hooking Guild Annual Exhibit at the Shelburne Museum, VT, the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, and the University of NH Law School hooked rug exhibit. Her hooked piece “Clew Bay, Co., Claire, Ireland” was a finalist at the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana. Pam believes it is important to preserve as many of the traditional arts, crafts and skills that were so vital to the comfort and necessity in the everyday life of previous generation. She enjoys sharing her love of rug hooking and its history by demonstrating at various venues such as Canterbury Shaker Village, Strawberry Bank Museum, and the Sunapee Craftsmen’s Fair.
“Creativity can be an antidote for coping with stress, worries and anxiety and at the end of the day after spending a little time in our right brains, can help us achieve a more positive outlook on life. I hope that you can and are able to take comfort in your rug hooking, art or whatever creative endeavor takes you to that happy, peaceful place.” Pam Bartlett
Welcome to The Woolen Pear & Red Horse Rugs.
We have a wonderful combination of rug hooking supplies, classes and gallery of finished fiber arts. With over 30 years experience Pam Bartlett has opened The Woolen Pear to provide a place in the community for everyone to share in the joy of creative fiber arts. Our supply of wool fabrics and yarns are a treat for the fiber arts of all sorts, but especially rug hooking, our specialty. Thank you for visiting our website and we look forward to meeting you in person, bring your hooking and have a cup of tea with us.
