Intermediate & Advanced Punch Needle Rug Hooking

“A wonderful follow up … Expands the possibilities of punch needle … This book is the perfect next step in offering the knowledge and inspiration you need for your next punch needle project.” – Arounna Khounnoraj of Bookhou, author, Visible Mending“Amy Oxford is a gifted and generous teacher, and together with Louise Kulp, they have created a book that both expresses their passion for punch needle and gives clear easy to follow instructions to people who want to grow their rug hooking skills and become more creative with the art form.” – Deanne Fitzpatrick, “This book is like being given a private tour of your favorite designers’ creative dream projects. If you’ve mastered the basics of punch needle and are wondering what else you can do with this delightfully satisfying medium, these unique and thoughtful projects will inspire hours of next-level dreaming and doing … clever, colorful projects invite us to further explore the gorgeous possibilities of this fun and practical craft.” – Alicia Paulson, founder, Posie Gets Cozy; author, Embroidery Companion“Where would we punchers be without Amy Oxford? … I am grateful to her for sharing her vast knowledge, and just like in her previous book I am finding there is even more to learn about this craft I so love.” – Sallie Dale, founder, The Urban Acres

Amy Oxford is the founder of the Oxford Rug Hooking School and is an internationally renowned instructor. She is the inventor, manufacturer, and distributor of the Oxford Punch Needle, and her teacher certification program has over the past three decades resulted in over 130 Oxford Certified Instructors in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, the UAE, and Japan. Amy has been licensed by the Shelburne Museum to make adaptations of their antique rugs and has helped catalog the museum’s renowned collection of historic hooked rugs. She is the author of six previous books, including the bestselling Punch Needle Rug Hooking: Your Complete Resource to Learn & Love the Craft. She lives in Cornwall, Vermont.

Louise Kulp is a painter, fiber artist, and art educator and in 2018 earned certification as an Advanced Oxford Instructor with a focus on special techniques. Louise has taught the joy of punch needle rug hooking to hundreds of students in many different settings, from women in a grief support group in rural Maine to second graders in an after-school program in the Bronx. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.