Susan Lord, primitive rag mat designer and hooker
RR #1 Hubbards, NS, B0J 1T0
Phone: 228-2848




Susan lives in Blandford and started hooking after she retired in 2003.

When she was a child, many homes had a large hooked mat by the front door for muddy shoes or by the bed to keep your feet from hitting the cold floor when getting up (before wall-to-wall carpeting). These mats were often in the ‘hit and miss’ or ‘log cabin’ designs. In today’s world, doormats can be purchased at any department store and hooked mats have become beautifully crafted works of art. Susan wanted to carry on the tradition of hooking the rag mats in the style that many women of her mother’s generation hooked.

Susan’s mats carry on the tradition of primitive mat hooking using the straight line method. She hooks with cotton and cotton/polyester blends to create her one-of-a-kind mats. Their smaller sizes makes them ideal for on tables, hearths or as wall hangings and her colourful, original designs will brighten any room.

A member of the Aspotogan Arts and Crafts group, she won an Excellence in Rug Hooking at the May 2004 and May 2005 Spring Gallery Show. She also displayed at the Hub-Arts Show in July 2005.