About
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Parris House Wool Works originated in 2011 as a fiber art studio in the National Historic District of Paris Hill, Maine at the 200+ year old Parris House. It has been a haven for all things North American rug hooking, hosting a monthly “hook-in” from 10 am to 4 pm every second Saturday of the month at 546 Paris Hill Road, Paris, Maine.
Second Saturday gatherings are being held at 219 Talbot Avenue, Rockland, Maine, starting in April, 2026.
As conditions allow, we plan to open our doors for extended arts and homesteading retreats, featuring teachers from around the region and offering rest, relaxation, and heritage skills education in our beautiful village.
Elizabeth Miller, Owner/Artisan
Elizabeth Miller is a fiber artist, writer, and instructor in Maine. Her primary sources of inspiration are the natural environment and matters of being human, including love, motherhood, trauma, and grief.
She is the founder of Parris House Wool Works, now an educational resource for fiber arts and homesteading skills. North Atlantic Fiber Arts (www.northatlanticfiberarts.com) is Elizabeth’s art and creative writing hub. It is a container for her love for Maine and Nova Scotia and the artistic themes she revisits in her work as a result of her ties to both places.
She is the author of Heritage Skills for Contemporary Life: Seasons at the Parris House, published by Down East Books in 2021. She is currently working on a second book, a comprehensive exploration of rug hooking.
Her work has appeared regularly in Making magazine and Rug Hooking Magazine. She has also appeared on the Magnolia Network show Maine Cabin Masters, episode 704, teaching Ashley to hook. Her art has been exhibited at Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village, Munka Studio & Gallery, and at the Virginia Quilt Museum, among other venues. Her work was shown around the Mid Atlantic in the traveling exhibit Stories are Made Loop by Loop. She is a contributing artist to the collaborative book, Mothering: Our Lives in Colour and Shadow, by Karen D. Miller, published by Rug Hooking Magazine. Her art is currently on view and sale at the Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor, Maine
Teaching is a favorite aspect of Elizabeth’s creative life. She especially enjoys introducing beginners to rug hooking as a contemporary medium. She teaches in her own studio and has also taught for the Squam Art Workshops, Fiber College, Schoodic Arts for All, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Beekman 1802, Darn Good Yarn, Portfiber, the Farnsworth Museum, and a variety of other venues around the northeastern United States.
