Spring 2010. Design adapted from a quilt pattern and punched by Cherie Selles, Clare, Michigan. Made with The #14 "Mini" Oxford Punch Needle and worsted weight yarn. The wool was hand dyed by Cherie. 15" X 18".

Moon and Stars Chairpad. Designed and punched by Devin Ryder, Somerville, Massachusetts. Made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle.

Designed and punched by Christina McQueen, Minlaton, Australia. Made with a #10 regular Oxford Punch Needle and yarn.

Designed and punched by Christina McQueen, Minlaton, Australia. Made with a #10 regular Oxford Punch Needle and yarn.

Designed and punched by Christina McQueen, Minlaton, Australia. Made with a #10 regular Oxford Punch Needle and yarn.

Punched with a #10 regular Oxford Punch Needle and wool fabric strips by Christina McQueen, Minlaton, Australia. Designed by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings.

Punched by Karen Carroll, Vernon, Vermont.
Made with The #14 "Mini" Oxford Punch Needle and wool yarn. Design adapted from the book The Best of Jacobean Applique, by Patricia B. Campbell and Mimi Ayers.

Debbie Palmer, Hadley, Massachusetts
Made with The #14 "Mini" Oxford Punch Needle and wool yarn.

Sandra Marshall, Toronto, Canada.
Made with The #14 "Mini" Oxford Punch Needle and wool yarn. 13" x 14"

Nevada City School Children with their Rugs.
These students are in a multiage class for grades 1-3 and are 6-9 years old. Their teacher, Maria Dicintio, wrote to Amy Oxford at The Oxford Company saying, "We started this project because our class size grew from 12 to 18 students, but our meeting rug that we sit on together in a circle stayed the same size. The students were always struggling to fit on the carpet! I had recently begun punch needle rug hooking, and I thought it would be fun for each of us to make our own rug to sit on. I ordered monk's cloth and some economy needles. The students drew designs and transferred them. We were so excited to start our rugs, but the punches WOULD NOT work. I had ordered my own punch needle from you, so I decided to write and see if you would consider loaning us some. You quickly shipped us some #8 needles and we were off! Thank you so much for your generous loan and for the rug hooking book you sent to inspire us. When we took this picture my students were so excited to show 'Amy' the work they had done."
Note from Amy: Didn't they do a wonderful job?

Woolly Garden Rug, Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
Twelve squares were punched individually and sewn and together to create this 30" by 40" rug. Made by Tracey Earhart, Hannah Earhart, Hazel Merrills, Marilee Roney, Marge Lovell, Joann Pochil, Betty Bennett, Susan Williams and Laura Walton. This rug was raffled off to raise money for the local food bank. Made with #9 Oxford Punch Needles and wool rug yarn.

Lori Pease, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Made with a #9 Oxford Punch Needle and wool yarn.

Punched by Sue Welfare, Norfolk, UK. Designed by Gene Shepherd.

Designed and punched by Steve Grappe, San Angelo, Texas. Made with a #10 Regular Oxford Punch Needle and hand dyed wool yarn.

Sherry Kelley, Rutland, Vermont

Sherry Kelley, Rutland, Vermont

Una Walker, Claremont, California. Combination of felt and punching.

Una Walker, Claremont, California. Combination of felt and punching.

Una Walker, Claremont, California. Combination of felt and punching.

Margaret Zamzow. Appleton, Wisconsin.

Melina White, Dorset, Vermont.
Made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle and wool rug yarn.

Melina White, Dorset, Vermont.
Made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle and wool rug yarn.

Melina White, Dorset, Vermont.
Made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle and wool rug yarn.

Studio Sign by Kathleen Knisely, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Made with #8 and #10 regular Oxford Punch Needles and Violet Jane wool rug yarn.

Snow Removal Punched by Jocelyn Guindon, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Design adapted from the 1938 French Canadian book, Pictures and Stories which was written and illustrated by Hazel Boswell. Punched with a #10 regular Oxford Punch Needle. Yarn hand dyed by Tony Latham. 26" X 37".

Tumbling Blocks Traditional quilt design punched by Cherie Selles, Clare, Michigan.
This rug is "hot off the frame" and ready to be hemmed. The yarn was hand dyed and hand spun by Cherie with fleece from her own sheep. 2' X 4'.

Cherrie's daughters Sarah (age 5) and Trena (age 8) enjoying their new rug!

Holy Hill Hooking Sign. Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Pat Lissandrello, Lymerick, Maine. Punched with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle and a #8 regular Oxford Punch Needle for the lettering. (Note how the slightly higher loops from the #8 really make the lettering show up clearly.) 18" x 22".

Saint Nick. Punched on linen using various techniques and #8, #9, and #10 regular and fine Oxford Punch Needles. The pattern was adapted from a design by Cabin Creek. The proddy and snow were done by Sue Murry, the background and sky by Mac Murry, and the bird and bunny by Judy Nelson. Finishing was done by Mary Lynne Naples, and the Santa was made by Betty Clarkson. Betty is the owner of a shop in Lancaster Pennsylvania called Little Pine Traditional Crafts. Betty says about this piece, "This was made by the Tuesday group at Little Pines. I really enjoyed the dyeing of all the wool except the snow which was a textured wool. Santa's boots and mitts are some of my own handspun yarn. The coat trim is Australian possum, and the backpack is made of wool with deer hair."

This sampler was designed and punched by Cheryl Mazurek from Calgary, Alberta, Canada during a workshop with Amy Oxford in Calgary. The workshop explored how to get different textures by using unusual yarns. It was made with all 8 sizes of the Oxford Punch Needle and a variety of plain and fancy yarns as well as ribbons and wool fabric strips. A sampler is a great way to try out lots of different fibers and punch needles to find out what punch needle sizes and materials you prefer working with. The fringe on the bottom shows the fibers that Cheryl used in the piece.

Cheryl Mazurek working on her sampler.

Lion Wall Hanging. Punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Paul Arnold from Orlando Florida and designed by Nancy Urbanak of Beaver Brook Crafts. Made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle and wool rug yarn.

Fox Hunt. Punched by Elsie Orrell from Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Made with a kit from McAdoo Rugs, a #8 regular Oxford Punch Needle, and wool rug yarn. Elsie is a student of Oxford Certified Instructor Betty Sue Orrell-Arnold. This is Elsie's first project.

Persia. Made by Judy Seymour, Glenwood, Maryland. Judy adapted this design from a photograph of a handwoven rug made by Bulmaro Perez. The rug by Perez was featured in the book, Zapotec Weavers of Teotitlan by Andra Fischgrund Stanton. Judy used a #10 regular Oxford Punch Needle and wool rug yarn. 34" x 76".

Designed and punched by Melina White, Dorset, Vermont. Made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle and wool rug yarn.

Dragonfly. Made by Oxford Certified Instructor Adrienne Alm, Charlevoix. Michigan. 2' X 3'.

Irises. Designed and punched by Sioban McLaughlin, Dedham, Massachusetts. Punched with a #10 regular Oxford Punch Needle and strips of wool fabric.

Sunflower Chairpad. Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Gretchen Kellas, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

All Things Grow Better With Love. Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Gretchen Kellas, Virginia Beach, Virginia. 2' X 3'.

Punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Diana Keller, Harbor Springs, Michigan. 2' X3'. Designed by Cheryl Reed.

Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Kathryn Deloria, Petoskey, Michigan.

Detail from Kathryn Deloria's rug.

Designed and punched by Certified Oxford Instructor
Sheila Petoskey Shalifoe, Levering, Michigan. 2' X 3'.

A sideways view of Sheila Shalifoe Petoskey's rug showing how she punched the pine tree to make it higher than the rest of her rug. The rug was made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle and the tree was done with a #8 regular.

Birds From Oz. Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Sherry Kelley from Rutland, Vermont (summer) and Murrells Inlet, South Carolina (winter). 2' X 3'.

Detail of Birds From Oz by Sherry Kelley.

Calla Lily. Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Ginger Selman, West Newbury, Massachusetts. 2' X 3'.

Rhode Island Connor Farm. Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor Cheryl Connor from Bridport, Vermont. 2' X 3'. This rug uses each of the 8 Oxford Punch Needle sizes and depicts Cheryl's husband Jerry's former family farm in Rhode Island. Cheryl and Jerry are now dairy farmers in Bridport, Vermont.

Close-up of Rhode Island Connor Farm by Cheryl Connor. Note the different yarn sizes and loop heights Cheryl has used to get her small details.

Cheryl Connor from Bridport, Vermont with her rug, Jerry's Tractor.

Crow. Punched by Barbara Moran, Bay View, Michigan. Designed by Beaver Brook Crafts. Made with a #9 regular Oxford Punch Needle, wool rug yarn and an assortment of other yarns in the flower.

Designed and punched by Oxford Certified Instructor
Jackie Towell from Kent in the United Kingdom. 2' X 3'.

Cosmic Chaos. Designed and made by Oxford Certified Instructor Iris Simpson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This piece was made with a variety of Oxford Punch Needle sizes and a wide assortment of yarns. Iris also used a rug hook and strips of fabric. 2' X 3'.

Detail from Cosmic Chaos by Iris Simpson.

This rug was punched by Judy Seymour from Glenwood, Maryland. Judy adapted the design from a photograph of an Indian carpet she found on the internet. Made with a #10 Oxford Punch Needle and wool rug yarn. 27" X 75".