Amy Oxford

Amy Oxford has been making punch needle style hooked rugs since 1982, when she worked as a rug hooker for McAdoo Rugs in North Bennington, Vermont. A nationally renowned instructor, Oxford has been teaching the craft in the US, Canada, and the UK since 1986. Amy is the inventor, manufacturer and distributor of The Oxford Punch Needle. She is the author of five books including Punch Needle Rug Hooking and Volumes I-IV of Hooked Rugs Today, which feature rugs from the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild’s exhibitions at Shelburne Museum. Amy has made everything from dollhouse rugs to a room sized rug and stair runner and her work has been exhibited throughout New England. When McAdoo Rugs closed in 2010, Oxford purchased all of their rug designs and considers this artwork to be a national treasure. Many of the patterns are available on her website: www.amyoxford.com. She lives in an off-the-grid wind and solar powered home in Cornwall, Vermont.