Fifteen (15) mat hooking groups are very active throughout the province. Members meet on a regular basis, exchanging techniques, tools, materials, etc. They exhibit their art works at various art galleries and during “Hook-ins” which are always well attended.

Madawaska and the Northwest Region
Plaster Rock Legacy Loopers (chaddad51@icloud.com)

Fredericton and the River Valley
Evening Matters (kcmrugs@gmail.com)
Heritage Rug Hooking Guild (crobert@nbnet.nb.ca)
McAdam Rug Hookers (ospreymaryhann@gmail.com)
Sussex Tea Room Hookers (wrodgers@bellaliant.net)

Greater Moncton and the Southeast Region
Hookeuses de Grande-Digue (marielle.poirier.mp@gmail.com)
Kent Hookers (clearmacmlm@gmail.com)
Les Hookeuses du Bor’de’lo (janicegoguen8668@gmail.com)
Lutz Mountain Heritage Hookers & Fiber Artists (joyd@rogers.com)
Past Time Matters, Moncton (margie.whyte@gmail.com)
Riverview Rug Hookers (ch.black@hotmail.com)

Saint John and the Fundy Shore
Carnegie Hookers (woolygardener@gmail.com)
KV Library Rug Hookers (neillp@nbnet.nb.ca)
Lighthouse Rug Hookers (anorman@nbnet.nb.ca)
Quoddy Loopers (louise.mcgrattan@nbed.nb.ca)

“Hook-Ins”: social gathering of mat hookers, usually following an invitation to attend from a community group, where attendees share a lunch and discover new techniques as well as the mats in progress created by their colleagues.