Owned by Fourth Generation Rug Maker and Dyeing Specialist Stephanie Ashworth Krauss

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 Allen-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 Allen-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 Allen-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, Danforth pewter plate. Read Stephanie's acceptance letter with the accompanying photos that were shown in the slideshow.

See the May 13, 2010 newspaper article, Area Woman Honored for Rug Hooking that appeared in the Times Argus.

Stephanie is Available to Teach Private Lessons at the Shop & Classes at Rug Schools, Camps or to Private Groups

Stephanie offers private classes at her shop in Montpelier to include dyeing, shading and finishing, as well as classes for beginners and children. Stephanie is also available to teach classes at rug schools and camps or to private groups around the country. She enjoys traveling and has taught classes in NJ, MD, GA, ID, NH as well as at several bed and breakfasts in VT. If interested in booking a class, please email Stephanie.

Rugs Hooked by Stephanie Allen-Krauss over the Course of Her Career

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